There are also important festivals of Jazz ( July ), Bayonne ham ( Holy Week ), theatre and pelota ( the Basque sport ).

There are also two Caltech Jazz Bands and a Concert Band.

Jazz bassist Charles Mingus was also an influential bandleader and composer whose musical interests spanned from bebop to free jazz.

Alongside these major festivals, there is also the Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival ( moved to June from 2008 ), the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, and the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Jazz pioneers such as John Coltrane — who recorded a composition entitled ' India ' during the November 1961 sessions for his album Live At The Village Vanguard ( the track was not released until 1963 on Coltrane's album Impressions )— also embraced this fusion.

Jazz guitarists also have to learn how to add in passing tones, use " guide tones " and chord tones from the chord progression to structure their improvisations.

The Jazz Singer, released in 1927 by Warner Brothers, was not only the first film with synchronized dialogue, but the first feature film that was also a musical, featuring Al Jolson singing " Dirty Hands, Dirty Face ;" " Toot, Toot, Tootsie ", " Blue Skies " and " My Mammy ".

Desmond also joined The Modern Jazz Quartet for a Christmas concert in 1971 at the New York Town Hall.

He also won seven Grammy Awards ( for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Best Contemporary Jazz Performance and Best Rock Instrumental Performance ) and magazine polls, and received several gold records.

" Jazz, which developed from the blues and other African-American and European musical traditions and originated around the beginning of the 20th century, has also influenced hip hop and has been cited as a precursor of hip hop.

Not just jazz music and lyrics but also Jazz poetry.

He also appears as a member of the jazz combo the Classical Jazz Quartet.

* Jazz shoes typically have a two-part rubberized sole ( also called split-sole ) to provide both flexibility and traction, and a low ( one inch or shorter ) heel.

He then became involved with the avant-garde, performing on Jazz Advance ( 1956 ), the debut album of Cecil Taylor, and appearing with Taylor's groundbreaking quartet at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival ; he also made a notable appearance on an early Gil Evans album.

" Jazz Me Blues " was also important because it introduced what has been called the " correlated chorus ," a method of improvising that Beiderbecke's Davenport friend Esten Spurrier attributed to both Beiderbecke and Armstrong.

It also won the Grammy for Best Original Jazz Composition.

* 1962 Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus ( also known as Cast Your Fate to the Wind: Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus )

Oliver was also a talented composer, and wrote many tunes that are still regularly played, including " Dipper Mouth Blues ", " Sweet Like This ", " Canal Street Blues ", and " Doctor Jazz ".

Fitzgerald and Basie also collaborated on the 1972 album Jazz at Santa Monica Civic ' 72, and on the 1979 albums Digital III at Montreux, A Classy Pair and A Perfect Match.

Queen also appeared in 1984 and in 1986 at the Golden Rose Festival and Queen guitarist Brian May appeared in 2001 at the Jazz Festival.

#" Soudan " ( also known as " Oriental Jass " and " Oriental Jazz "), 1920, recorded in London in the UK in May 1920 and released as English # Columbia 829 ; " Soudan " was composed by Czech composer Gabriel Sebek in 1906 as " In the Soudan: A Dervish Chorus " or " Oriental Scene for Piano, Op.

As well, Rapper-Singer-Actress Queen Latifah also did something similar when she released The Dana Owens Album under her own given name, Dana Owens, when she changed her musical direction from Hip Hop to Vocal Jazz.

The soundtrack album, which featured Louis Armstrong, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, and Carmen McRae was recorded in 1961 ; the musical itself was performed at the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival.

Jazz innovator Miles Davis recorded and performed with musicians like Khalil Balakrishna, Bihari Sharma, and Badal Roy in his post-1968 electric ensembles.

In the spring of 1920 he performed for the school's Vaudeville Night, singing in a vocal quintet called the Black Jazz Babies and playing his horn.

Jordan has performed at many jazz festivals, including: Kool Jazz Festival ( 1984 ), Concord Jazz Festival ( 1985 ), and the Montreux International Jazz Festival ( 1985 ).

In March 2012, Thorpe digitally released the ' No Hits, No Jazz Collection ' and performed at Darwen Library Theatre with a live eight-piece band for his ' 50th Anniversary 1-Gig-Tour '.

Originally created by Rand MacIvor ( under Art Director John C. Galt ), who was inspired by Terry Gilliam's " gilliamations ", the opening animation sequence was a sequence of surreal images set to Rossini's William Tell Overture, performed in a Dixieland jazz arrangement by The National Press Club and Allied Workers Jazz Band.

And in 1938 Count Basie Band did the same ( earlier evening it had performed with Goodman at his famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert ).

On July 18, 2009, Prince performed two shows at the Montreux Jazz Festival, being backed by The New Power Generation including Rhonda Smith, Renato Neto and John Blackwell.

From 1985-1992, under Sharifi ’ s direction and leadership, the group recorded two CDs, performed twenty of his compositions, and won the prestigious Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival in 1991.

Van Leer and Akkerman shared the stage and performed Focus compositions at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1993.

Also in 2008, Plant performed with bluegrass musicians at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.

He contributed his Poem for Brass to a Third Stream compilation titled Music for Brass in 1957, and composed a number of original works which were performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

In June 2008 they performed at the Glastonbury Festival playing on the Jazz World Stage, they last played the Festival in 1999, on the Pyramid Stage.

He also performed every Monday night, accompanied by a trio which included guitarist Lou Pallo, bassist Paul Nowinksi ( and later, Nicki Parrott ) and pianist John Colaianni, originally at Fat Tuesdays, and later at the Iridium Jazz Club on Broadway in the Times Square area of New York City.

Whiteman's orchestra also performed the piece in the 1930 film The King of Jazz featuring Roy Bargy on piano.

* Symphonic Jazz: Grofé and Gershwin, performed by the Harmonie Ensemble / New York conducted by Steven Richman ( Bridge Records 9212 ), playing:

Zenph ’ s re-performances have been performed live in numerous venues, including the Toronto Jazz Festival and New York ’ s Apollo Theater.

Zamość hosts the following cultural events: concerts of music performed by the Karol Namysłowski Symphonic Orchestra in Zamość and by Polish artists representing different kinds of music, Zamość Days of Music ( Zamojskie Dni Muzyki ) and International Meetings of Jazz Singers ( Międzynarodowe Spotkania Wokalistów Jazzowych ), which is a tribute to Mieczysław Kosz, a great blind jazz player and composer who used to combine his jazz music with the Polish folk.

Just weeks before his death, in late September 2010 Burke performed a two-hour set at the Jazz Club in London, England, described as " the show of the year " by Andy Gill and " a masterclass in magnetic charisma, gestural nuance and vocal expression.

That same year, James was the opening act for The Rolling Stones and also performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

James has performed at the top world jazz festivals in the world, such as the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1977, 1989, 1990 and 1993, performed nine times at the legendary Monterey Jazz Festival, and the San Francisco Jazz Festival five times.