At least this seemed to be the working hypothesis for `` Chicago And All That Jazz '', presented on NBC-TV Nov. 26.

`` Chicago And All That Jazz '' could not be faulted on the choice of artists.

The evening program was opened by the Jazz Three, a Newport group consisting of Steve Budieshein on bass, Jack Warner, drums, and Don Cook, piano.

The Jazz Three displayed their sound musicianship, not only in their own chosen set, but as the emergency accompanists for Al Minns & Leon James, the superb jazz dancers who have now been Newport performers for three successive years, gradually moving up from a morning seminar on the evolution of the blues to a spot on the evening program.

James Avery Hopwood ( May 28, 1882-July 1, 1928 ), was the most successful playwright of the Jazz Age, having four plays running simultaneously on Broadway in 1920.

They took up a long residency at San Francisco's Black Hawk nightclub and gained great popularity touring college campuses, recording a series of albums with such titles as Jazz at Oberlin ( 1953 ), Jazz at the College of the Pacific ( 1953 ), and Brubeck's debut on Columbia Records, Jazz Goes to College ( 1954 ).

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

* Ellensburg hosts the annual Jazz in the Valley music festival on the last weekend in July.

The album reached number fourteen on Billboards Top Jazz Albums chart.

Soon after, Geddy began using the Fender Jazz Bass which was used on Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals and the supporting tours.

He switched back to Fender Jazz Basses for the recording of Counterparts in 1993, and has been using them virtually exclusively since, heard on albums Test For Echo, Vapor Trails, Feedback and Snakes & Arrows.

He used a Fender Jaco Pastorius Tribute fretless replica bass for the song " Malignant Narcissism " on Snakes & Arrows, and a Fender Custom Shop Jazz with an Alder Body and a Flamed Maple top in Transparent Red for songs in an alternate tuning during the last several tours.

He won his first Grammy for Best Jazz Male Vocal Performance for his work on the soundtrack.

European harmonica player Philip Achille, who performs Irish, Classical, Jazz, Qawali and sufi music, has won jazz competitions and his classical performances have led to appearances on the BBC as well as ITV and Channel 4.

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, on the other hand, is often characterized as the product of egalitarian creativity, interaction and collaboration, placing equal value on the contributions of composer ( if there is one ) and performer, ' adroitly weigh the respective claims of the composer and the improviser '.

Jazz in a dance form, however, originates from the vernacular dances of Africans when they were brought to the Americas on slave ships.

Jamiroquai's first single, " When You Gonna Learn ", was released in 1992 on the Acid Jazz label.

Examples include Band-in-a-Box, which originated on the Atari platform in the 1980s, MiBAC Jazz, and SoundTrek JAMMER.

Back in New York and in better health, in 1955 Davis attended the Newport Jazz Festival, where his performance ( and especially his solo on "' Round Midnight ") was greatly admired and prompted the critics to hail the " return of Miles Davis ".

The quartet became especially popular with college-age audiences, often performing in college settings like on their ground-breaking 1953 album Jazz at Oberlin at Oberlin College, or on their recordings on the campuses of Ohio University and the University of Michigan, among others.

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.

He probably would have remained a well-respected but minor jazz figure had he not written an original number to fill out his covers of Antonio Carlos Jobim / Luis Bonfá tunes on his 1962 album, Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, inspired by the French / Brazilian film Black Orpheus, which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

At Berklee, he studied Jazz Piano and Composition as well as Film Scoring, and in 1983, he received the Outstanding Jazz Pianist award at the Collegiate Jazz Festival held at the University of Notre Dame.

In 2001, All That Jazz was deemed " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant " by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

No studio beside Warner Bros. released even a part-talking feature until the low-budget-oriented Film Booking Offices of America ( FBO ) premiered The Perfect Crime on June 17, 1928, eight months after The Jazz Singer.

Newport plays host to a number of festivals during the summer months, including the Newport Jazz Festival, the Sunset Music Festival, the Newport Folk Festival ( where Bob Dylan infamously " went electric " in 1965 ), the Newport International Film Festival, and the Newport International Boat Show.

Jazz on Film: The Complete Story of the Musicians and Music Onscreen.

The city annually host the South Texas State Fair, Dog Jam, Beaumont Jazz and Blues Fest and Boomtown Film and Music Festival.

Kingston hosts several festivals during the year, including the Kingston WritersFest, Limestone City Blues Festival, the Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Fanfayr, the Kingston Buskers ' Rendezvous, Kingston Jazz Festival, Reelout Film Festival, Feb Fest and the Wolfe Island Music Festival.

The town hosts the Cape May Jazz Festival, the Cape May Music Festival and the Cape May, New Jersey Film Festival.

The series consists of seven episodes titled " Origins of Black Music ," " That Philly Sound ," " Jazz Beyond the Classroom ," " Black Music in Film, Television & Theatre ," " Jazz ," " Black Music in Film – The Next Generation :" and " Bass to Bass.

New Hartford High School offers a variety of clubs, including its Model United Nations Club, Photography Club, Ecology Club, Masque, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Film Makers Club, and Yearbook Club.

“ Swinging the Classics: Hazel Scott and Hollywood ’ s Musical-Racial Matrix ,” in Some Liked it Hot: Jazz Women in Film and Television, 1928-1959 ( Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press 2009 http :// www. upne. com / 0-8195-6907-0. html

Earl " Fatha " Hines: one-hour " solo " documentary made in Blues Alley Jazz Club, Washington DC, for ATV, England, 1975: produced / directed by Charlie Nairn: original 16mm film plus out-takes of additional tunes archived in British Film Institute Library @ bfi. org. uk: also at http :// www. itvstudios. com: DVD copies with Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library ( who hold the The Earl Hines Collection / Archive ), University of California, Berkeley: also University of Chicago, Hogan Jazz Archive Tulane University New Orleans and Louis Armstrong House Museum Libraries: see also www. jazzonfilm. com / documentaries.

All-girl bands active in vaudeville, variety and in early sound films during the 1920s to the 1950s are documented by Kristin McGee in Some Liked it Hot: Jazz Women in Film and Television.

Majors offered in Berklee are Composition, Contemporary Writing and Production, Electronic Production and Design, Film Scoring, Jazz Composition, Music Business / Management, Music Education ( degree only ), Music Production and Engineering, Music Therapy ( degree only ), Performance, Professional Music, and Songwriting.

* 2004: New Conception of Jazz: Film Ing

Their music was featured in the 1962 National Film Board documentary Toronto Jazz.

Jazz Impressions of the USA ( 1956, Morello's debut with the group ), Jazz Impressions of Eurasia ( 1958 ), Jazz Impressions of Japan ( 1964 ), and Jazz Impressions of New York ( 1964 ) are less well-known albums, but all are brilliant examples of the quartet's studio work, and they produced Brubeck standards such as " Summer Song ," " Brandenburg Gate ," " Koto Song ," and " Theme From Mr. Broadway.

The city serves as a venue for the Tirana Biennale, Tirana Jazz Festival, Summer Day, White Night on 28 November, Rally Albania, Netet e Klipit Shqiptar, and Tirana Fashion Week.

* The Summer Solstice Jazz Festival is a two day festival that salutes jazz music with local and national jazz performers and celebrates the longest day of the year.

* Jazz-happening Rauma Summer Jazz

A few examples of the hundreds of festivals include the Big Day Out, Coachella, Falls Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Oxegen, Parachute Music Festival, Rock In Rio, Rockwave Festival, Salzburg Festival, Summer Sonic Festival, Woodstock Music and Art Festival, Soundwave Festival, and the Warped Tour.

Halesowen Jazz Club holds fortnightly concerts on Sundays ( except in Summer ) at Halesowen Cricket Club ( licensed premises ), usually featuring Trad and New Orleans Jazz.

Both Stories Without Words ( 1987 ) and Rites Of Summer ( 1988 ) would be among Billboard's top 15 Contemporary Jazz Albums of 1988.

Malone returned from a gold medal winning-effort at the 1996 Summer Olympics leading the Jazz to two consecutive NBA Finals appearances.

From 1982 -' 89, Holland served as the artistic director of the Banff Summer Jazz Workshop through the Banff School of Fine Arts in Alberta, Canada.

More recently, in the Summer Season ( July and August ) and during the Winter Holiday Season they provide a wide range of local entertainment, from Jazz to classical music.

Lane played the Warsaw Summer Jazz Days festival on 19 June 1998 with Hellborg and Félix Sabal Lecco ( musician ).

There are also a number of jazz festivals that continue to be staged including the Melbourne Jazz Festival, Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival, Wagga Wagga Jazz Festival, the Jazzgroove Summer Festival in Sydney and the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz.

The school's extracurricular activities include Amnesty International, Interact, Color Guard, Jazz Band, Stevenaires, St. Paul's Summer Program, Key Club, Fall Production, Comedic Acting, Senior Play, Honors Theater, Musical Theater, National Honor Society, Environmental Club, Envirothon Team, Newspaper ( Journalism ), Student Council, Peer Outreach, Project Challenge, Boy's State, Girl's State, Granite State Challenge, and Quiz Bowl.

Touring with a nine piece band, Saadiq hit the 2009 summer music festival circuit with performances at Bonnaroo, Hollywood Bowl, Outside Lands, Pori Jazz, Stockholm Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz, Essence Music Festival, Summer Spirit Festival, and Nice Jazz Festival, Bumbershoot Music Festival and Austin City Limits.

In August 2008, MoMa Summergarden and Jazz at Lincoln Center commissioned Ibarra for a premiere of Summer Fantasy and Folklore at the MoMa Summergarden.