Jazz pianist Jim Martinez, who organized her birthday celebration at the Cypress Inn at Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, claims that according to Doris Day's current assistant, when Day was a teenager, she added two years to her age so she would be old enough to sing with big bands.

Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck composed " Koto Song " that, while not featuring the koto itself, is played to allow the piano to emulate its sound.

* 1920 – John Lewis, American pianist, arranger, and composer ( Modern Jazz Quartet ) ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – John Lewis, American jazz pianist ( Modern Jazz Quartet ) ( b. 1920 )

That same year he released " Jazz Impressions 1 " with pianist Silvano Monasterios and bassist Mark Egan.

* 1998: This song was covered by Jazz pianist Eric Reed for his album Pure Imagination.

* January 24 – Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett plays the solo improvisation ' The Köln Concert ' at the Cologne Opera, which, recorded live, becomes the best-selling piano recording in history.

In July 2009, she will perform at North Sea Jazz Festival along with fellow pianist Hiromi Uehara.

Jazz singer and pianist Nat King Cole, country singer Hank Williams, blues singer Big Mama Thornton, Melvin Franklin of The Temptations, and guitarist Tommy Shaw of Styx are among the many musicians to get their start in Montgomery.

" Jazz pianist George Shearing's quintet of the 1950s and 1960s was influenced by Miller: " with Shearing's locked hands style piano ( influenced by the voicing of Miller's saxophone section ) in the middle the quintet's harmonies.

* Jazz pianist and composer Tadd Dameron composed " Fontainebleau " upon visiting the palace.

W. C. Handy Jazz All-Stars, includes noted musicians from all over the United States, such as guitarist Mundell Lowe, drummer Bill Goodwin, pianist / vocalist Johnny O ' Neal, vibraphone player Chuck Redd, pianist / vocalist Ray Reach and flautist Holly Hofmann.

* Bob Dorough, Jazz pianist and author of many famous Schoolhouse Rock!

* Johnny Costa – Jazz pianist

Currently happenings today can be found with Jazz in a whole new way through the artistic collaboration of renowned musicians American saxophonist David Liebman, French jazz pianist Jean-Marie Machado, and multimedia visual artist Barbara Januszkiewicz.

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.

* Tom Vaughn, Jazz pianist and Episcopal Priest formerly at St. John's Episcopal Church

Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson requested a live presentation, which he heard in an emotional re-performance in his home in March 2007.

Born and raised in Rochester, New York, Mangione and his pianist brother Gap led the Jazz Brothers group which recorded three albums for Riverside Records.

Jazz pianist Bill Cunliffe, whose music was influenced by Bud Powell, said in an interview with All About Jazz:

She was accompanied by bandleader and pianist Thomas Dorsey, and the band he assembled called the Wildcats Jazz Band which included Eddie Pollack, Gabriel Washington, Albert Wynn and David Nelson.

Robinson joined the Original Dixieland Jazz Band when pianist Henry Ragas died in the Spanish Flu Pandemic in 1919.

* 1943 – Michael Mantler, American trumpeter and composer ( Jazz Composer's Orchestra )

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

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 bassist / composer Charles Mingus presents a disastrous concert at Town Hall in New York City.

Jazz has played an important role in Eastwood's life from a young age and, although he never made it as a professional musician, he passed on the influence to his son Kyle Eastwood, a successful jazz bassist and composer.

Also a notable composer, he wrote many tunes still played regularly, including " Dipper Mouth Blues ", " Sweet Like This ", " Canal Street Blues ", and " Doctor Jazz ".

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 ".

#" 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.

* Jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist and composer Courtney Pine moved to Kingsbury at age 14 and attended Kingsbury High School

* Sean Jones ( Jazz musician, composer, educator, lead trumpeter for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra )

Jazz drummer, composer and band leader.

Jazz musician and composer Charles Mingus wrote the tone poem Pithecanthropus Erectus to tell the story of the evolution of man and his eventual downfall.

He began his second career as composer of film scores in 1930, when he provided arrangements ( and perhaps portions of the score ) for the film King of Jazz.

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.

Luciano Caruso ( b. July 19, 1957 in Turin, Italy ) is an Italian Jazz composer and Soprano saxophone performer.

Jazz composer Keith Jarrett claimed that the song had been based on one of his own compositions, titled " Long As You Know You're Living Yours ".

Jazz composer and bandleader Sun Ra used one of the first Minimoogs, a prototype lent him by Moog in 1969: " We loaned it to him and Sun Ra ’ s way of working is that when you loan him something you don ’ t expect to see it back.

Weldon Leo " Jack " Teagarden ( August 20, 1905 – January 15, 1964 ), known as " Big T " and " The Swingin ' Gate ", was a jazz trombonist, bandleader, composer, and vocalist, regarded as the " Father of Jazz Trombone ".

Etaoin is also credited as the composer for " Blues " on the original 1944 10 " LP Jazz at the Philharmonic ( Mercury / Clef MG35005 ).

Joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1958 further developed his talent as a soloist and composer.