Lawrence Lucie; guitarist kept rhythm for jazz greats Aug 21, 2009
He also performed or recorded with Billie Holiday, Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, and many others. And he was the last living musician known to have recorded with the New Orleans jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton. (Boston Globe)
George Russell, 86; composer, theoretician led giants of jazz to fertile new lands Jul 29, 2009
After attending Wilberforce University in Ohio, he left in 1943 to play with jazz great Benny Carter, who eventually replaced Mr. Russell with the great drummer Max Roach. That, in turn, gave me a kick in the pants to do what I had been thinking about, which was writing music, Mr. Russell told the Globe in 1999. (Boston Globe)
Jack Nimitz, saxophonist in Woody Herman big band Jun 18, 2009
He also played with such jazz luminaries as Benny Carter, Gerald Wilson, and the Lighthouse All-Stars. In the early 1970s, he added his baritone to the Charlie Parker tribute band Supersax. (Boston Globe)
Picks: Why we chose 'em May 1, 2009
Barker started his career in the 1930s playing with Cab Calloway, Lucky Millinder and Benny Carter. He also is credited with initiating the brass band revival by training a generation of young musicians in the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Outgoing director has led Winona Symphony Orchestra and its audience through tremendous growth Apr 30, 2009
The concert features compositions and arrangements from jazz composers Thad Jones, Benny Carter, Rob Lussier and Gordon Goodwin. A free A Musical Sea Voyage concert by the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, directed by Donald Lovejoy, at 2 p.m. Saturday on the Performing Arts Center s Main Stage, featuring Sea Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sea Songs by Thomas Knox, Of Sailors and Whales by W. Francis McBeth and Save the Sea by Frigyes Hidas. (Winona Daily News, MN)
History matters Apr 28, 2009
The Nashoba Regional Jazz Band, led by Nashoba Band Director Tom O Toole, played several songs before the presentation, including Again and Again by Benny Carter, Work Song by Nat Adderley, Jump for Joy by Duke Ellington and Groovin Hard by Don Menza. Loading commenting interface. (Bolton Common, MA)
Wellesley High jazz band is finalist in national competition Feb 27, 2009
For this year s Essentially Ellington Competition, the WHS Two O Clock Jazz Band recorded and sent in three pieces: Symphony In Riffs by Benny Carter, as well as Happy-Go-Lucky Local and Perdido by Duke Ellington. The top-placing bands perform with Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis, as guest soloist, followed by a performance by the 15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, all of whom serve as mentors for the finalist bands throughout the weekend. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
