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PITTSBURGH JAZZ

 

From Blakey to Brown, Como to Costa, Eckstine to Eldridge, Galbraith to Garner, Harris to Hines, Horne to Hyman, Jamal to Jefferson, Kelly to Klook; Mancini to Marmarosa, May to Mitchell, Negri to Nestico, Parlan to Ponder, Reed to Ruther, Strayhorn to Sullivan, Turk to Turrentine, Wade to Williams… the forthcoming publication Treasury of Pittsburgh Jazz Connections by Dr. Nelson Harrison and Dr. Ralph Proctor, Jr. will document the legacy of one of the world’s greatest jazz capitals.

 

Do you want to know who Dizzy Gillespie  idolized? Did you ever wonder who inspired Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey? Who was the pianist that mentored Monk, Bud Powell, Tad Dameron, Elmo Hope, Sarah Vaughan and Mel Torme? Who was Art Tatum’s idol and Nat Cole’s mentor? What musical quartet pioneered the concept adopted later by the Modern Jazz Quartet? Were you ever curious to know who taught saxophone to Stanley Turrentine or who taught piano to Ahmad Jamal? What community music school trained Robert McFerrin, Sr. for his history-making debut with the Metropolitan Opera? What virtually unknown pianist was a significant influence on young John Coltrane, Shirley Scott, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Timmons and Ray Bryant when he moved to Philadelphia from Pittsburgh in the 1940s?  Would you be surprised to know that Erroll Garner attended classes at the Julliard School of Music in New York and was at the top of his class in writing and arranging proficiency?

 

Some answers  can be gleaned from the postings on the Pittsburgh Jazz Network.

 

For almost 100 years the Pittsburgh region has been a metacenter of jazz originality that is second to no other in the history of jazz.  One of the best kept secrets in jazz folklore, the Pittsburgh Jazz Legacy has heretofore remained mythical.  We have dubbed it “the greatest story never told” since it has not been represented in writing before now in such a way as to be accessible to anyone seeking to know more about it.  When it was happening, little did we know how priceless the memories would become when the times were gone.

 

Today jazz is still king in Pittsburgh, with events, performances and activities happening all the time. The Pittsburgh Jazz Network is dedicated to celebrating and showcasing the places, artists and fans that carry on the legacy of Pittsburgh's jazz heritage.

 

WELCOME!

 

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Alice McLeod Coltrane: Hall of Fame


Alice Coltrane: Hall of Fame

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African American Music Institute Mural Museum Celebrating Legendary Jazz Musician Ahmad Jamal

AAMI Mural Museum for Ahmad Jamal

 

July 1, 2023

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

African American Music Institute Mural Museum Celebrating Legendary Jazz Musician Ahmad Jamal

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — July 6, 2023 — The African American Music Institute (AAMI) is…

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Sonny Clark - The Paris Review

Sonny Clark



By 
 January 13, 2011

NOTES FROM A BIOGRAPHER





Forty-eight years ago today, the pianist Conrad Yeatis…

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How Ahmad Jamal Expanded the Spatial Frontiers of Jazz.

How Ahmad Jamal Expanded the Spatial Frontiers of Jazz

New, previously unissued recordings reveal the…
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JazzTimes 10: Essential Erroll Garner Recordings

JazzTimes 10: Essential Erroll Garner Recordings

Celebrating the piano master's centennial in audio

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Mary Lou Williams Interview - Melody Maker, April-June, 1954 - Part 1

Melody Maker, April-June, 1954

I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I was picking out little tunes my mother played on the reed organ in the living-room. We lived in a big, timber-framed building: what we called a shotgun house, because if you fired through the front door the shot passed through all the rooms and out into the back yard, likely ending up in…

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Mary Lou Williams Interview - Melody Maker, April-June, 1954 - Part 2

After parting from Blanche Calloway, we returned to Kansas City to open the Winnwood Beach Park Ballroom with a somewhat altered personnel. On trumpets we had Irving `Mouse' Randolph, a great musician from St Louis, and Harry `Big Jim' Lawson and Earl Thompson. The trombonist was Floyd `Stumpy' Brady, and the reeds were John Williams, Johnny Harrington and Slim Freeman. Andy Kirk played tuba, Ben Thigpen was on drums, myself on piano, and Bill Dirvin on guitar.…

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Mary Lou Williams Interview - Melody Maker, April-June, 1954 - Part 3

Melody Maker - April-June, 1954

When I had been working in Café Society for a year I decided I needed a vacation, and took off July and August to do some writing. Moe Asch, the best recording man in the business, wanted me to do a session. I have always admired Asch. The poor guy never quite made it financially because he was too nice to musicians. He would pay their price even if he had to sleep in the rain. And he…

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Chronology: Freddie Redd Steps Out of the Shadows

Chronology: Freddie Redd Steps Out of the Shadows

A look back at the pianist's brief but memorable moment in the spotlight

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Added by Dr. Nelson Harrison on June 11, 2021 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

The Radical Legacy of Erroll Garner - Page 2

The Radical Legacy of Erroll Garner

As we enter the pianist’s centennial year, a reissue series—and the history behind it—sheds new light on a jazz giant

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The Radical Legacy of Erroll Garner - Page 3

The Radical Legacy of Erroll Garner

As we enter the pianist’s centennial year, a reissue series—and the history behind it—sheds new light on a jazz giant

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Mulgrew Miller: No Apologies: Down Beat -Part 2

Mulgrew Miller (WKCR, 10-28-04):

TP:   We were speaking about some of your early bands, and a musician from the next generation called and said, “Make sure you talk about the Buhaina days.” Now, we’ve spoken about those days before, but there are people out there, like Derrick Hodge, who probably wasn’t even born when you were out with Woody Shaw…

MULGREW: He was just being born.

TP:   So maybe it’s not such a bad idea to go back and…

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Mulgrew Miller: No Apologies: Down Beat -Part 1

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SHADD PIANOS - First ever black-owned piano manufacturer

The first ever Black-owned piano manufacturing business

Courier Editor

July 3, 2019

Warren Shadd

by Courier Newsroom

Warren Shadd, CEO and founder of Shadd Pianos, grew up around a family of musicians. He started breaking pianos apart and building them back up as a hobby when he was just 12-years old. Now, he makes…

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Nat King Cole Documentary - 1998

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Fats Domino dies at 89 - Rolling Stone

Fats Domino, the genial, good-natured symbol of the dawn of rock and roll and the voice and piano behind enduring hits like "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain’t That a Shame," died Tuesday at the age of 89. Mark Bone, chief investigator with the Jefferson Parish coroner's office in Louisiana, confirmed his death to the Associated Press.

A contemporary of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis,…

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Pittsburgh Quarterly: Ahmad Jamal: Jazz Master by Jeff Sewald

Ahmad Jamal, Jazz Master

A life’s recounting in the subject’s own words
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