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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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Duke Ellington is first African-American and the first musician to solo on U.S. circulating coin

    MARY LOU WILLIAMS     

            INTERVIEW

       In Her Own Words

This film commissioned as part of Phase 1 of Singing Cultures is a homage to the life, music and legacy of the Nigerian composer Fela Sowande. Using rare arc...

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Comment by EVD on October 29, 2017 at 2:09pm
I can imagine being a graduate student and captivated by the breadth of the man. I had similar good fortune of studying in grad school at CMU with an the artist/painter Sam Gilliam, painter from D.C. Sam taught me a lot including how to think like an artist, which is a topic for another discussion.
Comment by Dr. Nelson Harrison on October 29, 2017 at 1:29pm

Yes.  Chief Sowande was my personal mentor while I was in graduate school and a signatory on my dissertation. I learned about ethnomusicology from him. He was also a great composer, conductor, pianist-organist, philosopher, metaphysician and jazz musician.  I have tapes he gave me of his regular radio show on the BBC from 1936 with him playing duets on organ with Fats Waller on piano and also of him conducting the London Symphony Strings playing his African Suite for Strings.

Comment by EVD on October 29, 2017 at 12:50pm
The importance for me of Fela Sowande lies in cross cultural music significant for its beauty and expression.

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