Miles Davis

#MilesDavis

Miles Dewey Davis III (Alton, 26 maggio 1926 – Santa Monica, 28 settembre 1991) è stato un compositore e trombettista statunitense jazz, considerato uno dei più influenti, innovativi ed originali musicisti del XX secolo.

È difficile non riconoscere a Davis un ruolo di innovatore e genio musicale. Dotato di uno stile inconfondibile ed una incomparabile gamma espressiva, per quasi trent’anni Miles Davis è stato una figura chiave del jazz e della musica popolare del XX secolo in generale. Dopo aver preso parte alla rivoluzione bebop, egli fu ideatore di numerosi stili jazz, fra cui il cool jazz, l’hard bop, il modal jazz e il jazz elettrico o jazz-rock. Le sue registrazioni, assieme agli spettacoli dal vivo dei numerosi gruppi guidati da lui stesso, furono fondamentali per lo sviluppo artistico del jazz.

Miles Davis fu e resta famoso sia come strumentista dalle sonorità inconfondibilmente languide e melodiche, sia per il suo atteggiamento innovatore (peraltro mai esente da critiche), sia per la sua figura di personaggio pubblico. Fu il suo un caso abbastanza raro in campo jazzistico: fu infatti uno dei pochi jazzmen in grado di realizzare anche commercialmente il proprio potenziale artistico e forse l’ultimo ad avere anche un profilo di star dell’industria musicale.

 

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century,Miles Davis was, together with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, and jazz fusion.

In 2006, Davis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which recognized him as “one of the key figures in the history of jazz”.In 2008, his 1959 album Kind of Blue received its fourth platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of at least four million copies in the United States. On December 15, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a symbolic resolution recognizing and commemorating the album Kind of Blue on its 50th anniversary, “honoring the masterpiece and reaffirming jazz as a national treasure”

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#DizzyGillespie

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (Cheraw, 21 ottobre 1917 – New York, 6 gennaio 1993) è stato un trombettista, pianista e compositore statunitense. Jazzista, fu anche cantante, percussionista e bandleader. Con Charlie Parker fu, negli anni quaranta, uno degli inventori e delle figure chiave del bebop e del jazz moderno.

John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (/ɡɨˈlɛspi/; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer.

Allmusic’s Scott Yanow wrote, “Dizzy Gillespie’s contributions to jazz were huge. One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time (some would say the best), Gillespie was such a complex player that his contemporaries ended up copying Miles Davis and Fats Navarro instead, and it was not until Jon Faddis’s emergence in the 1970s that Dizzy’s style was successfully recreated […] Arguably Gillespie is remembered, by both critics and fans alike, as one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time.”

Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic complexity previously unknown in jazz. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn, pouched cheeks and his light-hearted personality were essential in popularizing bebop.[citation needed]

In the 1940s Gillespie, together with Charlie Parker, became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis, Jon Faddis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Chuck Mangione, and balladeer Johnny Hartman

John Birks « Dizzy » Gillespie, né à Cheraw (en) en Caroline du Sud le 21 octobre 1917, mort le 6 janvier 1993 à Englewood, New Jersey, est un trompettiste, compositeur et chef d’orchestre de jazz américain de jazz américain.

Avec Miles Davis et Louis Armstrong, il est considéré comme l’un des trois plus importants trompettistes de l’histoire du jazz, ayant participé à la création du style Bebop et contribué à introduire les rythmes latino-américains dans le jazz.

Dizzy Gillespie se distinguait en particulier par sa trompette au pavillon incliné vers le haut, il jouait parfois avec une sourdine. Ses joues gonflées à bloc comme celles d’un crapaud, ainsi que sa joie de vivre et son humour ravageur sont pour beaucoup dans sa popularité auprès du public. En tant que musicien, il avait une technique époustouflante et une vitesse de jeu impressionnante.

John Birks Gillespie (Cheraw, Carolina del Sur, Estados Unidos, 21 de octubre de 1917 – Englewood, Nueva Jersey, 6 de enero 1993), más conocido como Dizzy Gillespie, fue un trompetista, cantante y compositor estadounidense de jazz

Gillespie, con Charlie Parker, fue una de las figuras más relevantes en el desarrollo del bebop, y del jazz moderno. Fue durante toda su vida un incansable experimentador de música afroamericana, lo que le llevó a experimentar con el jazz afrocubano, colaborando con percusionistas como Chano Pozo, y otros géneros como el calipso, la bossa nova o a colaborar con músicos externos al mundo del jazz, como Stevie Wonder.

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#MaxRoach

Maxwell Lemuel Roach (Newland, 10 gennaio 1924 – New York, 16 agosto 2007) è stato un batterista, percussionista e compositore statunitense. È considerato uno dei più importanti esponenti del suo strumento nella storia del jazz.

Maxwell Lemuel “Max” Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.

A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history.[1][2] He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Eric Dolphy and Booker Little.

Roach also led his own groups, and made numerous musical statements relating to the African American civil rights movement.

Maxwell Lemuel Roach (10 janvier 1924, Newland (Caroline du Nord) – 16 août 2007, New York), est un percussionniste, batteur et compositeur de jazz.

Pionnier du bebop, il aborda aussi beaucoup d’autres styles de musiques et fut ainsi considéré comme l’un des batteurs les plus importants de l’histoire1,2. Il travailla avec une multitude de musiciens de jazz dont Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins ou encore Clifford Brown.

Roach mena aussi ses propres formations et pris part, au travers de son art, au mouvement des droits civiques des Noirs américains.

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