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Arthur \u201cArt\u201d Blakey <\/strong> Benny Benjamin David Goodman<\/strong> Louis Armstrong<\/strong> Billie Holiday<\/strong> Arthur \u201cArt\u201d Blakey Arthur Blakey, also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy award\u00a0 winning jazz drummer and bandleader in the jazz music band \u201cArt Blakey and the Jazz Messengers\u201d. He is one of the creators of the modern bebop style of drumming, and his music style \u2026<\/p>\n
\nArthur Blakey, also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy award\u00a0 winning jazz drummer and bandleader in the jazz music band \u201cArt Blakey and the Jazz Messengers\u201d. He is one of the creators of the modern bebop style of drumming, and his music style is considered to be until know very influential to young jazz musicians. Blakey was introduced to the \u201cGrammy Hall of Fame\u201d in 2001, and has been awarded with the \u201cGrammy Lifetime Achievement Award\u201d in 2005. Max Roach said about Arthur: \u201cArt was an original\u2026 He’s the only drummer whose time I recognize immediately. And his signature style was amazing; we used to call him ‘Thunder’. When I first met him on 52d Street in 1944, he already had the polyrhythmic thing down. Art was the perhaps the best at maintaining independence with all four limbs. He was doing it before anybody was\u201d. Arthur Blakey was embracing new jazz artists in his music band as known as \u201cThe Messengers\u201d, as he said during a live session: \u201cI’m going to stay with the youngsters. When these get too old I’ll get some younger ones. Keeps the mind active\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nBenny was born in a poor immigrant family in 30 May 1909, Chicago, Illinois, USA. He started playing music professionally in the age of 13, and went to \u201cBen Pollack\u2019s Orchestra\u201d in 1925, being a member of it and playing in it in California, Chicago, and New York until the year of 1929. In 1929-1930 he joined the Red Nichols, and he has been working for the following four years as a \u201cBroadway and radio-studio musician\u201d, played on many \u201dfreelance\u201d jazz recordings and amongst them he leaded many. In 1934, he created his first regular orchestra for Billy Rose\u2019s Music Hall. The year of 1935 had been a benchmark for his career as; \u201cthe band began a residency at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles which was to prove the turning-point in Goodman\u2019s career and a cornerstone of the Swing era\u201d, he has been named after the nickname \u201cthe King of Swing\u201d.
\nIn the 1940s he stepped forward into the classical music, \u201cplaying concerts with Jos\u00e9 Iturbi (1942) and commissioning Bela Bartok to write \u2018Contrasts for clarinet, violin, and piano\u2019 in 1947\u201d. During the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, he has been touring with his bands in a national and international range. \u201cIn 1955 he recorded the soundtrack for the Hollywood film, The Benny Goodman Story, featuring Steve Allen in the title role\u201d. Benny continued playing \u201cbrilliantly\u201d on concert appearances until his death.<\/p>\n
\nLouis Armstrong, born on August 4, 1901, in Louisiana, New Orleans is known to be one of the most appreciated jazz soloists of all times. He began singing in a \u201cbarbershop quartet\u201d. In 1914, Armstrong started playing music in local clubs where he was spotted as a talent. In 1918, Armstrong joined the band of Kid Ory, and after a while he joined the band of Fate Marable.
\nLouis Armstrong made his first recording with King Oliver from the \u201cCreole Jazz Band\u201d. In 1925, Armstrong recorded as a band leader of various groups such as the \u201cHot Five\u201d and the \u201cHot Seven\u201d.
\nDuring the 1930\u2019s Armstrong became famous worldwide as the most influential American Jazz Artist and went on tours in Europe. In 1936, Armstrong made his debut appearance in Hollywood in the film \u201cPennies from Heaven\u201d. Armstrong was one of the few of jazz artists to have \u201cTop 40 hits\u201d despite the rock era such as \u201cHello, Dolly\u201d. In addition, Armstrong criticized in public Eisenhower\u2019s reluctance to intervene when Governor Orval Faubus asked from the \u201cArkansas National Guard\u201d to end the integration of public schools in Little Rock.
\nArmstrong continued to play in concerts and to appear in television until his death in New York City on July 6.<\/p>\n
\nBillie Holiday is considered to be one of the most admired jazz vocalists of all times. Despite that fact, there is little information known about her personal life due to the fact that she liked making up stories about her life. Billie took her name after her mother\u2019s favorite silent-screen actress Billie Dove, and her father\u2019s last name. She initially auditioned for a dancer and due to her being so bad she was asked if she could sing instead. She sang \u201cTraveling All Alone\u201d, and \u201cleft the audience in tears\u201d. Holiday began her recording career in 1935 after being signed with \u201cColumbia Records\u201d. In 1938, Holiday became the first black singer to be in a \u201cwhite\u201d orchestra after she joined the \u201cArtie Shaw’s big band\u201d. In 1944 she moved from \u201cColumbia Records\u201d to \u201cDecca\u201d and stayed there until 1950. Her collaboration with Decca resulted some of her best songs including her biggest \u201chit\u201d \u201cLover Man\u201d. Throughout her career, Holiday has been an object of discrimination, a fact that kept her mainly in New York. In her personal life she dealt with some challenges as she had become addicted to heroin and a \u201cheavy drinker\u201d. Her addictions have eventually started to take over her life as she was convicted for drug charges and served nine and a half months in jail. By the year of 1958, Holiday was facing problems regarding her health, finances and \u201cemotional well-being\u201d. In June 1959, she was arrested on drug charges and convicted under house arrest in \u201cMetropolitan Hospital in New York City\u201d. On July 1959, Holiday died at the age of forty four.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"