Bill Evans - pianist. He was part of Miles Davis' Quintet in the 60's, and he's one of the most influential pianists in the history of jazz.
No, he wasn't in New York during the peak jazz musician heroin crazy and he became a Buddhist soon after arriving, which kept him off the stuff.
Nobody can claim for sure who the first white Jazz musician was but Jelly Roll Morton 'claimed' singularly to have invented Jazz, but this is very unlikely.Besides he played the piano. Bix Beiderbecke played jazz cornet and was an early jazz/swing trumpet player. The other white players of the time have disappeared in the mists of time.
Chuck Berry was the first great rock & roll musician, not a jazz musician.
Tito Puente was a latin musician who was also considered to have many jazz influences as well as influenced jazz.
Miles Davis.
Yes. For example, Bix Beiderbecke was perhaps the first great white jazz musician. He played the coronet.
No, he wasn't in New York during the peak jazz musician heroin crazy and he became a Buddhist soon after arriving, which kept him off the stuff.
When will the jazz musician Dr. Michael white play in New York City
Nobody can claim for sure who the first white Jazz musician was but Jelly Roll Morton 'claimed' singularly to have invented Jazz, but this is very unlikely.Besides he played the piano. Bix Beiderbecke played jazz cornet and was an early jazz/swing trumpet player. The other white players of the time have disappeared in the mists of time.
The Jazz Addict - 2003 was released on: USA: 1 December 2003 (Los Angeles, California)
Eddie Jones - jazz musician - was born in 1929.
Eddie Jones - jazz musician - died in 1997.
Werner Neumann - jazz musician - was born in 1964.
Scott Robinson - jazz musician - was born in 1959.
Howard Johnson - jazz musician - was born in 1941.
Frank Wright - jazz musician - was born in 1935.
Eddie Allen - jazz musician - was born in 1957.