Dave Brubeck: A Brief Biography

Ives, a concert pianist. His mother was the child of a wealthy family. She had

On September 28, 1991, one year after receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Davis died at the young age of sixty-five from a stroke, pneumonia and respiratory failure. Davis’ music has been, and will continue to be popular and one of the most sought after names in American Jazz. His influence on other genres spans wider than most people realize because of the amount of techniques and styles that he experimented with. No audience is out of reach of Davis’ music because of his uses elements of rock, pop,

He was born on 1886 in Lenox, Massachusetts, the 2nd oldest of six siblings, and was a skilled violinist since he was a kid (The Black Past). When he got a promotion at his magazine job when he was 14, he got his first camera. He was one of the first people in his town to own a personal camera so it was up to him to photograph lower class African American life at the time. At least until he, his brother Walter, and his dad would move to the Big Apple where he would work as an elevator operator and a waiter. While there,

Our music industry would not be what it is today without one of America’s greatest music legends, Duke Ellington. He made major breakthroughs at a time when the odds were against him. He was born Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (1899-1974) (Tirro 1993). He was a natural and has many life achievements that have contributed to the genre of jazz. He was a catalyst in his era. His music spoke to the soul. He defied the odds with his musical accomplishments. It was not everyday blacks were awarded the opportunity to shine in America’s spot light.

Carter landed a job on pianist Ramsey Lewis's BET Jazz show, "Bet on Jazz.” In January

Sammy Goldstein was born and raised in Paris, Tennessee by his parents Ernie and Jerri Goldstein. He was sent to take piano lessons with his siblings as children and never truly got into it until his later years. In his earlier career he performed as a musical, comedy actor during the summers with such pieces as “Fiddler On The Roof”. By the age of twenty he took off

Sadley but true, B.B. King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 pm. on May 14, 2015, in Las Vegas, NV. He died because of Vascular Dementia.All his friends and family are very thankful for all the prayers and thoughts about BB King. A lot of people loved his music (especially us three) and we all know he will be missed.

While vacationing in Asbury Park, Duke heard of a good pianist named Harvey Brooks. At the end of his vacation Duke sought Harvey out in Philadelphia where Harvey showed Duke some pianist tricks and shortcuts. Duke now had a real yearning to play when he got home. Soon later Duke’s music career started.

Dave plays drums, guitar, bass guitar, and basically anything you put in front of him. The craziest part about him being able to play all of these instruments is that he plays them just as well, if not better, than someone who focuses solely on one one instrument. He can even sing! Dave is the lead singer and plays guitar for his Current band “The Foo Fighters”. I can not think of another person that can play as well or as many instruments as Dave Grohl.

Ludwig van Beethoven’s father, Johann van Beethoven was a musician, teacher, and a singer. His father started giving him piano lesson’s at the age of 4 or 5. Beethoven’s father was all about exploiting his young son’s talents; he even lied about

in Kansas City and became one of the most famous jazz musicians of all time. He led us

That was also a big year for Prince because he was introduced to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (“Prince Biography”). In 2007 he played during the Super Bowl XLI Halftime Performance and then in 2010 he was praised by Billboard.com as “ the greatest Super Bowl performer ever”, featured in TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World”, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the BET Awards, and later in the year he was introduced to the Grammy Hall of Fame. He continued to be just as flamboyant and outspoken until the day of his death on April 21st,

David Gordon-Dixon is a Drama student with a passion for performing. David first discovered his interest for Live Performance in the 2014 production of The Sound of Music, playing the character of Franz, the Butler to the Von Trapp Family. Journey’s End is David’s third Whitgift School performance. For the majority of the Whitgift School plays he assisted backstage. The plays including: The Monty Python’s Spamalot and Macbeth. David is very excited to be a part of this great and memorable production, with a cast and crew of talented individuals.

Beethoven was a composer and pianist. He was born in Bonn, Germany. He was born in a family of musicians at the royal court of Cologne. His parents named him after his grandfather. His father Johann, was incapable of having a positive influence on Beethoven's education. His mother was always described as a gentle, retired woman. In 1982, before he turned the age of 12, he published his first work. He got inspired to start playing because both of his father and grandfather were both singers and they taught him how to play piano when he was four. He played in the period romantic Ed in classical music. In his late 20s, he started to lose his hearing, and experiencing a loud ringing in his ear. Since he lost his hearing, he was devastated because

Hans Zimmer was born in Frankfurt, Germany in September 12, 1957. As a child, he began playing piano since he was three years old. Although he was receiving piano lessons, he quickly became uninterested after only two weeks of piano lessons. Even more astounding he decided to become a composer at age six. His father died when he was six and that is when he decided to become serious about music, because it was his refuge as he quotes, “It was my way of calming the demons in me or at the same time sometimes letting them roar, letting them rip, letting the monster out and seeing that it wasn't so scary being able to look it in the eye," (International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers 2).