Here are posts labelled "Grammy" on The Guide
Just the Facts:
- Name: William James Basie
- Known as: Count Basie
- Birth: August 21, 1904, Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
- Death: April 26, 1984, Hollywood, Florida, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American performer; "One O'Clock Jump"; "April in Paris"; "Everyday (I Have the Blues)"; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2002)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Louis Armstrong
- Birth: August 4, 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Death: July 6, 1971, Corona, New York City, New York, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American performer; trumpet, singer ("scat" vocals); "When The Saints Go Marching In"; "Ain't Misbehavin'"; "Stompin' at the Savoy"; "Hello, Dolly!"; "What a Wonderful World"; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1972)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Edward Kennedy Ellington
- Known as: Duke Ellington
- Birth: April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C., USA
- Death: May 24, 1974, New York City, New York, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American jazz composer and performer; "Take the "A" Train"; "In a Sentimental Mood"; "Mood Indigo"; "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"; "Cocktails for Two"; "Black and Tan Fantasy"; " Solitude"; multiple Grammys; Pulitzer: Special Citation for Arts (1999)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Thomas Waller
- Known as: Fats Waller
- Birth: May 21, 1904, New York City, New York, USA
- Death: December 15, 1943, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American composer and performer; "Ain't Misbehavin'"; "Honeysuckle Rose"; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1993)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Cabell Calloway III
- Known as: Cab Calloway
- Birth: December 25, 1907, Rochester, New York, USA
- Death: November 18, 1994, Hockessin, Delaware, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American performer; "Minnie the Moocher"; "Saint James Infirmary"; "Kicking the Gong Around"; "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2008)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: John Birks Gillespie
- Known as: Dizzy Gillespie
- Birth: October 21, 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
- Death: January 6, 1993, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American jazz composer and performer who wrote "Groovin' High"; "Woody 'n' You"; "Salt Peanuts"; "A Night in Tunisia"; "Manteca"; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1989)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Leonard Bernstein
- Birth: August 25, 1918, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
- Death: October 14, 1990, New York City, New York, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American conductor, and composer of such works as On the Town; Wonderful Town; Candida; and West Side Story; multiple Grammys, including Lifetime Achievement Award
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
