San Francisco Jazz Festival is an annual three-week music festival produced by SFJAZZ , a non-profit organization dedicated to jazz and jazz education.
64-3121: Jack DeJohnette , Keith Jarrett , Christian McBride , Charles McPherson , Modern Jazz Quartet , James Moody , Gary Peacock , Wayne Shorter , Phil Woods Dee Dee Bridgewater , Ruth Brown , John Lee Hooker , Diana Krall , John McLaughlin , Max Roach , Sonny Rollins , George Shearing , David Sanborn Joe Williams , Nancy Wilson Geri Allen , Marc Anthony , Kenny Barron , Andy Bey , Rosemary Clooney , Dave Frishberg , Tom Harrell , Corey Harris , Fred Hersch , Al Jarreau , Diana Krall, Ivan Lins , Kevin Mahogany , Joshua Redman , David Sanchez , John Zorn Patricia Barber , Louie Bellson , Chick Corea , Joey DeFrancesco , Charlie Haden , Jimmy Smith , Gerald Wilson Orquesta Aragón , Ruth Brown, Celia Cruz , Lee Konitz , Joe Lovano , Russell Malone , Bobby McFerrin , Eliades Ochoa , Lou Rawls , Bud Shank , Cecil Taylor , McCoy Tyner , Toots Thielemans Kenny Barron , Joanne Brackeen , Regina Carter , Issac Delgado , Etta James , Pharoah Sanders , Bobby Short , Mary Stallings John Abercrombie , Toshiko Akiyoshi , Geri Allen, Vicente Amigo , Patricia Barber, Bill Charlap , Ornette Coleman , Kurt Elling Merle Haggard , Billy Hart , Shirley Horn , Bobby Hutcherson , Ahmad Jamal , Marc Johnson , Charles Lloyd , Branford Marsalis , Ellis Marsalis Jr. , Bobby McFerrin , Jane Monheit , Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner Ruth Brown, Herbie Hancock , Dave Holland , Etta James, Ramsey Lewis , Maria Muldaur , Enrico Rava , Lavay Smith , Mavis Staples , Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner, Nancy Wilson Brian Blade , Ruth Brown, Bobby Hutcherson, Etta James, Nicholas Payton , Joshua Redman , Josh Roseman , Renee Rosnes , Mary Stallings, Miguel Zenon , Keren Ann , Eva Ayllón , Ornette Coleman, Barbara Cook , Paquito D'Rivera , Eldar Djangirov , Lalah Hathaway , Etta James, Yusef Lateef , Abbey Lincoln , Madeleine Peyroux , Virginia Rodrigues , Poncho Sanchez , Toots Thielemans, Tierney Sutton , Geri Allen, Ornette Coleman, Eldar Djangirov, Paquito D'Rivera, Lalah Hathaway, Etta James, Keith Jarrett, Abbey Lincoln, Madeleine Peyroux, Poncho Sanchez, Mary Stallings, Tierney Sutton, John Abercrombie, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ornette Coleman, Kurt Elling, Pete Escovedo , Herbie Hancock, Ahmad Jamal, Jason Moran , Pharoah Sanders, Anoushka Shankar , Ravi Shankar , Sara Tavares , Caetano Veloso Vicente Amigo, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ravi Coltrane , Cosa Nostra Strings, Pharoah Sanders, Steve McQuarry Ahmad Jamal, Arturo Sandoval, Marcus Miller, Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Monsieur Perine, Chester Thompson , Hot Club of San Francisco , San Francisco String Trio, Irma Thomas, Kendrick Scott, Sergio Mendes, Nate Wooley , Ken Vandermark, Tuck And Patti, Jamison Ross, Brian Blade, Jeff Parker, Lea Delaria, Broken Shadows, Julian Lage, Thumbscrew, Marius Neset, Amadou & Mariam, George Cole, Zakir Hussain, Soweto Kinch, The Juju Exchange w/ Nico Segal Jack DeJohnette Jack DeJohnette (born August 9, 1942)
128-681: A Tony Award for creating the role of Marian the Librarian in Meredith Willson 's 1957 hit The Music Man . Cook continued to appear regularly on television in the late 1950s, starring in a 1956 Producers' Showcase production of Bloomer Girl , a 1957 live broadcast of The Yeomen of the Guard , and a 1958 musical adaptation of Hansel and Gretel . She also made appearances on Alfred Hitchcock Presents , The Ed Sullivan Show , The Dinah Shore Chevy Show , and The Play of
192-435: A Tony Award for the last. She continued performing mostly in theatre until the mid-1970s, when she began a second career as a cabaret and concert singer. She also made numerous recordings. During her years as Broadway’s leading ingénue , Cook was lauded for her excellent lyric soprano voice. She was particularly admired for her vocal agility, wide range, warm sound, and emotive interpretations. As she aged her voice took on
256-520: A Musical for the concert. She went on to perform Sings Mostly Sondheim at Lincoln Center for a sold-out fourteen-week run from December 2001 to January 2002, and again in June 2002 to August 2002. She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Theatrical Event. She took the show on a National tour throughout major cities in the United States. DRG filmed the stage production during a performance at
320-462: A Trip . In 1954, Cook appeared in the short-lived soap opera Golden Windows and starred as Jane Piper in a television version of Victor Herbert 's operetta Babes in Toyland . That summer, she returned to City Center to portray Carrie Pipperidge in a revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel , which Cook described as "the first time the critics really paid attention to me. It was like I
384-600: A collaboration with Harper that lasted until his death in 2004, over the next three decades, Barbara Cook became a successful concert performer and Cook and Harper performed together at not only many of the best cabaret spots and music halls in New York City--like Michael's Pub and the St. Regis Hotel --but nationally and internationally. Cook and Harper returned to Carnegie Hall in September 1980, to perform
448-772: A critically acclaimed concert series at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, which was recorded by DRG as Live From London . "Cook still comes across with consummate taste and with a voice that shows little sign of wear after 40 years." Alastair Macaulay wrote in the Financial Times about the concert, "Barbara Cook is the greatest singer in the world ... Ms. Cook is the only popular singer active today who should be taken seriously by lovers of classical music. Has any singer since Callas matched Cook's sense of musical architecture? I doubt it." The performing duo traveled all over
512-417: A darker quality, even in her head voice , that was less prominent in her youth. At the time of her death, Cook was widely recognized as one of the "premier interpreters" of musical theatre songs and standards, in particular the songs of composer Stephen Sondheim . Her subtle and sensitive interpretations of American popular song continued to earn high praise even into her eighties. She was named an honoree at
576-408: A drummer, e.g. on Pictures (1977) or on New Directions In Europe (live in concert in 1979, released 1980). Barbara Cook Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning
640-893: A live recording of a concert commemorating Tony Williams in London in 2004. In 2008, DeJohnette toured with Bobby McFerrin , Chick Corea , and the Jarrett trio, and the next year won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album with Peace Time . In 2010, he founded the Jack DeJohnette Group, featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa on alto saxophone, David Fiuczynski on double-neck guitar, George Colligan on keyboards and piano, and long-time associate Jerome Harris on electric and acoustic bass guitars. In 2012, DeJohnette released Sound Travels , which included appearances by McFerrin, Quintero, Bruce Hornsby , Esperanza Spalding , Lionel Loueke , and Jason Moran . The same year, he
704-473: A member of the Charles Lloyd Quartet. A band that recognized the potential influence of rock and roll on jazz, Lloyd's group was where DeJohnette first encountered pianist Keith Jarrett , who would work extensively with him throughout his career. However, DeJohnette left the group in early 1968, citing Lloyd's deteriorating, "flat" playing as his main reason for leaving. While Lloyd's band
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#1732775537994768-514: A problem with tendinitis . His drumming style has been called unique; one critic writes that he is not merely a drummer but a "percussionist, colourist and epigrammatic commentator mediating the shifting ensemble densities" and that "his drumming is always part of the music's internal construction." In a 2004 interview, Modern Drummer magazine called DeJohnette's drumming "beyond technique." DeJohnette calls himself an "abstract thinker" when it comes to soloing, saying that he puts "more weight on
832-483: A quartet consisting of himself, Herbie Hancock , Pat Metheny , and his long-time collaborator Holland, and released Parallel Realities with this group the same year. In 1992 he released a major collaborative record, Music for the Fifth World , which was inspired by studies with a Native American elder and brought him together musically with players like Vernon Reid and John Scofield . He had also, during
896-575: A series of songs arranged by Harper. The New York Times ' reviewer, John S. Wilson , wrote: "Since her first Carnegie Hall appearance, she has grown from a delightful singer to become a delightful entertainer who also happens to be a remarkable singer." The latter performance was captured on the CD It's Better With a Band . In 1986, Cook was nominated for an Olivier Award "The Observer Award for Outstanding Achievement" for her one-woman show, accompanied by Harper, at London's Donmar Warehouse and
960-494: A sideman and opportunities to start his own groups. He first formed the group Compost in 1972, but this was a short-lived endeavor, and DeJohnette cited the music as far too experimental to achieve commercial success. During this period, DeJohnette continued his career as a sideman as well, rejoining Stan Getz's quartet from 1973 to October 1974, and also enticing Dave Holland to join Getz's rhythm section. This stint briefly preceded
1024-685: A touring vaudeville act entitled "A Toast To Rodgers and Hammerstein " which was organized by pianist Erwin Strauss, the son of the composer Oscar Straus . Beginning in Boston, the act performed mainly at hotels and venues owned by Ernie Byfield in cities like New York and Chicago. She began to sing at other clubs and resorts, eventually procuring an engagement at the Blue Angel club in Manhattan in 1950. Cook made her Broadway debut as Sandy in
1088-513: A tribute to DeJohnette's friend Tony Williams and his trio Lifetime (consisting of Williams, Larry Young and John McLaughlin ), featuring John Scofield and Larry Goldings . DeJohnette also founded his own label, Golden Beams Productions, in 2005. That same year, he released Music in the Key of Om on his new label, an electronic album which he created for relaxing and meditative purposes on which he played synthesizer and resonating bells, which
1152-581: Is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. Known for his extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians including Charles Lloyd , Freddie Hubbard , Keith Jarrett , Bill Evans , John Abercrombie , Alice Coltrane , Sonny Rollins , Miles Davis , Joe Henderson , Michael Brecker , Pat Metheny , Herbie Hancock and John Scofield , DeJohnette was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2007. He has won two Grammy Awards and been nominated for five others. DeJohnette
1216-679: The Albery Theatre . She won the Drama Desk Award "Outstanding One Person Show" in 1987 for her Broadway show A Concert for the Theatre , again with Harper. In October 1991, they appeared as featured artists at the Carnegie Hall Gala Music and Remembrance: A Celebration of Great Musical Partnerships which raised money for the advancement of the performing arts and for AIDS research. In 1994, they performed
1280-588: The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (founded in 1965). He also occasionally performed with Sun Ra and his Arkestra , and later in New York as well. In the early 1960s, DeJohnette had the opportunity to sit in for three tunes with John Coltrane and his quintet, an early foray into playing with big-name jazz musicians. In 1966 DeJohnette moved to New York City , where he became
1344-616: The Fillmore East in New York and Fillmore West in San Francisco . These ventures were undertaken at the behest of Clive Davis , then president of Columbia Records . DeJohnette continued to work with Davis for the next three years, which led to collaborations with other Davis band members John McLaughlin , Chick Corea , and Holland; he also drew Keith Jarrett into the band. DeJohnette contributed to such Davis albums as Live-Evil (1971), Jack Johnson (1971), and On
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#17327755379941408-884: The Royal Albert Hall in London, England, with the full company of English National Ballet . An advertised appearance with the Ulster Orchestra as the Closing Concert of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen's at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on October 31, 2008 was cancelled due to scheduling difficulties. Her other 2008 appearances included concerts in Chicago and San Francisco. In 2009, she performed with
1472-495: The 1980s, resumed playing piano, which led to his 1994 tour as an unaccompanied pianist. He also began working again with Abercrombie and Holland, reviving the Gateway trio. In 1990, DeJohnette was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music . In 2004, he was nominated for a Grammy award for his work on Keith Jarrett's live album The Out-of-Towners , and continued to work with that group into 2005. In
1536-524: The 2011 Kennedy Center Honors . Cook was born in Atlanta , the daughter of Nell (née Harwell) and Charles Bunyan Cook. Her father was a traveling hat salesman and her mother was an operator for Southern Bell . Her parents divorced when she was a child and, after her only sister died of whooping cough , Barbara lived alone with her mother. She later described their relationship as "so close, too close. I slept with my mother until I came to New York. Slept in
1600-505: The Corner (1972), along with sessions later released on the 1981 compilation album Directions . He left the Davis group in mid-1971, although he returned for several concerts through the rest of that year. DeJohnette's first record, The DeJohnette Complex , was released in 1968; on the album, he played melodica as well as drums, often allowing his mentor, Roy Haynes , to sit behind
1664-729: The Montreux Jazz Festival . In November 1968, he worked briefly with Stan Getz and his quartet, which led to his first recordings with Miles Davis . In 1969, DeJohnette left the Evans trio and replaced Tony Williams in Miles Davis's live band. Davis had seen DeJohnette play many times, one of which was during a stint with Evans at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London in 1968, where he also first heard bassist Dave Holland . Davis recognized DeJohnette's ability to combine
1728-658: The New York Drama Critics Circle Award ("for her contribution to the musical theater") and a nomination for the Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Solo Performance. A recording of the concert was made. After Wally Harper's death in October 2004, Cook made adjustments to new accompanists in solo shows like Tribute (a reference to Harper) and No One Is Alone that continued to receive acclaim; The New York Times wrote in 2005 that she
1792-838: The Pepsico Theatre, SUNY Purchase, New York , on October 11, 2002 and it was released on DVD on the DRG/Koch Entertainment label. In June and August 2002 Cook performed Sings Mostly Sondheim at the Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center as part of the Sondheim Celebration. In 2004 she performed two limited engagement concert series at the Vivian Beaumont and Mitzi Newhouse theaters at Lincoln Center , "Barbara Cook's Broadway!", with Harper as her musical director/arranger. She received
1856-945: The Princeton Symphony, Detroit Symphony, and gave concerts in Boca Raton, Florida , and at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton. She performed in a cabaret show at Feinsteins at the Regency (New York City) which opened in April 2009. Cook returned to Broadway in 2010 in the Roundabout Theatre 's Stephen Sondheim revue Sondheim on Sondheim , created and directed by long-time Sondheim collaborator James Lapine , at Studio 54 . She starred opposite Vanessa L. Williams , Norm Lewis and Tom Wopat . Cook
1920-480: The Seventies (she would quit drinking in 1977), Cook had trouble getting stage work. In the mid-1970s Cook's fortunes changed for the better when she met and befriended composer and pianist Wally Harper . Harper convinced her to put together a concert and on January 26, 1975, accompanied by Harper, she made her debut in a solo concert at Carnegie Hall that resulted in a legendary concert and live album. Continuing
1984-721: The Theatre . In 1988, she originated the role of Margaret White in the ill-fated musical version of Stephen King 's Carrie , which premiered in England and was presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company . In May of 1990, she was the featured soloist in a program of theatre music given by the Oratorio Society of New York . In 1994, she provided both her acting and singing skills to the animated film version of Thumbelina , as Thumbelina's mother which featured music by Barry Manilow . That same year she
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2048-844: The UK with a concert at the Coliseum Theatre in London's West End. As she entered her ninth decade, Cook performed in two sold-out concerts with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center in 2007. The New York Times Stephen Holden wrote that Cook is "a performer spreading the gospel of simplicity, self-reliance and truth" who is "never glib" and summoning adjectives such as "astonishing" and "transcendent", concluding that she sings with "a tenderness and honesty that could break your heart and mend it all at once." In June 2008, Cook appeared in Strictly Gershwin at
2112-524: The Week . Cook starred in an acclaimed 1960 City Center revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I and in the short-lived 1961 musical The Gay Life . In 1963, she created the role of Amalia Balash in the classic Jerry Bock - Sheldon Harnick musical She Loves Me . Her performance prompted Norman Nadel of the World-Telegram & Sun to write, "Her clear soprano is not only one of
2176-516: The abstract than, 'What were you thinking in bar 33?' I don't like to think that way. I can do it, but I like to be more in the flow." In terms of what he feels when he plays, DeJohnette said that when he plays, he goes "into an altered state, a different headspace. I plug into my higher self, into the cosmic library of ideas." He has remarked that he has to play with a lot of restraint when playing in Keith Jarrett's trio, in order "to play with
2240-645: The age of 14. When Jack was 13, he switched to drums and was taught drumming techniques from a local jazz drummer, Bobby Miller Jr, who lived in the same neighborhood. DeJohnette credits his uncle, Roy Wood Sr. (1915–1995), a Chicago disc jockey and vice president/co-founder of the National Black Network of Black Broadcasters , as his inspiration to play music. DeJohnette played R&B , hard bop , and avant-garde music in Chicago. He led his own groups in addition to playing with Richard Abrams , Roscoe Mitchell and other eventual core members of
2304-444: The avant-garde plus the discipline of traditional jazz compositions." DeJohnette's work with Special Edition has been interrupted regularly by other projects, the most significant of which are his recordings in 1983 and tours from 1985 as a member of Keith Jarrett's trio, which was totally devoted to playing jazz standards . The trio included his long-time compatriot Jarrett and bassist Gary Peacock , and all three have been members of
2368-401: The careers of many lesser-known young horn players, as it had a rotating front line that included David Murray , Arthur Blythe , Chico Freeman , and John Purcell , among others. During this period, especially with Special Edition, DeJohnette offered "the necessary gravity to keep the horns in a tight orbit" in his compositions while also treating his listeners to "the expanded vocabulary of
2432-560: The driving grooves associated with rock and roll with improvisational aspects associated with jazz. DeJohnette was the primary drummer on Bitches Brew . DeJohnette and the other musicians saw the Bitches Brew sessions as unstructured and fragmentary, but also innovative: "As the music was being played, as it was developing, Miles would get new ideas ... He'd do a take, and stop, and then get an idea from what had just gone on before, and elaborate on it ... The recording of Bitches Brew
2496-552: The few performers who manage to combine the best of both traditions, as she reminded us in 'It Might as Well be Spring' – and, at the close, in her encore of Bock and Harnick 's 'Ice Cream'." In 2000, she was one of the only American performers chosen to perform at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival in the Sydney Opera House . Also in 2000, she was joined by Lillias White , Malcolm Gets , and Debbie Gravitte on
2560-490: The finest vocal instruments in the contemporary musical theatre, but it conveys all the vitality, brightness and strength of her feminine young personality, which is plenty." A number from She Loves Me , "Vanilla Ice Cream", became one of Cook's signature songs. In the mid-1960s, Cook began working less frequently. She appeared in the 1964 flop Something More! , which ran for only 15 performances on Broadway, and tried her hand at non-musical roles, replacing Sandy Dennis in
2624-515: The formation of the Gateway Trio , a group that DeJohnette helped form but did not lead. This group came directly out of DeJohnette's time with Getz, as Holland joined him in this group along with guitarist John Abercrombie , both of whom would become associated with DeJohnette throughout his career. His next group effort was Directions , a group formed in 1976 featuring saxophonist Alex Foster , bassist Mike Richmond , and Abercrombie, showing
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2688-585: The group for over 25 years. At the start of the 1980s, DeJohnette played on the album 80/81 with Pat Metheny , Charlie Haden , Dewey Redman and Michael Brecker . In 1981, DeJohnette performed at the Woodstock Jazz Festival , held in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Creative Music Studio . DeJohnette continued to work with Special Edition into the 1990s, but did not limit himself to that. In 1990 he toured in
2752-439: The links between the members of the Gateway trio. This was another short-lived group, yet it led directly to the formation of DeJohnette's next group, New Directions , which featured Abercrombie again on guitar along with Lester Bowie on trumpet and Eddie Gómez on bass. This group coexisted with another DeJohnette group, Special Edition, which was the first DeJohnette-led group to receive critical acclaim. This group also helped
2816-606: The next few years, DeJohnette would begin and lead three new projects, the first of which was the Latin Project consisting of percussionists Giovanni Hidalgo and Luisito Quintero, reedman Don Byron , pianist Edsel Gomez, and bassist Jerome Harris . The other two new projects were the Jack DeJohnette Quartet, featuring Harris again alongside Danilo Perez and John Patitucci , and the Trio Beyond ,
2880-746: The play Any Wednesday in 1965 and originating the role of Patsy Newquist in Jules Feiffer 's 1967 play Little Murders . She starred in national tours of The Unsinkable Molly Brown in 1964 and Funny Girl in 1967. Her last original "book" musical role on Broadway came in 1971 when she played Dolly Talbo in The Grass Harp . In 1972, Cook returned to the dramatic stage in the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center 's production of Maxim Gorky 's Enemies . As she began struggling with depression, obesity, and alcoholism in
2944-490: The role of Cunegonde in Leonard Bernstein 's 1956 operetta Candide , in which she premiered the vocally demanding, show-stopping comic aria "Glitter and Be Gay". Although Candide was not a commercial success, Cook's portrayal of Cunegonde established her as one of Broadway's leading ingenues . In 1957 she appeared in a second City Center revival of Carousel, this time in the role of Julie Jordan, and won
3008-580: The role of Martha in the Sharon Burgett musical version of The Secret Garden along with John Cullum , Judy Kaye , and George Rose . In 1987 she performed the role of Julie Jordan in a concert version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel with Samuel Ramey as Billy, Sarah Brightman as Carrie, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , and she won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show for A Concert for
3072-681: The same bed with her. That's just, it's wrong. But to me, it was the norm....As far as she was concerned, we were one person." Though Barbara began singing at an early age, at the Elks Club and to her father over the phone, she spent three years after graduating from high school working as a typist. In 1947 Cook was engaged as a featured performer for Atlanta's Southeastern Fair at the Lakewood Fairgrounds . While visiting Manhattan in 1948 with her mother, she decided to stay and try to find work as an actress. In 1949 she performed in
3136-598: The set. He also recorded, in the early 1970s, the albums Have You Heard , Sorcery , and Cosmic Chicken . He released these first four albums on either the Milestone or Prestige labels, and then switched to ECM for his next endeavors; ECM gave him a "fertile platform" for his "atmospheric drumming and challenging compositions." He was also featured on First Light , an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard , released by CTI in 1971. The musical freedom he had while recording for ECM offered DeJohnette many dates as
3200-430: The short-lived 1951 musical Flahooley . She landed another role quickly, portraying Ado Annie in the 1951 City Center revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Oklahoma! , and stayed with the production when it went on its national tour the following year. Also in 1952, Cook made her first television appearance on the show Armstrong Circle Theatre which presented her in an original play entitled Mr. Bemiss Takes
3264-536: The studio cast recording of Jimmy McHugh 's Lucky in the Rain . In February 2001, Cook returned to Carnegie Hall to perform Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim which was recorded live and released on CD. Critically acclaimed from the start, Cook then took the concert to the West End Lyric Theatre in 2001. She garnered two Olivier Award nominations for Best Entertainment and Best Actress in
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#17327755379943328-613: The subtlety that the music requires." Whilst DeJohnette is most famous and mostly active as a drummer, he is also a schooled pianist. He began studying piano at age four and later took piano lessons at the Chicago Conservatory of Music and played both as a pianist and as a drummer in his early career. Later on, he would return to the piano, releasing solo piano albums in 1985 and 2016 and touring as an unaccompanied pianist in 1994. He has also played piano, organ and synthesizer keyboard instruments on albums on which he plays as
3392-515: The world giving concerts together including a number of times at the White House – for Presidents Carter , Reagan , Bush , and Clinton . From the mid-1970s on, Cook returned only sporadically to acting, mostly in occasional studio cast and live concert versions of stage musicals. In September 1985 she appeared with the New York Philharmonic as Sally in the renowned concert version of Stephen Sondheim 's Follies . In 1986, she recorded
3456-655: Was "at the top of her game.... Cook's voice is remarkably unchanged from 1958, when she won the Tony Award for playing Marian the Librarian in The Music Man. A few high notes aside, it is, eerily, as rich and clear as ever." In January 2006, Cook became the first female pop singer to be presented by the Metropolitan Opera in the company's more than one hundred-year history. She presented a solo concert of Broadway show tunes and classic jazz standards, and
3520-440: Was a stream of creative musical energy. One thing was flowing into the next, and we were stopping and starting all the time." While he was not the only drummer involved in the project, as Davis had also enlisted Billy Cobham , Don Alias , and Lenny White , DeJohnette was considered the leader of the rhythm section within the group. He played on the live albums that would follow the release of Bitches Brew , taken from concerts at
3584-426: Was awarded an NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for his "significant lifetime contributions [which] have helped to enrich jazz and further the growth of the art form." DeJohnette's style incorporates elements of jazz , free jazz , world music , and R&B , contributing to him being one of the most highly regarded and in-demand drummers. Initially a traditional grip player, he later switched to matched grip due to
3648-450: Was born in Chicago , Illinois , to Jack DeJohnette (1911–2011) and Eva Jeanette DeJohnette (née Wood, 1918–1984). Although of predominantly African-American heritage, he has stated that he has some Native American ancestry, specifically Seminole and Crow . He began his musical career as a pianist, studying from age four with Antoinette Rich, the leader of an all-female symphony orchestra in Chicago, and first playing professionally at
3712-399: Was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame . In November 1997, Cook celebrated her 70th birthday by giving a concert at Albert Hall in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , joined by performers including Elaine Stritch and Maria Friedman . The Times reviewer noted: "The world is usually divided into actresses who try to sing and singers who try to act. Cook is one of
3776-428: Was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age Album category . DeJohnette continued to make albums as a leader and sideman throughout this period as well, one of which was The Elephant Sleeps But Still Remembers , a collaboration that documents the first meeting of DeJohnette and guitarist Bill Frisell in 2001 and led to another tour, with Frisell and Jerome Harris. The next year Trio Beyond released Saudades ,
3840-939: Was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the category of Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. On April 12, 2011, Cook appeared with James Taylor , Bette Midler and Sting , at Carnegie Hall for a gala called "Celebrating 120 Years of Carnegie Hall". Cook was named an honoree at the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors , held on December 4, 2011 (the ceremony was broadcast on CBS on December 27, 2011). Performers paying tribute to Cook on that occasion included Matthew Broderick , Sarah Jessica Parker , Patti LuPone , Glenn Close , Kelli O'Hara , Rebecca Luker , Sutton Foster , Laura Osnes , Anna Christy , and Audra McDonald . In 2016, Cook published her autobiography Then & Now: A Memoir with collaborator Tom Santopietro . She announced her retirement in May 2017. Cook married acting teacher David LeGrant (December 8, 1923 – July 28, 2011) on March 9, 1952, after meeting at
3904-436: Was supported on a few numbers by guest singers Audra McDonald and Josh Groban and Elaine Stritch (although Stritch did not appear on the CD of the concert). The concert was recorded and subsequently released on CD. On June 25, 2006, Cook was the special guest star of the Award Winning Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C. , celebrating GMCW's Silver Anniversary in a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Cook
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#17327755379943968-511: Was the featured artist at the Arts! by George gala on September 29, 2007 at the Fairfax campus of George Mason University . On October 22, 2007, Cook sang at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts with the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus in the chorus's concert entitled "An Evening With Barbara Cook". Upon completion of the concert, an almost full house greeted her with a round of " Happy Birthday " in honor of her impending 80th birthday, which, on December 2, 2007, she celebrated belatedly in
4032-501: Was the new young thing. It was very important for me." In 1955, she received major critical praise for playing the supporting role of Hilda Miller in Plain and Fancy . Walter Kerr wrote of her performance: "Barbara Cook, right off a blue and white Dutch plate, is delicious all the time, but especially when she perches on a trunk, savors her first worthwhile kiss, and melts into the melody of 'This Is All Very New to Me'." Cook's critical reputation and coloratura soprano range won her
4096-403: Was where he received international recognition for the first time, it was not the only group DeJohnette played with during his early years in New York, as he also worked with groups including Jackie McLean , Abbey Lincoln , Betty Carter , and Bill Evans . DeJohnette joined Evans' trio in 1968, the same year the group headlined the Montreux Jazz Festival and produced the album Bill Evans at
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