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he dropped out of school and begin playing piano at 15

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he got into music at 11

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he has a older brother name ira Gershwin

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he died because of brain surgery on july 11, 1937 at the age of 38

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he was born september 26, 1898

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Claude Debussy

Known for his use of the pentatonic scale, unprepared modulations, bitonality and unresolving successions of dissonant chords, it is no surprise Debussy’s name has been associated with the development of jazz

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Bix Biederbeck

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Paul Whiteman

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he was one of the greatest jazz artists ever

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he was writing and playing jazz for 50 years

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he played at the cotton club

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George Gershwin

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S ymphonic jazz, that fusion of jazz and European high-culture music that arose in the United States of the 1920s, is closely identified with American urban settings.

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Early in 1937, Gershwin started to complain of headaches and coordination problems. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Despite the surgical intervention Gershwin died immediately on 11 July at the age of 38.

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he died very young

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“Summertime” is the best-known selection from Porgy and Bess. It is also recognized as one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded music, with more than 33,000 covers by various bands, ensembles and individual musicians.

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At age 15, Gershwin dropped out of school and took a job as a pianist and song plugger for Tin Pan Alley, a collection of music publishers and songwriters in New York City. Song pluggers were basically pianists who helped in selling new sheet music by playing the latest tunes inside a music store.

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Braden White

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Braden White

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Was claimed to have a large and direct influence in overseeing the creation of the opera, Porgy and Bess

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Was claimed to have a large and direct influence in overseeing the creation of the opera, Porgy and Bess

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Avery McCargo

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Duke ellington
luca romeo

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Wrote film, religious, popular, and classical music.

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Wrote film, religious, popular, and classical music.

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Braden White

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Braden White

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Played jazz for 50 years Stirling

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Braden White

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luca romeo

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wrote music for broadway stage and classical pieces

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Braden White

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Luca romeo

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music he made was the best example of this style

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Took jazz discovered on Tin Pan Ally into the mainstream by splicing its rhythms and tonality with that of the popular songs of his era

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Took jazz discovered on Tin Pan Ally into the mainstream by splicing its rhythms and tonality with that of the popular songs of his era

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Avery McCargo

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Had an ability to manipulate forms of music into his own unique voice 

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Had an ability to manipulate forms of music into his own unique voice 

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Avery McCargo

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used jazz elements in a traditional classical piece for a traditional classical ensemble

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Take the "A" Train was one of duke ellingtons best pieces
Luca Romeo

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Worked toward large compositions such as "Creole Rhapsody"

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Worked toward large compositions such as "Creole Rhapsody"

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Avery McCargo

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best examples of this is duke ellingtons arrangement of Tchaikovsky's nutcracker suite

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Rhapsody in Blue

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he would arrange them by adding in typical jazz harmonies

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Numerous memorials have been dedicated to Duke Ellington

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Numerous memorials have been dedicated to Duke Ellington

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Luca Romeo

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He was one of the 20th century , known for his Broadway musicals as well as his world famous orchestral compositions ra

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he likes to take standard classical pieces and arrange them for his jazz band

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Incorporated a kind of piano playing performed by James P. Johnson in the mid- twenties (also known as stride) 

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Incorporated a kind of piano playing performed by James P. Johnson in the mid- twenties (also known as stride) 

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Avery McCargo

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he was a master at arranging traditional classical music in a jazz style for the big band or jazz combo

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Gershwin was influenced by French composers of the early twentieth century

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Gershwin was influenced by French composers of the early twentieth century

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Luca Romeo

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He was the greatest jazz artist ever. He wrote and played jazz for about 50 years his real first name was edward