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	Shelly Manne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was frequently associated with West Coast Jazz, but his broad range of contributions to music, not only jazz, showed that he could not be readily pigeonholed.
		Tending to link Manne with West Coast jazz in another less than complimentary sense was the series of albums he recorded with pianist André Previn and with members of his groups, based on music from popular Broadway shows, movies, and television programs.
		Often singers who were not even primarily jazz singers, attempting to bend their style in a more jazz-like direction, or even just wanting the expert and sensitive percussive setting that Manne could provide, included him in their recording sessions, singers as diverse as Theresa Brewer, Leontyne Price, Tom Waits, and even Barry Manilow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shelly_Manne (2241 words)

	Cool jazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cool jazz is a type of jazz that is understated and subtle and often encompasses West coast jazz or West coast cool, which originated primarily from California.
		The Claude Thornhill Orchestra and Lennie Tristano recorded cool jazz as early as the late 1940s.
		Along with the bebop movement developed during the 1940s, the 1950s ushered in a lighter, more romantic style of jazz called "cool." The roots of cool jazz can be traced back to various earlier styles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cool_jazz (199 words)

	West Coast hip hop -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ice-T's 1987 ((additional info and facts about 1987 in music) 1987 in music) (additional info and facts about Rhyme Pays) Rhyme Pays was the first West Coast LP to achieve critical acclaim, and it also sold surprisingly well for a hip hop album, especially a West Coast hip hop album.
		In the early (The decade from 1990 to 1999) 1990s, hip-hop was split by a rivalry between the two coasts.
		West coast hip-hop artists such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and, by association with Dre, (additional info and facts about Eminem) Eminem, helped to keep a modernized version of the west coast’s G-funk sound alive.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/we/west_coast_hip_hop.htm (812 words)

	Hermosa and Manhattan Beach
		Most West Coast Jazz was scored out in great detail, and it often sounded a bit European with its use of contrapuntal lines.
		While West Coast Jazz was played mostly in recording studios, clubs like the Lighthouse on Hermosa Beach and the Haig in Los Angeles often presented top players of the genre, which included trumpeter Shorty Rogers, saxophonists Art Pepper and Bud Shank, drummer Shelly Manne and clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre.
		In the early 1950's a west coast jazz scene was piquing his interest and he went to explore.
	www.justabovesunset.com /id777.html (656 words)

	West Coast rap
		Ice-T's 1987 (1987 in music) Rhyme Pays was the first West Coast LP to achieve critical acclaim, and it also sold surprisingly well for a hip hop album, especially a West Coast hip hop album.
		The inter-coast rivalry culminated in the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.
		Though West Coast rap remained popular among white audiences, hip hop critics and fans were listening to a new breed of East Coast rappers like Nas and Wu-Tang Clan, with their sparse and menacing beats, reacting against the East Coast's king of pop-rap, Puff Daddy and Bad Boy Records.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/w/we/west_coast_rap.html (722 words)

	Clarifying labels: Cool Jazz, West Coast and Hard Bop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The implication was that East Coast was better because it was true, tough, and honest; West Coast was worse because it was arranged, effete, and — the most damning charge of all — because it didn't swing.
		As used by journalists, the term "West Coast Jazz" is often unfortunate because it designates white musicians, thereby overlooking a vital community of historically significant fl musicians who were based in Los Angeles, most notable among whom was bop saxophonist Dexter Gordon.
		Some of the most prominent jazz musicians of the period were quite versatile, making significant contributions to several different styles of jazz, thereby confusing the already overwhelmed listeners who attempted to pigeonhole their styles.
	www.icce.rug.nl /~soundscapes/DATABASES/TRA/Clarifying_labels.html (2078 words)

	Articles - West Coast hip hop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		West Coast hip hop, also known as California hip hop or West Coast rap, is a style of hip hop that originated in Los Angeles, California in the 1980s.
		West Coast hip hop was also contributed to by scenes based in the Bay Area and Seattle, Washington, which produced artists such as MC Hammer and Sir Mixalot.
		As a result of this split, major West Coast cities like San Francisco and LA are now home to not one but multiple hip hop scenes, which are differentiated from each other as much by their politics as by their music.
	www.mildhome.com /articles/West_Coast_hip_hop (871 words)

	The Jazz Network News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		West Coast jazz has long been among the most maligned and misunderstood of jazz styles.
		West Coast (or cool) Jazz married the innovations of bebop to the subtle swing of Count Basie, emphasizing quiet rhythm sections, subdued tone colors, arrangements and restraint.
		The California Institute for the Preservation of Jazz, an outfit headed by the organizational genius Ken Poston, put on a four-day musical celebration of 1950's jazz at the Hyatt Newporter in Newport Beach called Jazz West Coast II.
	www.toppriorityproductions.com /jazznetwork/jazznews6.html (1246 words)

	ipedia.com: West Coast Swing Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		West Coast Swing (WCS) is a partner dance derived from Lindy Hop.
		It is believed that the origins of th WCS are in Savoy style Lindy, in a particular style that was popularized by a dancer Dean Collins after he moved to California in 1930s.
		West Coast Swing is believed to have evolved from Lindy Hop, though both have evolved since the fork.
	www.ipedia.com /west_coast_swing.html (1203 words)

	Jazz Bulletin Board - West Coast & Smooth Jazz
		Usually "West Coast Jazz" in a historical sense refers to the type of jazz popularized by people like Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz that was more relaxed, predictable, and easy to digest for the average listener, which is precisely the roll that smooth jazz is playing today.
		To me the most significant differance between west coast and smooth is to be found in the rhythm sections.
		West coast jazz musicians in the 60's-70's were serious about their business.
	forums.allaboutjazz.com /showthread.php?t=9559 (1331 words)

	Southwest Whip Club - About West Coast Swing
		In 1988, West Coast Swing was pronounced the Official State Dance of California.
		West Coast Swing is believed to have evolved from Lindy Hop, though both have evolved into different dances for different musical tastes since the fork.
		West Coast Swing: a style of Swing emphasizing nimble feet popular in California night clubs in the 30's and 40's and voted the California State Dance in 1989.
	www.swwc.org /page.asp?PID=9 (1951 words)

	PBS: Rediscovering Dave Brubeck \| With Hedrick Smith
		This new sound, dubbed "West Coast Jazz," or "West Coast Cool," generated both excitement and controversy - and Dave Brubeck and his music were at the center of it all.
		Here jazz historian Ted Gioia, author the book West Coast Jazz and critic Stanley Crouch discuss this movement and Brubeck's place in it.
		West Coast to them was a code term for 'white' at that time, yeah.
	www.pbs.org /brubeck/theMusic/westCoastJazz.htm (1223 words)

	West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		Avoiding the hackneyed debate over West Coast cool versus East Coast bop, he emphasizes the variety in West Coast jazz in chapters about such talents as cool trumpeter Chet Baker, the muscular-sounding Dexter Gordon, the classically oriented Dave Brubeck, innovative bandleader Stan Kenton, and avant-garde hornman Ornette Coleman.
		The author attributes this West Coast diversity to the urban sprawl of Southern California and to supportive jazz clubs, critics, and such record companies as Fantasy, Contemporary, Capitol, and Pacific Jazz.
		This is a highly distinguished book on the history of West Coast jazz, a phenomenon that existed from the mid-40's until about 1960--at least in terms of it being a special brand of jazz distinct from other styles (East Coast, Traditional, etc.).
	www.newyorkwebhosting.us /stuff-0520217292.html (652 words)

	G21 POWERSSOUND - West Coast Gem Assembled in Box Set
		West Coast jazz, a term that gained prominence in the 1950s, was somewhat synonymous with another popular "school" of those hallowed days of jazz history.
		The producers of this outstanding collection are to be commended for their superb choices and for the quality of reproduction of some of the great songs from one of the most influential eras in jazz history.
		This is music that should live forever, and very well could, thanks to the good folks at Fantasy Jazz, through their imprint Contemporary, having produced one of the best compilation albums in recent memory.
	www.g21.net /ps25.html (849 words)

	Jazz music, West Coast
		The West Coast (or The Coast) was an established jazz center by the 1920s and the first fl New Orleans-style band to make records, Kid Ory's did so in Los Angeles in 1922.
		But what is usually meant by West Coast jazz is a particular type of mutant modernism which became popular in the early 1940s.
		Other, more distinctive, sounds from the groups of Gerry Mulligan and Dave Brubeck were classified for geographical reasons as West Coast jazz, but the movement as a whole is associated with a watering--down of 1940s bebop, just as European tradition of the 1950s diluted the 1940s New Orleans revival.
	smallsjazz.com /west_coast (276 words)

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		NYC jazz may be dramatic, tender or full of humor; but it is always audacious and forward-reaching.
		West Coast Jazz is as exploratory as that of any other region, but the incorporation of European-style counterpoint, avant-garde music, and the inclusion of classical instruments differentiate some of the modern West Coast artists…
		Chicago Free Jazz of the 60s placed ragtime and stride alongside bebop and abstract improvisation; music ran the gamut from the traditional to the absurd to the surreal.
	www.indiejazz.com /Page.aspx?page=summary&st=genre (343 words)

	Jazzscript.co.uk - WEST COAST JAZZ : TIMELINE
		The West Coast had jazz roots from the early-1920s, when Kid Ory had recorded in Los Angeles.
		It isn't until the early-1950s that the West Coast mutation of bebop is recognised as becoming a distinct style of jazz, with Los Angeles as its crux, in particular The Lighthouse Club.
		Also important was the West Coast blues style developing at the same time, the likes of Ray Milton and T. Bone Walker, whose amplified sound would eventually lead to early rock'n roll and rhythm and blues.
	www.jazzscript.co.uk /life/westcoasttime.htm (383 words)

	JACK MONTROSE
		The best known of the West Coast Jazz musicians and outfits were Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, the Chico Hamilton Quintet, Jimmy Giuffre, Shorty Rogers and Shelly Manne.
		This album was the third in the West Coast Artists Series, and presented a painting by Sueo Serisawa and a brief writeup of the artist on the back cover.
		Montrose is representative of the new school of West Coast modern jazzmen -- the shiny silver fish of contemporary jazz -- in that he combines these capacities to a professional and perhaps even higher degree.
	www.holeintheweb.com /drp/drpjm.htm (1351 words)

	Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz - Verve Records
		In 1955, when Stan Getz recorded the album West Coast Jazz in Los Angeles, the East Coast--West Coast controversy was a hot-button topic in jazz circles.
		But if "West Coast jazz" means a style of playing that is cool and unemotional, then this album -- recorded by a group of transplanted musicians, most of them graduates of the Woody Herman band-- clearly does not fit that description.
		West Coast Jazz captures a young and energetic Stan Getz not only at his most lyrical, but also at his most virile.
	www.vervemusicgroup.com /product.aspx?ob=e&src=lb&pid=10028 (191 words)

	Guests from West Coast jazz scene join JCL for April 20 concert
		Located on the West Coast since 1973, he is an emotionally charged performer, comfortable in a variety of jazz and world-music styles.
		A major ensemble in the UI School of Music jazz program, Johnson County Landmark (JCL) is a repertory ensemble devoted to the performance of original compositions by jazz masters.
		His recent experimental jazz recording "Dances and Orations" has been hailed as "one of the most vital CDs to come around in a long time" in Jazziz and as "a conceptual and musical triumph" by Josef Woodard in the Independent.
	www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/2002/april/0405jcl.html (904 words)

	West Coast Jazz Party returns for seventh year 08/23/01
		Seventh annual West Coast Jazz Party, Joe Rothman and John McClure, producers, features singer Jane Monheit and saxophonist Scott Hamilton on Friday; the Four Freshmen on Saturday; the Woody Herman Orchestra, Frank Tiberi, bandleader, on Sunday; Frank Capp and the Juggernaut at poolside Saturday afternoon.
		That seems to be the catchword for how everyone relates to everyone else at the West Coast Jazz Party, which is about to unveil for the seventh year in Irvine.
		"Throughout the Jazz Party, the camaraderie is so obvious: artists with artists, artists with patrons, patrons with patrons," said John McClure of Irvine, who, with Joe Rothman of Newport Beach, created and still produces the annual event.
	www.irvineworldnews.com /Bstories/aug23/jazzprty.html (928 words)

	Junkmedia: Steven Bernstein : Diaspora Hollywood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After discovering that west coast jazz stylists Shorty Rogers and Shelly Manne played together as teenagers in the Catskills around the same time as the first Jewish refugees were flooding in from a war torn Europe, Steven Bernstein realized the possible connection these musicians may have made.
		A few Hassidic themed albums trickled out of the west coast jazz scene in the post-war years, but never to any renown.
		Standard instrumentation for west coast jazz, trumpet, baritone saxophone/flute, vibes, bass and drums all weave a delicate but intriguing web of sound.
	www.junkmedia.org /?i=1236 (355 words)

	West Coast Jazz Octet Octobop signs recording contract; Bay Area Jazz group to release third CD under Group 7 Music ...
		Group 7 Music was founded by legendary jazz musician (tenor sax and bass clarinetist) Dave Pell.
		Dave led his own group, the "Dave Pell Octet," which was one of the bands credited for establishing the West Coast Jazz scene in the 1950s.
		The Dave Pell Octet was an instant success in the 1950s and was a showcase for the great new West Coast arrangers, including John Williams, Bill Holman, Bob Florence, Johnny Mandel, Andre Previn, Med Flory and many more.
	top40-charts.com /news.php?nid=10962 (579 words)

	Shelly Manne biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Shelly Manne (June 11, 1920-September 26, 1984), born Sheldon Manne in New York, New York, was an American jazz drummer.
		Not that this music was necessarily bad, but it did not always go over well with aficionados of "serious" jazz music, which may be one reason why Manne has been frequently overlooked in accounts of major jazz drummers of the twentieth century.
		Whatever one's opinion of West Coast Jazz--whatever West Coast Jazz really was--it must be considered that in Manne's case such music represented only a small part of his playing.
	shelly-manne.biography.ms (1990 words)

	Arts: Music: Genres: Jazz: Cool - Open Site
		Cool jazz is a type of jazz that reintroduced some of the calmer elements of swing onto the framework of bop.
		In cool jazz, soloists played improvisational lines that were more restrained than their “hot” bop counterparts; dissonances were downplayed and the tone was softer.
		The best cool jazz was both daring and unassuming, however the music was sometimes overarranged and uninventive and by the late fifties it had already begun to wane in popularity.
	open-site.org /Arts/Music/Genres/Jazz/Cool (204 words)

	West Coast Jazz
		"Ted Gioia is very much a West Coast jazz partisan, and his informed enthusiasm and wide-ranging research make West Coast Jazz a highly rewarding and arguable book.
		Ted Gioia, one of the founders of Stanford University's Jazz Studies program, is also the author of The History of Jazz (1997) and The Imperfect Art: Reflections on Jazz and Modern Culture (1988; winner of the ASCAP Deems-Taylor award).
		He has made recordings as a jazz pianist and has produced recordings of the work of younger west coast musicians.
	www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/8374.html (246 words)

	The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society
		By 1981 when he founded the non-profit corporation, the San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation, he had tens of thousands of programs, pix, records, letters clippings, sheet music, manuscripts, posters, etc relating to the West Coast jazz revival which had begun in San Francisco in approximately 1937- 38.
		Through the years the SFTJF has continued to collect and archive material from the West Coast Traditional Jazz Revival, including material from bands who continue to play within the genre today.
		Presented with permission, from the July, 2001 issue of AND ALL THAT JAZZ the official publication of the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society.
	www.sftradjazz.org /sactradjazz.html (381 words)

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