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Hank Jones

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Hank Jones Jones at the Newport Jazz Festival, 2005 Background information Birth name Henry Jones Born ( 1918-07-31 ) July 31, 1918 Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S. Died May 16, 2010 (2010-05-16) (aged 91) The Bronx, New York Genres Jazz Occupation(s) Musician, composer Instruments Piano Years active 1944–2010 Labels Verve, Savoy, Epic, Capitol, Argo, Impulse, Concord, Chesky, Sony Associated acts Ella Fitzgerald, Emily Remler, Charlie Haden, Nancy Wilson, Charlie Parker, Salena Jones, Roberta Gambarini Website officialhankjones.com Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010), [1] best known as Hank Jones , was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. [2] In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award. [3] He was also honored in 2003 with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Pu

Al Cohn

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Al Cohn Al Cohn at the Village Jazz Lounge (L. Kolb) Background information Birth name Alvin Gilbert Cohn Born ( 1925-11-24 ) November 24, 1925 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Died February 15, 1988 (1988-02-15) (aged 62) Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. Genres Big band West coast jazz Occupation(s) Musician composer bandleader Instruments Tenor saxophone Years active 1940s–1980s Labels Savoy RCA Victor Coral Mercury Xanadu Concord Timeless Associated acts Woody Herman Zoot Sims Stan Getz Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) [1] was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical partnership with fellow saxophonist Zoot Sims. Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 As leader/co-leader 2.2 As sideman 2.3 As arranger 3 References Biography Alvin Gilbert Cohn was bor

Julius Watkins

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This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( July 2013 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Julius Watkins (October 10, 1921 – April 4, 1977) was an American jazz musician, and one of the first French horn players in jazz. [1] He won the Down Beat critics poll in 1960 and 1961 for "miscellaneous instrument" with French horn named as the instrument. Watkins was born in Detroit, Michigan. He began playing the French horn when he was nine years old. Watkins started his jazz career playing the trumpet in the Ernie Fields Orchestra from 1943 to 1946. By the late 1940s, he had played some French horn solos on Kenny Clarke and Babs Gonzales' records. After moving to New York City, Watkins studied for three years at the Manhattan School of Music. He started appearing in small-group jazz ses

Amazon RDS: Backup and restore into new database on existing DB instance

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0 I have a database hosted on Amazon RDS , which i need to take backup and create new database out of it. Being new, not sure how to do it. Tried doing from SSMS but it didnt work. amazon-web-services amazon-rds share | improve this question asked Nov 13 '18 at 9:46 Suhas Pansare Suhas Pansare 13 6 add a comment  |  0