Joanne Brackeen (born July 26, 1938) is an American jazz pianist and music educator. July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ...

She was born Joanne Grogan in Ventura, California. She attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, but devoted herself to jazz by imitating Frankie Carle albums. That said, she preferred Charlie Parker and bebop. Official website: http://www. ... The California Institute of the Arts, commonly known as CalArts, and located in Valencia, California, USA, grants degrees in visual and performing arts. ... Frankie Carle (Francis Nunzio Carlone) (March 25, 1903, Providence, Rhode Island - March 7, 2001, Mesa, Arizona) was an American pianist and bandleader who was very popular in the 1940s and 1950s. ... Charlie Parker Charles Christopher Bird Parker, Jr. ... Bebop or bop is a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos and improvisation based on harmonic structure rather than melody. ...

Her career began in the late 1950s while working with names like Charles Lloyd, but in 1969 it began to "take off" as she became the first woman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. // 1950 in music Music of Afghanistan The beginning of radio broadcasting leads to the beginning of Afghan popular music Music of Argentina Astor Piazzolla begins to fuse traditional tango music with jazz and classical music Music of Algeria Rai singers like Bellemou Messaoud add violin, accordion and other western influences... Charles Lloyd on stage with Billy Higgins Charles Lloyd (March 15, 1938-) is an American jazz musician. ... Arthur (Art) Blakey, also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, ( October 11, 1919 - October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. ...

She led her own trio and quartet. She served on the grant panel for the National Endowment for the Arts, toured the Middle East with the US State Department as sponsor, and had solo performances at Carnegie Hall. The National Endowment for the Arts is a United States federally funded program that offers support and funding for projects that exhibit artistic excellence. ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in New York City located at 57th Street and 7th Avenue. ...

She has 25 albums as a lead musician and is a professor at the Berklee College of Music. Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ...

External links

• Joanne Brackeen discography
• Bio from her webpage
• Berklee profile