Valerie Capers

Valerie Capers (an haife ta a ranar 24 ga Mayu, 1935) ƙwararriyar mai buga piano ce kuma mawaƙiya 'yar Amurka wacce aka fi sani da gudummawarta a waƙar jazz . 

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Capers a birnin New York ga wani dangin kiɗa waɗanda suka gabatar da ita ga kiɗan gargajiya da na jazz.  Mahaifinta ƙwararren mai buga piano ne na jazz wanda abokin Fats Waller ne, kuma ɗan'uwanta Bobby daga baya ya buga tenor sax da sarewa tare da ƙungiyar mawakan Afro-Cuban ta Mongo Santamaria . 

Capers makauniya ce tun tana da shekaru shida, lokacin da wata rashin lafiya ta hana ta ganinta. Karatunta na farko ya gudana ne a Cibiyar Ilimi ta Makafi ta New York, inda ta yi karatun piano na gargajiya tare da Elizabeth Thode.  Thode ta koya wa Capers karanta rubutun waƙoƙin Braille ; Capers dole ne ta koyi dukkan waƙoƙinta ta hanyar haddace su da Braille kafin ta buga su.  Tare da ƙarfafa gwiwar Thorpe, Capers ta ci gaba da karatu a Makarantar Kiɗa ta Juilliard, inda ta sami digiri na farko da na biyu.  Ita ce makauniya ta farko da ta kammala karatunta a Makarantar Juilliard.  name="Yanow">

 Sana'a 
Bayan kammala karatunta daga Juilliard a shekarar 1960, ɗan'uwanta Bobby ya ƙarfafa Capers ta yi karatun jazz.  Bobby shi ma ya kasance abin ƙarfafa wa Capers gwiwa ta fara rubuta waƙa, domin ya roƙe ta ta rubuta waƙa ga ƙungiyar mawakansa.  Capers ta ɗauki hutu daga buga waƙoƙin gargajiya a farkon shekarun 1960 domin ta koyi jazz.  Capers ta kafa ƙungiyarta uku kuma a shekarar 1966 ta yi rikodin kundin waƙoƙinta na farko na jazz, Portrait in Soul.

Capers ta gamu da wahala wajen samun ayyukan koyarwa a shekarun 1960 saboda cibiyoyi da yawa ba sa son ɗaukar makaho aiki. Daga ƙarshe an ɗauke ta aiki a Makarantar Kiɗa ta Bronx da Makarantar Kiɗa ta Brooklyn. Daga 1968 zuwa 1975 ta yi aiki a Makarantar Kiɗa ta Manhattan, inda ta kasance mai ba da shawara ga ɗaliban makafi kuma ta haɓaka manhajar jazz. Capers ta kasance shugabar sashen kiɗa na Kwalejin Al'umma ta Bronx daga 1987 zuwa 1995.

Bayan mutuwar ɗan'uwanta Bobby a shekarar 1974, Capers ta rubuta waƙar Kirsimeti ta sa'o'i biyu mai suna Sing About Love, wadda ba ta bin wani nau'in waƙa ba, amma ta haɗa da abubuwan da suka shafi jazz, gospel, blues, da classical.  Sauran manyan ayyukan Capers sun haɗa da Song of the Seasons, wani zagayen waƙa da aka tsara a cikin karin magana ta gargajiya, da kuma Sojourner, wani "operatorio" (haɗin opera da oratorio, kalmar da Capers ya ƙirƙira) game da rayuwar Sojourner Truth . 

A shekara ta 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP) ta buga wani littafi na waƙoƙin piano na jazz na Capers mai suna Portraits in Jazz.  Capers ya tsara waɗannan waƙoƙin ne domin ɗaliban piano waɗanda aka horar da su a fannin gargajiya su fuskanci jazz. 

 Kundin Waƙoƙi 
Shekarar da aka yi rikodin Lakabi Lakabi Bayanan kula 1966 Hoton a cikin Rai Tekun Atlantika Tare da John Daley (bass), Charley Hawkins (ganguna), Vincent McEwen (ƙaho), Robin Kenyatta (alto sax), Frank Perowsky (tenor sax), Richy Landrum (congas) 1982 Tabbatarwa KMArts Tare da John Robinson (bass), Al Harewood (ganguna) 1995 Ku Tafi Gida Columbia Tare da John Robinson, Bob Cranshaw (bass), Terry Clarke (ganguna), Wynton Marsalis (ƙaho), Paquito D'Rivera (alto sax), Mongo Santamaria (congas) 1999 Wagner Ya Ɗauki Jirgin "A" Elysium Tare da John Robinson (bass), Earl Williams (ganguna), Alan Givens (tenor sax, soprano sax, sarewa), Mark Marino (gitar) 2001 Bugu Mai Iyaka Valcap Tare da John Robinson (bass), Earl Williams, Al Harewood (ganguna), Alan Givens (tenor sax, soprano sax, sarewa), Mark Marino (gitar)

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