But as Zappa climbed through the ranks of L.A.’s fried, shaggy underground scene in the ’60s and ’70s alongside his Mothers of Invention, he never shook off the habit of handling his band as if he were a conductor. Lined with twinkling marimbas and woodwinds, his albums were feats ...
I was with a friend sharing a pizza at the Village Inn in South Fallsburgh, New York, a nearby village in the Borscht Belt when a guy sitting at the bar nicknamed Frankie Machine walked over to the juke box and played “Summertime”, which was the tune from Porgy & Bess alluded...
European jazz scene of the 60s and 70s’.SteepleChasehas also introduced to the world some of the finest European jazz musicians such as Tete Montoliu, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Pierre Dørge and re-introduced then neglected American artists like Shirley Horn, Louis Smith, and Walt ...
Jaton emphasized that the goal was not only to showcase pioneers of the ’60s and ’70s, classics of blues and jazz, pop icons and legends but also stars in the making. Since the 1970s, the festival has exported its savoir-faire, heritage and atmosphere to various cities around the world...
Ravi Shankar was a household name to '60s music lovers, and to many, synonymous with Indian music. This presented something new and exciting for Western popular music audiences, and for serious musicians—a gold mine of new language and beauty. It also reflected the openness of that era, whe...
On the vintage end of the spectrum, there are the American Original ‘60s and Original ‘70s Jazz basses, which replicate designs from their respective eras, down to pickup windings and the included hard cases. Bassists playing aggressive or more technical music may be interested in the ...
A graduate of the Stan Kenton “cool school,” Lewis (real name Melvin Sokoloff) made his name alongside trumpeter Thad Jones, co-leading the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra in the 60s and 70s. Despite being noted for his creative use of cymbals and the warm tone of his drums, Lewis was...
As the 60s became the 70s, jazz-rock and fusion became the dominant forms of jazz. Though free jazz was marginalized, there were still committed practitioners, especially in New York, where a loft jazz scene burgeoned in the latter part of that decade and birthed great musicians such as sax...
The first thing to say is that he was in the right place at the right time. As the 60s closed out and the 70s rolled in, jazz wasn’t pop music anymore (at least, certainly not in the way it had been in the 50s). It had gotten very technical and academic and was most interesti...
有史来最美妙的JAZZ音符都记录在这一阶段.他们已经成为过去.听过.知道的一定不能忘记.为何North方面的艺人成了沧海遗珠.赞 回应 转发 赞 收藏 只看楼主 魅客勒夫 (到处都是雷迪嘎嘎) 2008-04-24 14:31:32 是啊,这部分东西节奏太好了 赞 回应 aqdwu 楼主 2008-04-24 14:38:18 http://aqdwu....