Jazz, in fact, is not—and never has been—an entirely composed, predetermined music, nor is it an entirely extemporized one. For almost all of its history it has employed both creative approaches in varying degrees and endless permutations. And yet, despite these diverse terminological confusion...
Meanwhile, two other kinds of fusion music were also current. The most popular jazz-rock strain grew out of hard bop: the funky 1960s jazz of musicians such as flutistHerbie Mann, alto saxophonistHank Crawford, andthe Crusaders. Theirrepertoiresincluded original and standard rock tunes over which...
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The cult formed as soon as people heard Cassidy's pure, haunting, intimate, guileless, vulnerable human voice. She was that rarest of musical miracles: a natural. (Her producer, Chris Biondo, once said, "A lot of people take lessons to learn music theory and how to do harmonies. Eva c...
St. Charles, Illinois native, Samuel Wyatt, is a pianist/singer/songwriter/producer who has been creating music for various projects for the last 15 years in the Chicago area. Samuel is a graduate of Northern Illinois University with a degree in Jazz piano, and has had the opportunity to op...
“Blue Rondo A La Turk’ (rendered in 9/4 time) and “Three To Get Ready” (in 3/4). Brubeck’s popularity showed that innovations in jazz didn’t need to come at the expense of the music’s accessibility. Undoubtedly one of the greatest jazz albums ever, and one of the best ...
Jazz and politics have always been entwined, but rarely in the music’s history have the links spelt out on record. The 1960s was a decade when that orthodoxy was reversed, with Charlie Haden’s debut album at the decade’s end being one of the most explicit endorsements of leftist sentim...
When I started to hear the music around the drums, that’s when I got completely hooked. I went through Benny Goodman, Dave Brubeck and the MJQ, until I caught up to what was going on around me around 1960. “By age 14, I was going to Birdland, which had a peanut gallery. That...
在Apple Music 上收听群星的《Swedish Jazz History, Vol. 2 (1931-1936)》。2000年。52 首歌曲。时长:2 小时 30 分钟
Dinah Washington‘s versatile voice had hints of gospel, hints of jazz, and made for some incredible early pop/R&B music too. Her rendition of one of the best jazz songs of all time is sung with a big band, but she still shines brightly against their backing. ...