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For ten days in the summer, the transformative, vibrant energy of jazz is masterfully played by musicians from Canada and around the world. Find out about the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, lineup, tickets and more. The festival programming has been a trailblazer in the complexities and explorations...
For example, with the arrival of free jazz and other latter-day avant-garde manifestations, many senior musicians maintained that music that didn’t swing was not jazz. Most early classical composers (such as Aaron Copland, John Alden Carpenter—and even Igor Stravinsky, who became smitten with...
there often have been seemingly unbridgeable perceptual differences between the producers of jazz (performers, composers, and arrangers) and its audiences. For example, with the arrival of free jazz and other latter-day avant-gardemanifestations, many senior musicians maintained that music that didn’...
Shiri Zorn, born in Israeli and now living in Saratoga Springs, NY, received a lesson with Sutton, the world-renowned jazz vocalist, as a birthday present from her guitarist partner. Ultimately, Sutton became so enamored with the Israeli-American singer that she offered to fly to Saratoga from...
Friends of Big Band Jazz is a 501c3 non-profit corporation. In addition to providing clinics and music performances to more than 3000 organizations, the FBBJ has also given over $65,000 in scholarships to jazz camps, funds to jazz programs in schools, donations to help musicians in need, ...
In addition to his performing career, Kenny is passionate about music education, inspiring the next generation of musicians through workshops and mentorship. Read more Tags Kenny PeaglerpianoSinger-SongwriterJazz pianist Music Soundcloud Audio Get more of a good thing!
There was no music called jazz in 1904, when William Basie was born in Red Bank, NJ, but it had emerged—in its most rudimentary form—by the time he reached his late teens. It sprang up in places far from Red Bank, but only 30 miles away lay New York City, a hub into which ...
7: Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) Nicknamed Bean or Hawk, this influential Missouri-born tenor saxophonist was crucial to the development of the saxophone as a viable solo instrument. His 1939 recording of “Body And Soul,” with an extended solo that improvised on, around and beyond the song’...
of the holiday season had a timeless, positive result. In 1939, a Montgomery Ward store in Chicago commissioned a holiday story to help beef up sales, and ad copywriter Robert L. May was selected to write the story. After considering names, including Roland and ...