Campy Connotations:Over time, jazz hands have become associated with flamboyance and a certain “over-the-top” theatrical style. They can be used playfully and ironically within pop culture. Beyond Jazz:While the name has “jazz” in it, jazz hands are used in various dance styles and perfor...
Campy Connotations:Over time, jazz hands have become associated with flamboyance and a certain “over-the-top” theatrical style. They can be used playfully and ironically within pop culture. Beyond Jazz:While the name has “jazz” in it, jazz hands are used in various dance styles and perfor...
Laufey's jazz has resonated with Gen Z, due in part to the sonic and aesthetic world she has created. Read her Billboard digital cover story here.
atDownBeat Magazine. The nation’s oldest jazz festival was never only about jazz. This year’s edition presented the full gamut of jazz and “jazz-adjacent” music, including big personalities like Samara Joy, Jon Batiste, and Herbie Hancock. ...
For almost five decades Bruce has steered the music world by shepherding a plethora of jazz, pop, Latin, and country icons into successful recording careers. He can identify emerging artists destined for success, like Norah Jones, or champion a gifted musician who is worthy of respect and wider...
Some 60 musicians are participating with live appearance or video messages, including winners of the 27th annual JJA Jazz Awards announced last April such as Musician of the YearJon Batiste, Lifetime Achievement in Jazz honoreeSheila Jordan,Kenny Garrettfor his Album of the Year Sounds from our ...
It's only once in a while that jazz completely and utterly perforates the mainstream — like in 2020, when Pixar'sSoulwas released, featuring consulting work from real-deal musicians from deep in the NYC scene, likeJon BatisteandTerri Lyne Carrington. ...
Pop country singer Glen Campbellreleased over 70 albumsover his career. An Arkansas native, Campbell started his professional career as a studio musician and wound up a Grammy and Golden Globe winner, TV host, and actor by the time it was all over. ...
Allen Morrison - Jazz Journalist, Musician, Songwriter, Lecturer Allen Morrison is a music journalist, songwriter, jazz pianist and lecturer on jazz history. He has interviewed and profiled many of today’s leading figures in jazz and pop, including Wynt
In stark comparison to pop music, contemporary jazz seems too circuitous for most listeners to enjoy casually. The challenge for the contemporary jazz musician, as I see it, is making this subtle and complex art palatable to the greater public. Jazz is complex. Get our free weekly ...