Related:10 solos by jazz greats on rock songs 3. “Watermelon Man” by Mongo Santamaria Herbie Hancock was just getting started in 1962 when he released his debut album,Takin’ Off, on the Blue Note label. It opened with his irresistible composition “Watermelon Man,” a danceable, access...
Style:Big pop songs given a jazz and lounge refresh. Curator: Lark Recordings Latin Jazz & Bossa Nova Style: From classic 60s Bossa Nova to the latest Afro Cuban music of the New York scene and all points in between Curator: Jazz in Europe State of Jazz Style: Flagship playlist for the ...
Do you feel a personal connection with these songs from the ’60s and ’70s? I don’t think I could do things that I don’t find some connection to. It’s not like I’m pulling songs from another era that mean nothing to me. I sang pop music most of my life. I was a somewhat...
Arguably his finest performances, though, were onjazz ballads, with his version of Body & Soul retaining its place as one of the most famous jazz songs of all time, even today. 40.Pat Metheny Born: 1954 Pat Metheny burst onto the international jazz scene as a prodigious talent in the mid...
Sarah Vaughan, with her incredible vocal range and rich, velvety tone, earned the nickname "Sassy" and left a lasting impact with powerful performances of songs like "Misty" and "Tenderly." We want your input on this timeless subject. Who do you think stands among the greats? Vote on ...
Club 44 Records presents the new album from the celebrated jazz vocal stylist Jane Monheit. Her self-titled collection features songs from the Great American Songbook, Broadway favorites, and Brazilian Jazz treasures. As her thirteenth album and first self-titled offering, Jane Monheit brings new en...
Lady Blackbird has a million-dollar voice – soulful, passionate, raw – and the songs onBlack Acid Soul, a mix of covers and originals mastered lovingly by Bernie Grundman, are all crackers. This one may not quite be jazz, but it’s certainly jazzy. If you love the Black Pumas, this...
Music is different from songs. Songs express feelings with lyrics, but music with tones (音调). Unlike songs, music tones in themselves have no specific meanings. Different people may get different things from the same musical performance. Though some music works are difficult to understand, peopl...
I really dig this album. With the exception of the second song, "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum" I consider each one of these songs to be supreme examples of the sublime, melodic jazz that bridged jazz's Kind of Blue and My Favorite Things era with the melodic beauty of albums like Bill Evans' Conv...
They barge in, do things a jazz piano trio isn’t supposed to do, such as play Blondie’s ‘Heart of Glass’ or Kurt Cobain’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit.’ To get inside these songs, and their own well thought-out originals, they may inflict a bit of grievous bodily harm on the ...