Bossa Nova emerged as a calmer, softer form of the danceable samba, popular during Brazil’s annual Lenten carnival. Vocalist João Gilberto began experimenting with jazz sounds with his guitar in the late 1950s, a period of cultural effervescence. Bossa Nova (loosely translated as “new trend...
Origina1Nerd's music is best described as Progressive Jazz. The implementation of various rhythmic concepts combined with different vivid sounds on every instrument define the music composed and arranged by all band members. In contrast to the complexity of their music on paper Origina1Nerd manages...
Latin American styles, including bossa nova, merengue, cumbia, rumba,bolero, and Brazilian samba also greatly influence salsa music. Salsa involves the use ofpercussioninstruments. They are often the most extensive section in the salsa ensemble and carry salsa music's rhythm. These instruments ...
in particular their signature device of using a main theme in their compositions that brings them full circle. The music is powered by the tireless engine of Tom Zgonc’s drums and Kevin Millard’s stick bass, but also clustered around the shifting, intersecting lines of James De...
就因為恩師Rebecca Ng一句勉勵說話:「無論學什麼,你要出去走一走,因為你眼界會很不同」她帶著勇氣遠走波士頓學習爵士樂,並考進了筆者也曾夢想報讀的音樂學院 - 柏克萊音樂學院(Berklee College of Music)[3],在那兒,樊麗華(Anna Fan)找到她的音樂烏托邦! 認識Anna是一件很偶然的事,那時筆者要籌備一個音樂會...