To celebrate the centennial of the birth of jazz innovator Charlie Parker, learn about his famous bebop music, and the origin of the word 'bebop.'
8. Lonely Is the Word (5:53) LINEUP: Ronnie James Dio – vocals Tony Iommi – guitar Geezer Butler – bass Bill Ward – drums Geoff Nichols – keyboards Though I generally try to be as unbiased as possible in my reviews, in this particular occasion I will have to let objectivity take...
Before I start my review in earnest, a word of warning is needed for the hardcore proggers among my readers: To Obscurity and Beyond is quite a different beast from what might be conventionally seen as prog. Described by its creators – the New York-by way of-New Orleans outfit Afroskull...
are things like schoolyard chants and taunts (referred to as "the dozens"), clapping games, jump rope rhymes, the poetry of Muhammad Ali, the rhyming boasts of Rudy Ray Moore, jazz scatting, and the extended talking monologues of soul musicians Isaac Hayes, and Lou Rawls. All were ...
Another explanation for this increase in popularity may be due to the paradigm shift in the pronunciation of the vowel A at the end of the word, a fear for parents that the sound of the child's name would be altered. Indeed, in some regions, a is pronounced as an open o [Ɔ], ...
sound of the instrument complements her voice, and allows her to display her full potential – as in the scintillating “Childhood Dreams” (dedicated to another influential figure in Clynes’ life, her aunt Yoka, who passed away while she was writing the album), with its breezy scat ...