Two hand rolls - see the introduction of the song Ball the Wall, from the album NEW ORLEANS PIANO, with the unique two hand roll with single notes in the left hand and chords in the right hand, followed by octave rolls in the right hand with single notes in the left hand, with the...
Centerpiece. From 1958, this riff by Harry “Sweets” Edison is one of the last 12-bar blues written by abona fidejazzer to enter the larger cultural consciousness. Jon Hendricks wrote the lyrics for Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross. Bags’ Groove.Milt Jackson, a major swinger, played his most...
Perhaps that’s why his debut album as Chanel Beads is filled with self-help idioms and reflections on internal conflicts. But this haunted manor of alien pop isn’t myopic—it’s intoxicating. The song structures melt into goo; the lyrics pelt flecks of raw feeling. Everything is well-...
The romantic ballad “Autumn Leaves” has been recorded by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Bing Crosby to Nat King Cole and Doris Day — but all of those artists tackled the song before the age of 50. When Dylan recorded it for 2015’sShadows in the Night, it took on a whole new mean...
His bass playing employed funk, lyrical solos, bass chords, and innovative harmonics. As of 2017, he is the only electric bassist of seven bassists inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame, and has been lauded as one of the best electric bassists of all time. Also ranks #7 on ...
Complex Harmonies: Jazz goes beyond simple melodies and chords, introducing unexpected sounds and sophisticated chord progressions that add depth and intrigue. Instrumentation: While jazz lineups can vary, the genre is often associated with specific sounds like brass instruments (trumpet, trombone), saxop...
Complex Harmonies:Jazz goes beyond simple melodies and chords, introducing unexpected sounds and sophisticated chord progressions that add depth and intrigue. Instrumentation:While jazz lineups can vary, the genre is often associated with specific sounds like brass instruments (trumpet, trombone), saxophone...
The song was written byFran Healy, who admitted that he took the guitar chords fromOasis‘Wonderwall; as an overt acknowledgement of this, the song contains the lyric “and what’s a wonderwall, anyway?”. In 2004, bothWriting to Reach YouandWonderwallwere mixed withGreen Day‘sBoulevard of...
The Ultimate Jazz Fake Book includes: * More than 625 songs important to every jazz library * Carefully chosen chords with some common practice chord substitutions * Lyrics to accommodate vocalists * Easy-to-read music typography * Composer and performer indexes. The selection of songs in The Ult...
There is a sadness that grabs me when I hear Sam Cooke sing which brings to mind an artist with heart wrenching perfection in his voice to interpret emotion in a songs lyrics and the tragic false confidence and human waste of that talent being shot during a wild night in a motel chasing...