Step back in time and savor the timeless classics that define jazz. This subcategory celebrates the golden era of jazz, highlighting iconic compositions, legendary performances, and the artists who set the standard for generations to come. Whether you’re revisiting old favorites or discovering them for the first time, the Classics subcategory is your guide to the enduring masterpieces of jazz.
“The violin is a wonderful instrument. If a person plays the violin – well, nothing can compare to it for sweetness and purity. There is no substitute. Strings create a special atmosphere, and this atmosphere makes me feel better, and […]
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An incomparable singer of American popular standards, country, blues, Broadway and film, big band, children’s songs, songs, seasonal, and jazz recently turned 96 and became the oldest vocalist ever to release a new album that may very well win him
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One of Canada’s greatest musical exports has once again been honoured with a commemorative coin, released on his birthdate, August 15 (1925), as was a stamp on the same day in 2007. I do not believe that any other musical
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Have you ever seen a child just walking , skipping, running , jumping, while seemingly joyful of everything? That is how I feel when the music moves me. When you listen to various sounds from the many instruments afforded to
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Throughout the 20th century, Canada has produced its share of international jazz artists for the world to embrace. Although some of the orchestras like Guy Lombardo Dal Richards, and Mart Kenny were mainly designed to please audiences in a ballroom
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When one contemplates the season of giving, I am reminded that most families have their very own traditions and rituals, from the time the gifts are opened to the decorations atop the Christmas tree, to the menu on either Christmas
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Saxophones are some of the most expressive types of music instruments for playing swing, bebop, hard bop, jazz, free jazz, and electric jazz/rock/funk. Some of the best and most renowned jazz music came from those jazz musicians playing the saxophones
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While jazz still continues to develop today, it appears hard to visualize any other year, past, existing, or future generating a lot of divergent new styles at once. From the reflective, modal musings of Miles Davis on Kind of Blue,
Top 5 Greatest Cuts From (Maybe) the Greatest Year in the History of Jazz: 1959 Read More »
SAMMY PENN: Born Morgan City Louisiana September 15 1902. Passed Away Florida September 18 1969. Allow’s start off a little in different ways this moment: to me, the greatest New Orleans drummers for my pleasure were Infant Dodds, Sammy Penn
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There’s that thrilling experience, that rare ambience that comes when jazz piano music is done well. The role of the piano in jazz can range from just doing the background material to much more intricate riffs which can also steal
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