In this BrainPOP movie on Louis Armstrong, Tim and Moby will acquaint your kids with one of jazz’s most influential musicians. From his humble beginnings in New Orleans to the height of worldwide celebrity, students will learn all about Satchmo’s life and times. (Speaking of which, they’ll also learn where the nickname “Satchmo” came from […]readmore
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 and Cie Frazier. But Sammy had a terrific second string to his bow. He sang […]readmore
Blues songs have actually been popular for a very long time as well as there are numerous distinguished artists in the music sector that are responsible for making it in this manner. There are lots of young as well as old people across the world today that are so influenced by this kind of music […]readmore
Once, the topic of women playing jazz generated titters that seemed to indicate an absence of competence on the distaff side. Today, jazz fans have evidence that women jazz musicians are equally as qualified as the men whose names have actually become tales. Think about bebop greats Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, as well as Dizzy […]readmore
Every year one entertainment event in Toronto’s Beach neighbourhood attracts huge worldwide attention: the Toronto International Beaches Jazz Festival. Lido Chilelli, a local entrepreneur, is the person who came up with the idea and who keeps organizing the event year after year, and he definitely had to be included in the Beach article series. I […]readmore
