Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of jazz beyond the music. The Jazz Lifestyle category explores how jazz influences daily life, from its cultural roots to its modern-day impact. Discover the timeless classics, essential elements of jazz appreciation, exclusive interviews with artists, and the latest news that keeps the spirit of jazz alive. This category is your gateway to living and breathing jazz in all its forms.
International Albums Jeff Hamilton – Merry & Bright (Capri) Ian Charleton Big Band – A Fresh Perspective (2Hip Arrangers Music) Richie Cole-Have Yourself An Alto Madness Christmas (RCP) Albare Plays Jobim-Vol.2 (Alfi Recs.) Doug Macdonald Duo – Toluka Lake Jazz […]
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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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 To this day I will never understand how a gifted lyricist like the late John Lennon omitted or neglected to elaborate, in his profound statements about imagination, a sentiment regarding a world without a powerful force called music. Perhaps he believed
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The Definitive CD continues with the seventh track, Ornithology, where Charlie Parker’s invention of the two-chorus solo is executed with a precise swiftness. Charlie recorded the eighth track, Yardbird Suite, the eleventh track, Embraceable You, the twelfth track, Scrapple From
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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
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The first jazz bands to play in Canada were often from the US. In his autobiography, Chicago bandleader Eddie Condon refers to a stop in Winnipeg in 1922. In the Winter of 1923, Hollis Peavey’s Jazz Bandits from New York
Jazz is a form of song that came from the early 1910s, in New Orleans, mainly performed by African Americans that had their new located liberty due to slavery being recently abolished. Unfortunately, it was a while till jazz was
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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,
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Consider what happens when one finds out to talk English, Oriental or Japanese, as an example. The procedure is the same as when learning jazz. You discover by paying attention as well as getting figures of speech, after that, you
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