AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMPOSITIONAL PRACTICES OF
... Pat Metheny’s opinion may reflect that of the jazz establishment. While Ornette’s initial innovations have certainly withstood the critics and found a place in the jazz canon, little attention has been paid to his later work, which may in fact present a more radical departure from tradition and beca ...
... Pat Metheny’s opinion may reflect that of the jazz establishment. While Ornette’s initial innovations have certainly withstood the critics and found a place in the jazz canon, little attention has been paid to his later work, which may in fact present a more radical departure from tradition and beca ...
Free from Jazz: The Jazz and Improvised Music Scene in Vienna
... United States, one most likely thinks of Falco, Mozart, or the Trapp Family Singers (on which The Sound of Music is based) before Fatty George, Hans Koller, or even Joe Zawinul, arguably Austria’s three most famous and accomplished jazz musicians. Austria is better known for other exports, like clas ...
... United States, one most likely thinks of Falco, Mozart, or the Trapp Family Singers (on which The Sound of Music is based) before Fatty George, Hans Koller, or even Joe Zawinul, arguably Austria’s three most famous and accomplished jazz musicians. Austria is better known for other exports, like clas ...
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... there is something magical about jazz improvisation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Anyone can learn to improvise. The most important factors are determination, dedication, and discipline. Jazz players practice scales, chords, patterns, and melodies in ...
... there is something magical about jazz improvisation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Anyone can learn to improvise. The most important factors are determination, dedication, and discipline. Jazz players practice scales, chords, patterns, and melodies in ...
Blues 1 Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music
... Blues" followed in the same year. The first recording by an African American singer was Mamie Smith's 1920 rendition of Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues". But the origins of the blues date back to some decades earlier, probably around 1890.[31] They are very poorly documented, due in part to racial dis ...
... Blues" followed in the same year. The first recording by an African American singer was Mamie Smith's 1920 rendition of Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues". But the origins of the blues date back to some decades earlier, probably around 1890.[31] They are very poorly documented, due in part to racial dis ...
The Smithsonian Anthology
... Hancock, Corea, Coltrane—and notable styles, from early ragtime to international modernism and every major movement in between. With 111 tracks that showcase artists at their best and most influential, this remarkable anthology is the successor to the milestone Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz ...
... Hancock, Corea, Coltrane—and notable styles, from early ragtime to international modernism and every major movement in between. With 111 tracks that showcase artists at their best and most influential, this remarkable anthology is the successor to the milestone Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz ...
THE RESPECTIVE INFLUENCE OF JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC
... the Avant Garde movement, and multi-genre Fusion. This influence began in small doses but, by the time of the third stream movement, had culminated in jazz and classical music becoming equal partners and, with the onset of fusion, jazz and classical music melding to form a completely new genre. This ...
... the Avant Garde movement, and multi-genre Fusion. This influence began in small doses but, by the time of the third stream movement, had culminated in jazz and classical music becoming equal partners and, with the onset of fusion, jazz and classical music melding to form a completely new genre. This ...
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... A compliment from Chuck would make my day, week and month. His counsel was a gift. In my 26 years here, I have joked that I’m simply living Chuck Suber’s professional life—just three decades later. He left us a remarkable blueprint on how to cover jazz and run a magazine. With his mixture of passion ...
... A compliment from Chuck would make my day, week and month. His counsel was a gift. In my 26 years here, I have joked that I’m simply living Chuck Suber’s professional life—just three decades later. He left us a remarkable blueprint on how to cover jazz and run a magazine. With his mixture of passion ...
"Untamed Music": Early Jazz in Vaudeville - DigiNole!
... Sweatman can claim the honour of being the first to establish it.”10 In 1916, Sweatman went on to make what was arguably the first jazz recording. His recording of his composition “Down Home Rag” is the clearest recorded example of jazz improvisation that we have dating from before the jazz band rec ...
... Sweatman can claim the honour of being the first to establish it.”10 In 1916, Sweatman went on to make what was arguably the first jazz recording. His recording of his composition “Down Home Rag” is the clearest recorded example of jazz improvisation that we have dating from before the jazz band rec ...
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... 1970s and late 1980s developments such as acid jazz, which blended jazz influences into funk and hip-hop. As the music has spread around the world it has drawn on local national and regional musical cultures, its aesthetics being adapted to its varied environments and giving rise to many distinctive ...
... 1970s and late 1980s developments such as acid jazz, which blended jazz influences into funk and hip-hop. As the music has spread around the world it has drawn on local national and regional musical cultures, its aesthetics being adapted to its varied environments and giving rise to many distinctive ...
Jazz aesthetics in the French Caribbean novel
... llI" in the 1960s, the French Antilles by contrast, did not see a significant integration of jazz in literature until the publication of novels such as Maximin's L'Isole Solei! in 1981, or references to jazz in Edouard Glissant's Le Discours antillais, published in the same year. Once introduced, it ...
... llI" in the 1960s, the French Antilles by contrast, did not see a significant integration of jazz in literature until the publication of novels such as Maximin's L'Isole Solei! in 1981, or references to jazz in Edouard Glissant's Le Discours antillais, published in the same year. Once introduced, it ...
July issue of DownBeat
... Throughout the series’ history, the programming has shed light on lesser-known sides of well-known subjects. Case in point: a concert last year on West Coast jazz that covered not only Gerry Mulligan—with whom Charlap cut his musical teeth as a sideman—but also the Central Avenue scene, heavily popu ...
... Throughout the series’ history, the programming has shed light on lesser-known sides of well-known subjects. Case in point: a concert last year on West Coast jazz that covered not only Gerry Mulligan—with whom Charlap cut his musical teeth as a sideman—but also the Central Avenue scene, heavily popu ...
Charles University in Prague Pedagogical Faculty DIPLOMA THESIS
... By 1808, the slave trade brought almost half million Africans to the United States, mostly to the southern states. Most of the slaves came from West Africa, that today includes Ghana, Nigeria and several other countries, and brought strong tribal musical traditions. Lavish festivals featuring Afric ...
... By 1808, the slave trade brought almost half million Africans to the United States, mostly to the southern states. Most of the slaves came from West Africa, that today includes Ghana, Nigeria and several other countries, and brought strong tribal musical traditions. Lavish festivals featuring Afric ...
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... French Farewell: Robert “Bob” French Sr., former leader of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band and a popular radio show host o WWOZ (New Orleans), died Nov. 12 at age 74. French was a fixture in New Orleans jazz history. His 25-year tenure at the helm of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band constituted an import ...
... French Farewell: Robert “Bob” French Sr., former leader of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band and a popular radio show host o WWOZ (New Orleans), died Nov. 12 at age 74. French was a fixture in New Orleans jazz history. His 25-year tenure at the helm of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band constituted an import ...
Joe Henry - Downbeat
... gion,” Wall said. “And when I found out about Jewish music, it was the gate back to the Jewish religion.” Wall attributes the beginnings of his spiritual quest to John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, which he discovered in the late ’70s while attending New England Conservatory of Music. “Coltrane opened ...
... gion,” Wall said. “And when I found out about Jewish music, it was the gate back to the Jewish religion.” Wall attributes the beginnings of his spiritual quest to John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, which he discovered in the late ’70s while attending New England Conservatory of Music. “Coltrane opened ...
mingus big band - University Musical Society
... been featured on television in Japan, Germany, Brazil, Italy and in the U.S. on National Public Radio, live from both the Chicago and Detroit Jazz Festivals. In 1993, they performed in Washington, DC, at the Academy of Arts and Sciences to celebrate the acquisition of Mingus’ music by the Library of ...
... been featured on television in Japan, Germany, Brazil, Italy and in the U.S. on National Public Radio, live from both the Chicago and Detroit Jazz Festivals. In 1993, they performed in Washington, DC, at the Academy of Arts and Sciences to celebrate the acquisition of Mingus’ music by the Library of ...
gunther schuller: journey into jazz
... At the time, few people would have imagined jazz in the world of the symphony orchestra. For one thing, most of the players in the orchestras were of European origin with purely classical European training and who had not the least feel for the swing of American jazz. A few composers—like the French ...
... At the time, few people would have imagined jazz in the world of the symphony orchestra. For one thing, most of the players in the orchestras were of European origin with purely classical European training and who had not the least feel for the swing of American jazz. A few composers—like the French ...
What`s in Cuesheet? - Wenatchee Jazz Workshop
... Africans in the United States. The blues evolved from the spirituals and the work songs, and like them began as vocal music. Performers used “the voice” according to their needs and concepts. The blues developed its style and repertory almost entirely from African musical concepts and materials. It ...
... Africans in the United States. The blues evolved from the spirituals and the work songs, and like them began as vocal music. Performers used “the voice” according to their needs and concepts. The blues developed its style and repertory almost entirely from African musical concepts and materials. It ...
American Language and Culture
... Cool jazz. A jazz style using a mellow tonal quality and smooth, flowing melodic lines partly inspired by Lester Young. Often classical instruments and techniques were used. Most prominent throughout the 1950’s. Sometimes called “West Coast jazz.” Creole. Louisiana residents with African heritage mi ...
... Cool jazz. A jazz style using a mellow tonal quality and smooth, flowing melodic lines partly inspired by Lester Young. Often classical instruments and techniques were used. Most prominent throughout the 1950’s. Sometimes called “West Coast jazz.” Creole. Louisiana residents with African heritage mi ...
AN 34307 TOPICS IN US HISTORY:
... inspired by Lester Young. Often classical instruments and techniques were used. Most prominent throughout the 1950’s. Sometimes called “West Coast jazz.” Creole. Louisiana residents with African heritage mixed with Spanish or French ancestry. Cutting contest. Musical game of one-upmanship, a competi ...
... inspired by Lester Young. Often classical instruments and techniques were used. Most prominent throughout the 1950’s. Sometimes called “West Coast jazz.” Creole. Louisiana residents with African heritage mixed with Spanish or French ancestry. Cutting contest. Musical game of one-upmanship, a competi ...
20th Century Musicians - Jamesville Dewitt School District
... • Musicals, as we know them today, were invented in the early 1900’s, in New York City on Broadway • Musicals evolved from operettas and vaudeville theater, both of which were popular in the late 1800’s • The Golden Age of musicals was from the 1940’s through the 1960’s • Musical productions have be ...
... • Musicals, as we know them today, were invented in the early 1900’s, in New York City on Broadway • Musicals evolved from operettas and vaudeville theater, both of which were popular in the late 1800’s • The Golden Age of musicals was from the 1940’s through the 1960’s • Musical productions have be ...
AN 34307 TOPICS IN US HISTORY:
... inspired by Lester Young. Often classical instruments and techniques were used. Most prominent throughout the 1950’s. Sometimes called “West Coast jazz.” Creole. Louisiana residents with African heritage mixed with Spanish or French ancestry. Cutting contest. Musical game of one-upmanship, a competi ...
... inspired by Lester Young. Often classical instruments and techniques were used. Most prominent throughout the 1950’s. Sometimes called “West Coast jazz.” Creole. Louisiana residents with African heritage mixed with Spanish or French ancestry. Cutting contest. Musical game of one-upmanship, a competi ...
EuroMed Music Festival 2010
... between civilizations and cultures, when the individuals have to face with a society that becomes more and more multicultural. The musicians – whose origins roots back to twelve different countries and cultures – will spend 5 days in Budapest sharing their experiences in a variety of traditional and ...
... between civilizations and cultures, when the individuals have to face with a society that becomes more and more multicultural. The musicians – whose origins roots back to twelve different countries and cultures – will spend 5 days in Budapest sharing their experiences in a variety of traditional and ...
A Mythic Jazz Fable - Denver Center for the Performing Arts
... drums, double bass and guitar. The dance band combined ragtime, blues and other popular forms to produce the first jazz. During the 1920s, many African Americans migrated north bringing jazz to new areas of the country. St. Louis and Kansas City became hubs for jazz, but many musicians headed to Chi ...
... drums, double bass and guitar. The dance band combined ragtime, blues and other popular forms to produce the first jazz. During the 1920s, many African Americans migrated north bringing jazz to new areas of the country. St. Louis and Kansas City became hubs for jazz, but many musicians headed to Chi ...
MUSIC STYLES
... guitar, medium to fast tempos, and a "lilting" swing time rhythm. The name swing came from the phrase ‘swing feel’ where the emphasis is on the off–beat or weaker pulse in the music). Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise on the melody over the arrangement. The danceable swing st ...
... guitar, medium to fast tempos, and a "lilting" swing time rhythm. The name swing came from the phrase ‘swing feel’ where the emphasis is on the off–beat or weaker pulse in the music). Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise on the melody over the arrangement. The danceable swing st ...
- Lawton Public Schools
... millions. While Whiteman was getting rich, Louis Armstrong -- the true jazz genius -- arrived in New York City, where he played to a smaller, but loyal audience of fans and fellow musicians who understood that they were witnessing a new revolution in jazz. Louis Armstrong is perhaps the most importa ...
... millions. While Whiteman was getting rich, Louis Armstrong -- the true jazz genius -- arrived in New York City, where he played to a smaller, but loyal audience of fans and fellow musicians who understood that they were witnessing a new revolution in jazz. Louis Armstrong is perhaps the most importa ...
Giorgio Gomelsky
Giorgio Gomelsky (born 28 February 1934) is a film maker, impresario, music manager, songwriter (as Oscar Rasputin) and record producer. He was born in Georgia, grew up in Switzerland, and later lived in Britain and the US.He owned the Crawdaddy Club in London where The Rolling Stones were house band, and he was involved with their early management. He hired The Yardbirds as a replacement and managed them. He was also their producer from the beginning through 1966. In 1967, he started Marmalade Records (distributed by Polydor), which featured ""Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity"", The Blossom Toes, and early recordings by Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who became 10cc. The label closed in 1969. Gomelsky was also instrumental in the careers of The Soft Machine, Daevid Allen and Gong, Magma, and Material.He now lives in New York City.