Just Who is Esparanza Spalding? Get To Know More About The Best New Artist – Jazz Singer. Esparanza Spalding is a jazz bassist and singer. She isn’t a traditional jazz bassist and combines several styles in her music. She just won the 53rd Annual Grammy Award for “Best New Artist of the Year” and...
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Duke Ellington is the father of big band jazz. He is credited with creating the big band sound with mates Fletcher Henderson, Don Redman and various other artists he performed with. His longevity in the jazz music world predates the Great Depression and lasted up through the 1970s. The big band era in jazz...
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Stan Kenton (1911 – 1979) was the legendary pianist and composer that is closely related to the term “progressive jazz” While names like Armstrong, Ellington and Basie where popular to the masses, Kenton was known for using various composers and creating unique arrangements. Kenton composed popular jazz songs like “Eager Beaver” and “Artistry in...
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We received several responses to our recent article that mentioned Theo Croker and readers wanted to know more about him. We caught up with Theo back in the U.S. from China where he is currently making headlines in the jazz world. To get ahead in the music business, you need to travel! Traveling to other...
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The BP oil spill crisis 2010 seems to be contained right now. Oil is no longer gushing from underground and but there is still oil permeating the gulf. BP and others are working to solve the environmental fallout that will be associated with this disaster and it may take some time. So what does...
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As we approach the quarter finals of the world cup it is important to have music that fits the final four. Netherlands, Uruguay, Brasil and Ghana are battling it out to see who can claim to have the soccer capital of the world. The U.S. made a great run and although controversial, the amount...
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Got the BP blues? Remember, you’re a deejay. A deejay’s job is to make people happy. As oil jettisons from he gulf in day 60 something of the crisis, it is important keep music in your library that will keep the crowd in a spirited mood. So what do you play if you are...
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Get Coltrane! Coltrane was a jazz pioneer. While many consider Charlie Parker to be a lead influencer and the true father of modern jazz, Coltrane can be credited for taking jazz to a whole new era in popularity. Charlie Parker’s “Salt Peanuts” was the first song that moved away from the ‘big band’ sound...
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Miles was the epitome of cool. He was also miles ahead of the musicians of his era. He was well schooled in classic jazz, but Miles Davis is most noted for slowing it down.
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