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The rise of jazz
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- You might think you’re clueless when it comes to jazz – but click here to listen and realize you know a lot more than you think! Need the perfect recipe for making ...
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Tiffany's Top 10 jazz songs
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- My love of jazz is pretty wide – I’ll listen to anything from big band to Norah Jones. Here’s a compilation of my top 10 favourite jazz songs that you’ll...
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- A ringtone favourite for cellphones all around the world, perhaps some more information behind the piece known as Für Elise is in order! Who was “Elise”? “Für...
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- Famous Musical Pieces: Nessun Dorma An English translation of the famous opera song popularized by Paul Potts and Pavarotti “Nessun Dorma”, an Italian opera song, ...
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- The Sitar: Early Use in Jazz and The Beatles The sitar is a classical Indian instrument. Just like a guitar, you pluck the strings along a neck. At the bottom of the ho...
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Jazz genres
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- The world of jazz can be really confusing. Many artists tend to develop different styles over their careers, so it’s hard to pinpoint one artist or song to that specific g...
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The Origins of Jazz
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- All that jazz: Where did it come from? The origins of jazz are attributed to New Orleans, in Louisiana, United States. After all, the NBA did have a basketball team called the N...
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Essential Jazz Albums
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- Jazz is a style that can weave its way into all genres of music. It’s about improvisation, attitude and emotion. Most people enjoy jazz as background music but don’t...
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- Bob Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone is arguably one of the most famous rock and roll songs of this century. At the time it was a song which was refreshing and innovative. Wr...
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- On The Road a novel of the Beat generation by Jack Kerouac ”...the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desir...
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- About the Piece The introduction of this musical piece is so famous that it has almost become a cliché in popular culture. It is one of the most recognizable pieces of music eve...
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- Why is jazz important for American culture? Let’s take a look at why jazz continues to be held in such high esteem by looking to the experts. The following quotes are b...
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Early innovators of jazz
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- Long before Kenny G, there were jazz musicians. Here are some very early innovators of jazz who helped pave the way for the genre of jazz and later jazz performers. And about Ke...
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Opera: "Turandot"
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- Turandot Turandot is one of my favourite operas. It’s a great, simple but beautiful story. I guess you could call it a romantic comedy. It is by opera composer Giacomo ...
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- Jimi Hendrix is one of the most respected and famous musicians in rock and roll. But he also influenced jazz, creating a whole genre called Jazz Fusion. He brought many ideas an...
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Jazz today
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- Jazz today has taken many forms. You can hear the essence of jazz in any genre – pop, rock, easy listening, dance music and even country! Here are a few notes on todayR...
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- Famous jazz musician Wynton Marsalis explains the “Big Four” beat, a beat which creates the capacity for jazz. Reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unv_w7mfnME
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The Sitar in Classic Rock
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- The Sitar in Classic Rock My previous lesson was about the early use of the sitar in jazz and Beatles music. But the influence of Indian music didn’t stop just th...
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Subgenres of Soul Music
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- Based on inspiration from BassPlayer’s Sub-genres of Rock, here’s a list of various subgenres within soul music. Enjoy. :) (Detroit) Motown Soul Style: influenced ...
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- The Beatles “Yesterday” “Yesterday” is an acoustic ballad written by Paul McCartney, one of The Beatles. The lyrics tell the tale of a man who has just b...
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- Famous Musical Pieces: You Can’t Always Get What You Want Information: Written By: Jaggers/Richards Performed By: The Rolling Stones Album: Let It Bleed Rel...
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Components of Jazz
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- What are the components of jazz? You’re probably wondering why you landed on a page about jazz. Jazz? I don’t care, you think to yourself. I’ll admit...
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I'm a U2 Fan, I'm Smart!
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- Ask The Experts Now it’s official! SAT Scores and Music Preferences Correlate! If you’ve ever suspected that classical music fans are smart and rap fa...
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The Sitar: in Today's Music
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- The Sitar in Today’s Music We’ve already taken a look at the beginnings of the sitar through musical works of jazz and The Beatles. Then we watched guys like Th...
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Is Jazz Dead?
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- Is jazz dead? Is jazz a dying art form? Although there is no doubt that jazz has had significant impact on history and culture, it’s pretty obvious that not too many peop...
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