As with any self-respecting passion, jazz music does not need to be understood, it is enough to be felt. And…
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Bird really flew highest in more informal or spontaneous environments – Video, Photos
Coming up to the 70th anniversary of his death (on March 12, 1955), Charlie Parker can still stop you in…
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The relationship between Jazz and Christmas: Why are so many popular Christmas songs so jazzy? Videos
The relationship between the secular Christmas music that emerged in the 1930s, ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, and jazz is that…
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New CD – 2024: Randy Lee Riviere – Concrete Blues – Video, CD cover
Randy Lee Riviere is anything but an acquired taste – he just deserves a much wider exposure. Quietly releasing a…
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Music of the 50s of the last century: Dave Brubeck – Three To Get Ready (Live) (1959) – In Your Own Sweet Way (Live) (1955) – Videos
Dave Brubeck’s “In Your Own Sweet Way,” written in 1955, is a revered jazz standard known for its lyrical beauty…
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Pioneering modern jazz drummer Roy Haynes has died at 99 – Photos, Video
Roy Haynes, the pioneering jazz drummer who performed with legends like Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Sarah Vaughan, died Tuesday…
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