Dubbed the 'Maharajah of the Piano,' Oscar Peterson was quite simply one of the best jazz pianists that ever lived.
Melody and rhythm are almost inextricably linked. I say ‘almost’ because you can have melody or harmony without a distinguishable rhythm, and rhythm itself can exist with no melodic content at all.
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From the players of old to the guitarists shaping the blues scene, this list serves up a cross section of the genre’s finest solos from across nearly a century of guitar blues ...
The history of jazz in Ukraine can be traced fairly precisely according to academic, literature teacher and jazz journalist ...
King George, Calvin Richardson, T.K. Soul, Ronnie Bell, Nellie “Tiger” Travis and Omar Cunningham will play this spring at ...
SMOKE Jazz Club will present today's leading artists in April aka Jazz Appreciation Month. The lauded tenor saxophonist ...
The Yong Siew Toh Orchestral Institute conducted by Jason Lai performed a concert of mostly American music. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Check out all the performers announced to take the Dolby Theater stage during the 97th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March ...
After exploring swing, early modern jazz, and the hard bop/cool dichotomy in earlier ... Mr. White took only a single chorus of a clarinet solo, a blues so funky it sounded like the instrument would ...
An inductee of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Isley Brothers, Mr. Jasper also had success as a solo artist and producer.