Most Recent Articles For: Jazz Music

Written by anderseriksson on May 19th, 2011
When you think about Jazz Music, what do you think of first? Which aspects of Jazz Music are important, which are essential, and which ones can you take or leave? You be the judge. The Jazz music sensation began to rub off on other parts of the world which encourages the ...
Written by anderseriksson on April 23rd, 2011
Anyone who loves jazz music must know about the amazing vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. What some may not know is that the Manhattan Transfer comes from the Name of Two different groups. The first group made one album, then broke up in 1969, the other group is the one, ...
Written by anderseriksson on March 17th, 2011
Do you ever feel like you know just enough about Jazz Music to be dangerous? Let's see if we can fill in some of the gaps with the latest info from Jazz Music experts. One great jazz musician was Lionel Hampton. Lionel was a bandleader, actor, jazz vibraphonist and percussionist. He ...
Written by anderseriksson on December 5th, 2010
Diana Krall is an accomplished singer, and jazz pianist. Diana was born in British Columbia Canada in 1964. She learned to play piano when she was just four-years-old. Everyone is her family are musicians. When she was in high school she played in a jazz group, and at just fifteen ...
Written by anderseriksson on November 29th, 2010
The beginning career of jazz music legend Art Blakey was amazing. He took piano lessons at school. When he was in the seventh grade he played music full-time and was leading a popular band. Not too long after, he started playing drums in the style of such players as ...
Written by anderseriksson on November 25th, 2010
The Art of Jazz dance is an amalgamation of different styles of dance that began between 1800's, and the middle of the 1900's rooted in African American movement. One man known for this type of dance was the star of vaudeville Joe Frisco around 1910 who danced in ...
Written by anderseriksson on November 22nd, 2010
The essence of the sound of Jazz music is so versatile due to the origins from which it first began. In fact, New Orleans, Louisiana is the place where Jazz first began between 1850 and 1900 by African slaves as well as the freed people of color. The first ...
Written by anderseriksson on October 22nd, 2010
Billie Holiday was one of the most famous jazz music singers in America. Her real name was Eleanora Fagan. Like most lives of musicians, she had a very bad time growing up which damaged her career. Her life is written about in the autobiography Lady Sings The Blues, but there ...
Written by anderseriksson on October 5th, 2010
Jazz music composition is the work of knowledgeable musicians with the skills to write, and create one of the most memorable masterpieces. Moreover, Jazz music Composition is a course included in colleges and universities who deem it a worthy subject to study. Composing Jazz music requires the ...
Written by anderseriksson on September 17th, 2010
The only way to keep up with the latest about Jazz Music is to constantly stay on the lookout for new information. If you read everything you find about Jazz Music, it won't take long for you to become an influential authority. Jazz music is appreciated worldwide. If you are ever ...