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5 days ago · Composed in 1959, “Lonely Woman” was the opening track of The Shape of Jazz to Come, released on Atlantic Records that same year. This first recording of the song featured a stellar cast: cornetist Don Cherry, drummer Billy Higgins, and bassist Charlie Haden.
5 days ago · Jazz thrives on regeneration and invention, which means that each new year brings a new opportunity for artists to extend the tradition, challenge norms, make new connections and push the music into unforeseen territory. Here are 19 artists we think will take jazz to new heights in 2019.
5 days ago · In 1959, Coleman released the album The Shape Of Jazz to Come and, the year after, Free Jazz, which would both have a crucial effect on the development of the free jazz genre. “Broadway Blues” and “Lonely Woman” were songs of his that defined the genre.
Jul 1, 2024 · Vote up the greatest jazz musicians who play piano. Imagine dancing to the sound of smooth, vibrant jazz music with a pianist pounding on the keys with all his might accompanied by a cello, trumpet, and trombone.
May 15, 2024 · Whether they're straight-up musicals or dramatic stories about famous musicians, these features tap dance all over the audience's emotions and leave a mark. But, films about jazz take it up a notch as they explore music's finest and most sophisticated genre.
2 days ago · During the mid-1970s, Atrás del Cosmos – ‘Behind the Cosmos’ – managed to amass a sizable audience within Mexico City for their unique, improvisational jazz music. Soon, music fans would travel from far and wide to hear these revolutionary sounds, which were as yet unheard of in Mexico. Gradually, the reputation of the band and size of ...
3 days ago · Jazz originated early in the century with small bands of five-to-seven players in a style that became known as New Orleans, named after the place where the music, in its first iteration, codified itself. That style is now called Dixieland.
