Within the wide field of jazz, the playing of "avant-garde" jazz includes either a great opportunity or a great headache, depending on who you ask. Jazz is already an abstract process: playing it...
The jazz trumpet is a staple in many jazz bands and is an expressive addition to any jam session. Learning how to play the trumpet properly can be challenging enough, but adding a few jazz scales...
A half-century ago, Danny and the Juniors bellowed out, "Rock and Roll will never die!" Were they wrong? If rock and roll wasn't dead by the mid-2000s, it was certainly on life support. Long for...
For a long time, country music was seen as something provincial, unsophisticated and uncool. Now, however, country music is becoming more and more mainstream. This might be bad for hardcore...
Jazz is an important genre of music created in the early 20th century in the American South. Since its inception it has progressed and blossomed tremendously. It has developed and grown into many...
Remember back to when Eydie Gorme sang "Blame it on the Bossa Nova." There's some truth in that song's title: Bossa Nova is the perfect party music, for it's full of life and verve and just makes...
So you've got a catchy, original tune playing in your head or you've just fallen in love (or out of love) and want to release all that pent up emotion in a song. Writing a pop song is one way to...
Hip-hop is one of the most vibrant, interesting musical genres. Over the past 4 decades, hip-hop has taken many forms. The lyrics can be uplifting or somber, funny or violent. Hip-hop fans know...
Choosing the right music can be quite difficult, whether it is for dance choreography, a party or for just listening pleasure. You must pick the right tempo and the right feel for your music....
When European music met African music in the early 20th century, it created something electrifying—jazz. Jazz is one of the more difficult styles of music to play, due in part to its dependence...
Dixieland jazz incorporates marching brass bands and elements of blues and ragtime music. Popularized in New Orleans in the early 1900s, many of its songs have become American standards, including...
Ragtime is America's original rebel music. Predating jazz and all of the offsets of jazz, ragtime has its roots as the original pop music. Ragtime comes in different forms and tempos, but one...
Kansas City Jazz is a form of jazz that flourished in Kansas City, Missouri, during the 1930s. In the style of big band and bebop, this genre was popularized by jazz great Charlie Parker and is...
The fusion of the Latin culture and jazz was a musical match made in heaven. Jazz has a rich cultural background steeped in creativity and vibrancy, and Latin culture is colorful, seductive and...
Soul jazz is yet another offset of the popular jazz genre. Many forms of jazz exist, and soul jazz is perhaps the most widely performed today. Growing in popularity in the 1950s, soul jazz derived...
Jazz music has long captured the hearts of many people. The creativity and freedom of jazz musicians have been romanticized by a culture obsessed with cool. Smooth jazz takes this concept of cool...
Nu jazz is a style that is a vibrant blend of instrumentation, electronica, jazz, and some soul influences that rose to popularity in the 1990s. Nu jazz has a growing future as the premise of the...
Jazz and rock, two distinctly American forms of music, were destined to join. If Steely Dan and the Mahavishnu Orchestra grab your attention, you're a jazz rock fan. Today, jazz rock carries...
The basis of all music is rooted in music theory. Jazz is no exception, and modal jazz is a personification of this emphasis on theory. The importance of music theory and improvisation play...
Jazz rap is an interesting mix of traditional jazz music and the street influence of hip hop and rap. Keeping with the spirit of experimentation, jazz rap is growing in scope. Many jazz rap...
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