The song’s popularity helped legitimize jazz as a sophisticated and influential musical form, bridging racial divides as white audiences embraced swing. The song’s uplifting energy continues ...
But that’s jazz: one man’s alternate take is another man’s master! The melodies of swing classics like “Stompin’ At The Savoy” and “Tuxedo Junction” are fragmented and grafted over new rhythms. And so ...
Researching Navajo spinning songs has been the basis of my inspirations ... ancient Navajo cultural music with the hard swing and funk of the jazz masters. Our melodies come from the ancient ...
Billie Holiday was peerless when it came to conveying the emotion in a song In the 1940s, the swing era gave way to what was then known as “modern jazz” – the so-called bebop innovations of ...
The Carthage Music Club met Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in the band rehearsal room at the Frances Ross Music Building of Panola ...