12 days ago by mariser

Mack the Knife, aka The Ballad of Mack the Knife, originally Die Moritat von Mackie Messer, is a song composed by Kurt Weil with lyrics by Bertold Brecht for The Three Penny Opera ( Die Dreigroschenoper). the song has enjoyed popularity for almost 80 years, being covered by many, many performers. Ru ...

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15 days ago by admin

It’s difficult to overestimate Quincy Jones’s contribution to American music. Over the last 60 years he has excelled as a musician, composer, record producer, arranger, conductor and media company executive. In a career studded with landmarks, Jones produced Michael Jackson’s multi-platinum albums “ ...

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18 days ago by Musical Stew Daily

Jazz as defined by Answers.com: A style of music, native to America, characterized by a strong but flexible rhythmic understructure with solo and ensemble improvisations on basic tunes and chord patterns and, more recently, a highly sophisticated harmonic idiom. Tracing the origins of jazz by RedHot ...

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21 days ago by Michael Laprarie

The songs written by the great Harold Arlen have always been favorites of jazz musicians, because Arlen understood the jazz language, and used it liberally when crafting his melodies and chord progressions. Perhaps his greatest body of work is the catalog of songs that he and lyricist Ted Koehler wr ...

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21 days ago by blackgirlinthecity

Dulcinee Not too long ago I went back to something I thought I wanted to taste just once more. No real reason but for the pure curiosity of sealing an old deal for old times sake. And maybe a few other reasons too but…now that the thrill has come and gone I can say something I thought I wouldn’t be ...

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22 days ago by jazzdisposition

An album with Duke Ellingtion, this is a joyful collaboration by two of the greatest names in jazz. Tunes include “Mood Indigo,” “Black and Tan Fantasy,” and other Ellington pieces. Sideman Barney Bigard (cl) adds particular charm to “It Don’t Mean a Thing.” ~ Bruce Boyd Raeburn, All Music Guide 1 D ...

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23 days ago by Lee

Last week someone asked to name my ten favorite albums and write a line or two about each. The hard part was I had less than an afternoon to do it. Like all such lists the one I came up with is wholly subjective, and subject to change as life and listening go on. My one bit of disobedience was that ...

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25 days ago by jjulio

Se ha hablado mucho del Harlem de los años veinte y de su poder de catalización. La década más fantástica que haya podido conocer este barrio negro de Nueva York, comienza con el éxito de la comedia musical negra y el charleston, para acabar con la caída de la Bolsa en 1929. El Renacimiento de Harle ...

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25 days ago by Ben Lazar

Last Friday, before his show at the Nokia Theater, I interviewed Southside Johnny Lyon. We had a great discussion about the making of his fabulous new album, Grapefruit Moon, as well as Tom Waits, the soul revival, Scarlett Johannson, the 30th anniversary of his classic Hearts of Stone album and fin ...

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25 days ago by musicadelbarrio

Chanteuse et pianiste, Diane Schuur possède un talent multiple. Elle a longtemps collaboré avec Dinah Washington et bien d'autres légendes du Jazz, Schuur a petit à petit construit un carrière sans faille, que ce soit dans le Jazz mais aussi dans la musique Pop...

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