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Jazz Legato & Jazz Pizzicato - Leroy Anderson's First Record
Jazz Legato & Jazz Pizzicato - Leroy Anderson's First Record Boston Pops Orchestra, conducted by Arthur Fiedler, playing "Jazz Legato" and "Jazz Pizzicato" by Leroy Anderson on RCA Victor 10-1089-B, released in 1939. Leroy Anderson wrote his first original composition, "Jazz Pizzicato", in 1938 and it became an immediate Boston Pops hit. But when Arthur Fiedler wanted to record it, he noticed that it would fill up only half of a 10-inch 78rpm side, so he asked Anderson to write a companion piece to fill up the side, and out came "Jazz Legato". The record has a small piece missing on its edge. Player: BSR UA25 curiously mounted sideways in Canadian-made Shelbern console.
Donal Fox: Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project
Donal Fox: Scarlatti Jazz Suite Project Donal Fox's jazz plays upon many traditions

"Fox's band has the Modern Jazz Quartet's poise
and John Coltrane Quartet's power"

Composer/pianist Donal Fox has forged a unique amalgam of jazz, Latin American, and classical music. Past projects have focused on Johann Sebastian Bach, but the centerpiece of Saturday night's Regattabar performance was a jazz suite incorporating the music of Domenico Scarlatti .

Fox was accompanied by vibraphonist Stefon Harris, bassist John Lockwood , and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. This instrumentation inevitably brings the Modern Jazz Quartet to mind, but Fox's band married that group's cool poise with the power and momentum of the John Coltrane Quartet.

The opening number was based on an Astor Piazzolla tango. Rather than presenting the usual string of solos, piano and vibraphone engaged in a fluid, improvisatory dialogue. Lockwood and Carrington's bass and drums provided active but essentially supportive background for the friendly jousting of Fox and Harris.

The second number was Fox's ``Inventions in Blue," which drew from Bach's Two-Part Invention No. 4 in D Minor. It began as a rapid, African-sounding vamp, spelled by lyrical piano chords that floated over the pulsating rhythm. Harris's swinging, bluesy solo was bouyed by Lockwood's walking bass and Carrington's urgent ride cymbal.

By Kevin Lowenthal, Globe Correspondent June 2006
© Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company
Gymnopédie vs Take Five (Brubeck & Satie) Jazz/Classical Piano
Gymnopédie vs Take Five (Brubeck & Satie) Jazz/Classical Piano This is a work in progress. I came up with the idea of mixing Gymnopédie & Take 5 whilst at my friend Johnny's house. I heard him playing 2 of his own compositions simultaneously on the piano, one on his left hand, one on his right. This inspired me to try playing 2 pieces at the same time and 'Gymnopédie vs Take 5' was what came out. You can hear my wonderful new Christmas album at www.joolsscott.co.uk or http There's piano, cello, guitar, double bass, trumpet, lots of singing, cheer and jollity. "Take Five" is a classic jazz piece first recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet and released on its 1959 album Time Out. However, it would not become a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts until 1961. Composed by Paul Desmond, the group's saxophonist, it became famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody and use of quintuple time, from which its name is derived. It is also known for the solo by drummer Joe Morello. While Take Five was not the first jazz composition to use this meter, it was the first of United States mainstream significance, becoming a hit on the radio at a time when rock music was in fashion. The song has been recorded by scores of artists, from Swedish singer Monica Zetterlund in 1962 to Colorado jamband String Cheese Incident in 2000, to a dub version by King Tubby in 2002. Some versions have included lyrics, including a 1961 recording with lyrics written by Dave Brubeck and his wife Iola, that was sung by Carmen McRae. After Paul Desmond passed away in ...
Someone to watch Over me - Jazz Piano Solo
Someone to watch Over me - Jazz Piano Solo George Gershwin Tune,i hope you enjoy my simply calm version :-) For Stereo piano sound just go to: vids.myspace.com About the composer: George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose early death brought to a premature halt one of the most remarkable careers in American music. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are universally familiar. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed music for both Broadway and the classical concert hall, as well as popular songs that brought his work to an even wider public. Gershwin's compositions have been used in numerous films and on television, and many became jazz standards recorded in numerous variations. Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs. Early life Gershwin was named Jacob Gershowitz at birth in Brooklyn on September 26, 1898. His parents were Russian Jews. His father, Morris (Moishe) Gershowitz, changed his family name to 'Gershvin' sometime after immigrating to the United States from St. Petersburg, Russia in the early 1890s. Gershwin's mother Rosa Bruskin had already immigrated from Russia. She met Gershowitz in New York and they married on July 21, 1895.[1] (George changed the spelling of the family name to 'Gershwin' after he became a professional musician; other members of his family followed suit ...
Jazz/Guitar, Jim Greeninger, Flight Of The Bumble Bee Boogie
Jazz/Guitar, Jim Greeninger, Flight Of The Bumble Bee Boogie Jim Greeninger, Jazz guitar, classical guitar, acoustic guitar, country guitar, and gospel soloist.
Hiromi - Jazz in Marciac 2010 (fragm. 1) Canon in D (Johann Pachelbe
Hiromi - Jazz in Marciac 2010 (fragm. 1) Canon in D (Johann Pachelbe Hiromi - Jazz in Marciac 2010 (fragm. 1) Canon in D (Johann Pachelbel) Hiromi - piano
Embraceable You - Jazz Piano - Easy listening
Embraceable You - Jazz Piano - Easy listening "Embraceable You" is a popular song, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was originally written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East is West. It was eventually published in 1930 and included in the Broadway musical Girl Crazy. where it was performed by Ginger Rogers in a song and dance routine choreographed by Fred Astaire. Billie Holiday's 1944 recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005. I accidentally just recorded only the piano first. If you wont, you can download the piano-intro midifile, just go here: www.divshare.com About the composer: George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose early death brought to a premature halt one of the most remarkable careers in American music. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are universally familiar. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed music for both Broadway and the classical concert hall, as well as popular songs that brought his work to an even wider public. Gershwin's compositions have been used in numerous films and on television, and many became jazz standards recorded in numerous variations. Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs. Early life Gershwin was named Jacob Gershowitz at birth in Brooklyn on September 26, 1898. His parents were ...
Igor Stravinsky - "Preludium For Jazz Band"
Igor Stravinsky - "Preludium For Jazz Band" Something of an oddity in the composer's cannon, the Preludium was written between 1936-37 and, aside from the "Ebony Concerto", is the only piece Stravinsky wrote for a band. At this point he had abandoned most of the Russian folk influence that garnishes his earliest period, and eschewed orchestras in favour of smaller ensembles (usually wind). With his penchant for off-beat rhythms and lyricism, it's easy to see why Stravinsky may have been drawn to jazz. Django Reindhardt had popularized Gypsy Jazz only a few years before. Nontheless, this composition is entirely in Stravinsky's own style. The portrait, of course, is courteosy of the hand of Pablo Picasso.
Stanley Jordan - Amazing Guitar Tapping (jazz) on letterman
Stanley Jordan - Amazing Guitar Tapping (jazz) on letterman www.marinoshop.com.br - Stanley Jordan (July 31, 1959— ) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, best known for his development of the touch technique for playing guitar. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received an AB in music from Princeton University in 1981. Normally, a guitarist must use two hands to play each note. One hand presses down a guitar string behind a chosen fret to prepare the note, and the other hand either plucks or strums the string to play that note. Jordan's touch technique is an advanced form of two-handed tapping. The guitarist produces a note using only one finger by quickly tapping (or "hammering") his finger down behind the appropriate fret. The force of impact causes the string to vibrate enough to immediately sound the note, and Jordan executes tapping with both hands, and with more legato than is normally associated with guitar tapping. The note's volume can be controlled by varying the force of impact: tapping with greater force produces a louder note.A helpful analogy to visualize this technique is the distinction between a harpsichord and a piano. A harpsichord produces sound by plucking its strings, and a piano produces sound by striking its strings with tiny hammers. However, while notes produced on a harpsichord or piano sustain after the hammer has struck or the pick has plucked, fingers must remain on a tapped note in order for the sound to continue. This similarity is what led Jordan to attempt such a technique in the first place ...
JAZZ SEBASTJAN BACH by Uri Brener; 5 ...with Chick Corea
JAZZ SEBASTJAN BACH by Uri Brener; 5 ...with Chick Corea A suite for flute and a jazz-trio based on movements from Bach`s flute sonatas and more. Stylistic influenses are wide: from Jacques Loussier and Claude Bolling, via Dave Brubeck and Michel Legrand, to Chick Corea, creating an exciting dialogue with Bach`s music. The piece was commissioned and performed by a renown Israely flutist Noam Buchman together with Uri Brener`s jazz-trio "Tabula Rasa", featuring Edmond Gilmore on bass and Shlomo Deshet on drums, and was broadcasted live by the Israeli classical music channel "Kol Hamusika" from the Kfar Blum festival in August 2008.
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