Jazz

Jazz is an American musical art form which originated around the beginning of the 20th century in Black communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions. The style’s West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, call-and-response, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, and the swung note of ragtime. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Henry Mancini

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Jan 6 Wednesday 6 January 2010
Nellie McKay	The Dakota Jazz… Minneapolis, United States 44.973922 -93.275084	2 people attended Add shout
Dennis Rowland at ASU Louise Lincoln Kerr Cultural Center Dennis Rowland	ASU Louise Lincoln… Scottsdale, Phoenix, United States 33.526139 -111.927671	Add shout
The Rural Alberta Advantage The Minor White	Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia, PA, United States -22.7666667 17.3	6 people attended 1 shout
Tony Bennett at Ruth Eckerd Hall Tony Bennett	Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater, Tampa, United States 27.96711 -82.70866	Add shout
Every Wednesday in January at THE MINT Royal Crown Revue	THE MINT Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, United States 34.052441 -118.371556	Add shout
Chris Potter Underground at Village Vanguard Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Craig Taborn, Nate Smith	Village Vanguard New York NY, United States 40.73599 -74.001653	1 person attended Add shout

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namakubinar wrote:
13 days ago

like like like just to much

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px1 wrote:
16 days ago

Corinne Bailey Rae - Like A Star

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Rnolds wrote:
21 days ago

like this db

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Leopreston wrote:
22 days ago

Jazz matazz. Lovin' it. :D

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p2porg wrote:
23 days ago

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boozec wrote:
28 days ago

The good shit eh.

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SonOfThirteen wrote:
28 days ago

The only truth left in music.

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reijiuin wrote:
December 2009

Norah Jones, Jaaaaazz singer.........Dear,did you lose your mind,hah?

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MaidenSlayer wrote:
November 2009

I am currently interested in Jazz. Sort of new. I've heard Wes Montgomery's band and I was quite intrigued. I don't like those Jazz trumpet bands. They bore me. Anybody know some good Fusion or Wes Montgomery trio styled bands?

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Opus104 wrote:
November 2009

Phew! There's so much to recommend. Why not start with Pat Metheny? Anything from Pat Metheny is well worth a listen. Jazz pianist Brian Simpson's 'Blues for Scott' from his It's All Good album, although with a heavy beat, will please you. For something very different, try Koop and the album Waltz for Koop, one stand-out track is 'Soul For Sahib'. Thelonious Monk's Brilliant Corners album is a must for any true jazz lover. Mattmacneil has a point, I don't like concert pianists masquerading as jazz pianists in order to earn an extra buck. Give me an Erroll Garner or Red Garland any day.

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veyita_88 wrote:
November 2009

Hi,i listen most to Heavy Metal and Hard rock,but i do like the sound of jazz a lot,i like jazz-fusion as well.Could you recommend me some easy jazz albums for a beginner?

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mattmacneil wrote:
November 2009

i hate it when people use jazz as a way to seem mature. Fuck off.

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EssienPopoola wrote:
November 2009

Jazz, magic and love - http://happenstanceradio.blogspot.com/search/label/jazz%20funk

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Retro_Saiyan wrote:
November 2009

"Pop Music" was originally just a shorter way of saying "Popular Music" for sales charts and record stores. It also referred to stuff more commonly played on Radio or Jukebox, as opposed to heard only on special occasions like a trip to a Classical violin performance. Since the introduction of the phase "pop music", popular music has changed so much, with the artists labelled pop changing so much, that the term can hardly be considered a genre. The stuff on the "pop charts" has gone from Dinah Shore and Hank Williams to, well, well whatever is the "flavor of the month" this week. Though, sub-genres do make things a little less confusing.

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sammyke wrote:
November 2009

for me the 15 nov. brussels !!!!

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MaidenSlayer wrote:
October 2009

And the reason one might assume that Popular Music is Pop. Is due to the term Popular Culture which is abbreviated Pop. So yes, technically the definition of Pop means Popular music. But their is a genre coined from the term Popular Music just to clarify. Which was indeed highly influenced by Jazz. So I concur with that and just on another note Pop later did evolve into other kinds of music. Teen music basically. Just like R&B later evolved to contemporary R&B. What The Ink Spots, Frank Sinatra and many other are is TRADITIONAL Pop. Franky Avalon did indeed create the teen pop. I don't envy him particularly for that. And more or less mediocre. So that should answer all your confused comments on pop.

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MaidenSlayer wrote:
October 2009

Wes Montgomery :D Btw lol @ the pseudo Jazz pop bands being added. Frank Sinatra is good but hardly call him Jazz. Maybe crossover. But not really Jazz.

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m0rph0x wrote:
October 2009

norah jones, what an insult -_-

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yaredfunez wrote:
October 2009

ningun latino?

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Kazback wrote:
September 2009

http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Kana%C5%82+Audytywny - Polish jazz, hip-hop and trip-hop

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