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Jazz improvisation is the spontaneous invention of melodic solo lines or accompaniment parts in a performance of jazz music. It is one of the defining elements of jazz. Improvisation is composing on the spot, when a singer or instrumentalist invents melodies and lines over a chord progression played by rhythm section instruments (piano, guitar ...
Sarah Lois Vaughan (/ v ɔː n /, March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One", [1] she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards. [2] She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. [3]
Picnic Suite for Guitar, Flute and Jazz Piano Trio Toot Suite Suite for Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Piano Trio Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio Suite No. 2 for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio Sonatas for Two Pianists: Aaron Copland: 1920–21 1925 1926 1946 1947–48 1949 1961 Three Moods for piano Music for the Theater Concerto for Piano and ...
Nesuhi Ertegün. " Giant Steps " is a jazz composition by American saxophonist John Coltrane. [1] It was first recorded in 1959 and released on the 1960 album Giant Steps. [2] The composition features a cyclic chord pattern that has come to be known as Coltrane changes. The composition has become a jazz standard, covered by many artists.
Free Jazz was the first album-length improvisation at thirty-seven minutes, unheard of at the time. The original LP package incorporated Jackson Pollock's 1954 painting The White Light . [ 10 ] The cover was a gatefold with a cutout window in the lower right corner allowing a glimpse of the painting; opening the cover revealed the full artwork ...
Occupation (s) Musician. Instrument. Piano. Labels. Adair Music Group, Green Hill, Village Square Music. Website. www .beegieadair .com. Bobbe Gorin " Beegie " Adair ( née Long, December 11, 1937 – January 23, 2022) was an American jazz pianist and bandleader, whose career spanned more than 60 years.
Soliloquy (1989) Soprano Sax Concerto (2007) Spirit (2006) To the Point (2004) Trombone Concerto (2005) Tuba Concerto (2017) Viola Concerto (2015) Violin Concerto (2008) - recipient of a 2010 Pulitzer Prize, written for and played by Hilary Hahn.
Jazz rap is a fusion subgenre of hip hop music and jazz, developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The lyrics are often based on political consciousness, Afrocentrism, and general positivism. 1980s ->. Jazz rock. The term "jazz-rock" (or "jazz/rock") is often used as a synonym for the term "jazz fusion". 1960s ->.