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Swift was raised in Charlottesville, Virginia, as part of a family of musicians. [4] Her parents are late jazz pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian. [1] [4] At the age of nine, she recorded her debut album, Veronica's House of Jazz (2004), featuring Richie Cole playing with her father's rhythm section. [3]
Jeff Beal (born June 20, 1963) is an American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall. Highly regarded as a jazz instrumentalist and versatile composer, Beal creates music that often incorporates a synthesis of improvisatory and composed elements.
Free jazz musicians make use of free improvisation to alter, extend, or break down jazz convention, often by discarding fixed chord changes, tempos, melodies, or phrases. Ornette Coleman was an early and noted advocate of this style. 1950s -> Gypsy jazz: A style of jazz music often said to have been started by guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt ...
Jazz standard – musical composition which is an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that it is widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. Jazz standards include jazz arrangements of popular Broadway songs, blues songs and well-known jazz tunes. List of pre-1920 jazz standards
Paul Samuel Whiteman [1] (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) [2] was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist. [3]As the leader of one of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s and early 1930s, Whiteman produced recordings that were immensely successful, and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz".
"Push the Feeling On 2014" was credited to Nightcrawlers vs DJ S.K.T. and appeared on various house music compilation albums and broke the top 40 of the UK iTunes chart. In 2017, a garage version simply titled "Push the Feeling" credited to Nightcrawlers x John Reid featuring Big Narstie was released, alongside a lyric video.
Harris was born and grew up in Chicago. [2] His father was from Cuba and his mother from Mississippi. He studied music under Walter Dyett at DuSable High School, as had many other successful Chicago musicians (including Nat King Cole, Clifford Jordan, Johnny Griffin, Gene Ammons, Julian Priester, and others).
Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood posing outside the White House with a full-size cutout of Ronald Reagan, during their US tour, November 8, 1984 (Credit: Mike Maloney/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)