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Jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius recorded a version of "Donna Lee" on bass guitar, with Don Alias on congas, for his debut album Jaco Pastorius (1976). [1] His friend Pat Metheny called this version "astounding" because of its "hornlike phrasing that was previously unknown to the bass guitar" and "one of the freshest looks at how to play on a well ...
"Since I Fell for You" achieved its highest-profile via a 1963 recording by Lenny Welch.While a student at Asbury Park High School in New Jersey, Welch had served as vocalist with a doo-wop group who performed locally, their gigs including "Since I Fell for You", which Welch knew from its 1954 recording by the Harptones.
Jazz chords are chords, chord voicings and chord symbols that jazz musicians commonly use in composition, improvisation, and harmony. In jazz chords and theory, most triads that appear in lead sheets or fake books can have sevenths added to them, using the performer's discretion and ear. [ 1 ]
Miles Smiles is an album by the jazz musician Miles Davis.It was released on February 16, 1967 [1] through Columbia Records.It was recorded by Davis and his second quintet at Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City on October 24 and October 25, 1966. [4]
Hyæna is the sixth studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on 8 June 1984 by Polydor Records.The opening track, "Dazzle", featured strings played by musicians of the London Symphonic Orchestra (LSO), a 27-piece orchestra called the "Chandos Players"; [1] it was scored from a tune that Siouxsie Sioux had composed on piano. [2]
Stride jazz piano, often shortened to stride, is a jazz piano style that arose from ragtime players. Prominent stride pianists include James P. Johnson , Willie "the Lion" Smith , Fats Waller , Luckey Roberts , and Mary Lou Williams .
"Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 7 on the R&B chart in 1956. [1] A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year, reaching No. 7 on the Billboard chart. [2]
4 time, it has since been performed in 4 4 and has become a popular jazz standard. Notable versions have been recorded by singers, such as Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, and Nat King Cole, and pianists, such as Art Tatum, Bill Evans and Peruchín. "Tenderly" was first recorded by Brazilian singer and pianist Dick Farney on June 15, 1947.