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Hace 4 días · Who's Gotta Right to Sing the Blues? Dear Mr. P.C.: About that song "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues." What gives someone the right? Can it be taken away? —Teal Dear Teal: What gives someone the right to sing the blues is mastery of blues theory, including all commonly used chord substitutions and alternate forms. They must also have a strong command of rhythmic vocabulary, whether in 4/4, 6 ...
Hace 2 días · With Bonnie Raitt
Hace 5 días · Paul Whiteman, often referred to as the “King of Jazz,” was a prominent musician, composer, and bandleader during the early 20th century. With his distinctive style and innovative approach to jazz music, Whiteman became one of the most influential figures in the Jazz Age. Throughout his career, he accomplished numerous milestones and left ...
Hace 2 días · Born in 1892 in Bolton, Lancashire, Jack Hylton was a major recording artist during the jazz age when bands like the Original Dixieland Jazz Band were creating a sensation playing at the Hammersmith Palais, and yet he was not really a part of the scene. Jack was known as the "English Paul Whiteman". This 25 track CD contains a selection of re-mastered, first-class Tin Pan Alley tunes expertly ...
Hace 2 días · Robin Roberts developed an interest in rock 'n' roll and rhythm and blues records as a high school student in Tacoma, Washington.Among the songs he began performing as an occasional guest singer with a local band, the Bluenotes, in 1958 were "Louie Louie", which he had "rescued from oblivion" after hearing Berry's obscure original single, and Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin", which gave him his ...
Hace 4 días · George Gershwin (born September 26, 1898, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died July 11, 1937, Hollywood, California) was one of the most significant and popular American composers of all time.He wrote primarily for the Broadway musical theatre, but important as well are his orchestral and piano compositions in which he blended, in varying degrees, the techniques and forms of classical music with ...
Hace 5 días · Strands of history are woven into the beguiling tapestry of When Will the Blues Leave, a luminous artifact that’s been released 20 years after its live recording in Lugano in 1999. A posthumous gem for pianist Paul Bley and drummer Paul Motian, it’s only the third official release by their inspired trio with bassist Gary.
