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When You Want Your Kids to Scat
In: Jazz (general)
By: Frances Ponick
Scat is a way of singing the melody of a song without using the words, and It's a lot of fun for adults to do with kids. Here's a way to get started. more...
Hiromi And SonicBloom Plays Jazz At The Lake.
In: Jazz (general)
By: Tien Providence
In 2007 Hiromi with Sonicbloom opened for the Band Trio Beyond on a hot Toronto night; she almost stole the show and left a new legions of fans gasping for more. more...
Billie Holiday, A Seminal Jazz Artist
In: Big Band Jazz
Billie Holiday learned to sing Jazz, as a child, by listening to the recordings of Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith. She possessed an innate sense of jazz phrasing. more...
Branford Marsalis Plays Toronto Jazz festival.
In: Jazz (general)
By: Tien Providence
With A Brand New CD Metamorphosen on the Jazz Charts. Branford Marsalis embarks on A Summer tours with a stop right here at the 2009 Toronto Jazz Festival. more...
Christian McBride & Inside Straight
In: Jazz (general)
By: Paula Edelstein
At 36, Christian McBride has won worldwide acclaim with bandmates Ron Blake, Geoff Keezer, and Terreon Gully for their brand of raw funkiness and select fusions. more...
Remembering Wayman Tisdale – One Month Later
By: Omar Bobb-Semple
Although Wayman Tisdale's time on Earth is over, his legacy and influence will continue to resonate throughout the world; in basketball, in music, and in life. more...
A Tribute to the Divas : And All That Jazz...
In: Jazz History
By: Dolores Bundy
Black music has always had a monumental impact on world culture. Gospel, blues, jazz, rock, soul, reggae and now hip-hop, have all had their origins in black culture. more...
Vanessa Williams: The Real Thing
By: Paula Edelstein
"Vanessa Williams is an artist of rare talent, depth and creativity," states John Burk, the Executive Producer of The Real Thing. Truer words were never spoken. more...
Billy Parker's Fouth World: Freedom of Speech
In: Jazz (general)
By: Gerard Fannon
Review of the one and only album cut by Billy Parker for the legendary Strata East Records in 1974 more...
In: Jazz (general)
By: Sebastian Albu
Diminished chords contain the most amount of space between notes. This is because there is an interval of a major third between each note. more...
Valerie Capers and her Portraits in Jazz
In: Jazz (general)
By: Jacqueline Banks
Intended to be a set of pedagogical piano peices, Capers' Portraits in Jazz teaches classical technique in Jazz media. more...
DeJohnette Trio Dazzles At Boulder Theatre
By: Sebastian Albu
DeJohnette, Frisell and Harris delivered a fantastic set of music in support of DeJohnette's latest album, "The Elephant Sleeps, But Still Remembers." more...
The Musical Brilliance of Louis Armstrong
In: New Orleans Jazz
Although, critics and scholars may dispute the length of Louis Armstrong's career as a jazz trumpeter, no one could dispute his extraordinary, musical gifts. more...
Sarah Tolar Debuts Big Blue Moon
By: Paula Edelstein
Contemporary folk/jazz vocalist Sarah Tolar and producer/pianist David Cook offer fans 10 new songs they composed, produced and perform on Big Blue Moon. more...
