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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

By: Sheila Aylesworth

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

In: Contemporary Jazz

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

In: Contemporary Jazz

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...

Augmented Chords

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

In: Contemporary Jazz

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

By: Sheila Aylesworth

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

In: Contemporary Jazz

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...

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