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Songs of the Season – The Christmas Song Posted by Gary Locke on Dec 21, 2017
Of all the songs of the holiday season which belong in The Great American Songbook, one is unique for not being known by its actual title. When jazz singer/songwriter Mel Tormé composed The Christmas Song, he could not have imagined that its opening line would be mistaken for the song title. And yet, far more…
Jive Talking – The Language of Jazz Posted by Gary Locke on Sep 23, 2016
“Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that’s it. No America, no jazz.” Arthur (Art) Blakey, aka Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, American jazz drummer and bandleader. Many would argue that jazz is the most quintessential American musical form. Born out of the African American communities in the late 19th…
Jazz: America’s Homegrown Music Style Posted by Gabriele on Feb 7, 2012
Jazz is a style of music that originated at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century in African-American communities in the United States (most notably in the state of Louisiana). Jazz is in fact an American invention, an invention in which many Americans have a great deal of pride. …