Jazz music faces a big problem in the United States and that is a, dare we say it, closed mindedness on the part of many music lovers. The orchestral musicians and lovers don’t like it because it’s not as structured … Continue reading →
Sadly, jazz is slowly becoming a dying art. Cities were once full of jazz clubs, schools were teaching jazz as part of their curriculum and the “coolness” of jazz was alive and well. It was as much a part of … Continue reading →
Gospel jazz played by the great Pat Moran.
Continue reading →It is called “swing bass” because your left hand swings back and forth between a low note (or group of notes, such as a 10th, alternating with a chord in the area right below middle C.
Continue reading →The ability to play blues piano is usually not expected of beginning pianists. There are reasons why most beginning pianists start out playing old songs written by classical composers from centuries past. Many songs written for the piano by such … Continue reading →
Though many associate the birth of jazz music with the city of
New Orleans, its origin may be a bit more ambiguous. Like many
other musical forms, jazz evolved over a period of years. Many
believe its evolution took place over decades. It’s widely
agreed, however, that jazz music as we know it today was born in
the southern United States.
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