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The Crusaders, Bobby Womack, David T. Walker, Marvin Gaye. Wilton Lewis Felder (August 31, 1940 – September 27, 2015) was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, later known as The Crusaders. Felder played bass on the Jackson 5 's hits "I Want You Back" and "ABC" and on Marvin Gaye ...
A major feature of the blues scale is the use of blue notes—notes that are played or sung microtonally, at a slightly higher or lower pitch than standard. [5] However, since blue notes are considered alternative inflections, a blues scale may be considered to not fit the traditional definition of a scale. [6]
Jazz saxophonists are musicians who play various types of saxophones (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone etc.) in jazz and its associated subgenres. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 20th century, influenced by both movements of musicians that became the subgenres and by particularly influential sax players who helped reshape ...
[2] [14] Big Blues their first studio album in 17 years, consisted totally of Willie Dixon songs. [15] Colin Cooper died of cancer on 3 July 2008, aged 68. [9] [16] He was replaced in 2009 by singer/saxophone/harmonica player Johnny Pugh, who retired in 2012, and was replaced in turn by vocalist Graham Dee and saxophone player Chris Aldridge ...
Label. Atlantic. Composer (s) John Coltrane. Producer (s) Nesuhi Ertegün. "Equinox" is a minor blues [1] jazz standard by American jazz saxophone player and composer John Coltrane. It was originally released on Coltrane's Sound [2] played in C # minor with a slow swing feel. However, it is usually played in the key of C Minor.
Eugene Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) [1] was an American alto saxophonist. Bostic's recording career was diverse, his musical output encompassing jazz, swing, jump blues and the post-war American rhythm and blues style, which he pioneered. He had a number of popular hits such as "Flamingo", "Harlem Nocturne", "Temptation ...
The chord-scale system is a method of matching, from a list of possible chords, a list of possible scales. [2] The system has been widely used since the 1970s. [3] However, the majority of older players used the chord tone/chord arpeggio method. The system is an example of the difference between the treatment of dissonance in jazz and classical ...
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