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Instrumental rock is rock music that emphasizes musical instruments and features very little or no singing. An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics, or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. [1] [2] [3]
Prevalent artists of this era of spiritual jazz included Lonnie Liston Smith, Albert Ayler, Sun Ra, and Don Cherry. [1] Saxophonist Albert Ayler was a student of John Coltrane, known for his "uncanny, visceral, and startlingly new" [2] take on jazz tradition and his use of spirituals, as seen in 1969's Music is the Healing Force of the Universe.
Ken Nordine (April 13, 1920 – February 16, 2019) was an American voice-over and recording artist, best known for his series of word jazz albums. [2] His deep, resonant voice has also been featured in many commercial advertisements and movie trailers.
Instrumental rock was most popular from the mid-1950s to mid-1960s, with artists such as Bill Doggett Combo, The Fireballs, The Shadows, The Ventures, Johnny and the Hurricanes and The Spotnicks. Surf music had many instrumental songs. Many instrumental hits had roots from the R&B genre. The Allman Brothers Band feature several instrumentals.
For a looser, more comprehensive A-Z list of jazz standards and tunes which have been covered by multiple artists, see the List of jazz tunes Index of articles associated with the same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).
A list of songs about jazz. Pages in category "Songs about jazz" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
The Sydney Morning Herald named "Spirit on the Water" one of the "Top five Bob Dylan songs" in a 2021 article, noting that the "swing piano hits a bum note in the first bar but nothing can stop the spring in this dandy crooner’s step". [10] A USA Today article ranking "all of Bob Dylan's songs" placed "Spirit on the Water" 54th (out of 359). [11]
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.