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"Morning" is a Latin Jazz standard written by American pianist/composer/arranger Clare Fischer, [2] first heard on his 1965 LP, Manteca!, Fischer's first recording conceived entirely in the Afro-Cuban idiom, which, along with the Brazilian music he had explored at length over the previous three years, [3] would provide fertile ground for ...
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
Lils Mackintosh (11 June 1955 – 5 December 2023 [1]) was a jazz and blues singer and is considered one of the most distinguished artists in the Dutch jazz scene.. Mackintosh had worked with the likes of Oscar Peterson, B.B. King, Scott Hamilton, Rita Reys, the Rosenberg Trio, Cor Bakker, Madeline Bell, Hans Dulfer, Candy Dulfer, Louis van Dijk, The Beets Brothers, Georgie Fame and the Dutch ...
Culture writer Martin Chilton defines the term "Great American Songbook" as follows: "Tunes of Broadway musical theatre, Hollywood movie musicals and Tin Pan Alley (the hub of songwriting that was the music publishers' row on New York's West 28th Street)". Chilton adds that these songs "became the core repertoire of jazz musicians" during the ...
Jazz compositions originally or most commonly played in the key of E-flat major. ... Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You; I. I Remember Clifford (song) In Your Own Sweet Way;
Detour Ahead" [9] [152] is a jazz composition with words and music credited to Herb Ellis, John Frigo, and Lou Carter. Probably most famously recorded by Billie Holiday in 1951 with Tiny Grimes. "Four Brothers" [9] [13] [153] [154] is a jazz composition by Jimmy Giuffre.
My Favorite Things is the first album by the jazz pianist Joey Alexander. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Released in 2015, it earned Alexander a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Album . [ 3 ]
James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer. A pioneer of stride piano, he was one of the most important pianists in the early era of recording, and like Jelly Roll Morton, one of the key figures in the evolution of ragtime into what was eventually called jazz. [1]