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Jazz Sonata, for piano A Jazz Symphony Piano Sonata No. 4 "Jazz" Malcolm Arnold: 1954 1959 1974 Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra, Op. 46 Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, Op. 67 Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 115 Larry Austin: 1960 1961 1971 Fantasy on a Theme by Berg, for jazz orchestra: 5 saxs, 5 tpts, 4 trbns, perc set ...
Hiromi Uehara (上原 ひろみ, Uehara Hiromi, born 26 March 1979), known professionally as Hiromi, is a Japanese jazz composer and pianist. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blending of musical genres such as stride, post-bop, progressive rock, classical, nu jazz and fusion in her compositions.
Mehldau won DownBeat ' s Readers Poll piano award in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2011, and 2012. [114] He was the 2006 winner of the Miles Davis Prize, awarded by the Montreal International Jazz Festival for "jazz artists who have made significant artistic and innovative contributions to the genre". [115]
The Jacques Loussier Trio was a French Third Stream jazz piano trio, led by pianist Jacques Loussier, that became known for its jazz interpretations of European classical music. [1] They were colloquially known in France as "le trio Play Bach" after the title of their first LPs. [2] [3]
The conductor again was Davies. Most of Jarrett's classical recordings are of older repertoire, but he may have been introduced to this modern work by his one-time manager George Avakian, who was a friend of the composer. Jarrett has also recorded classical works for ECM by composers such as Bach, Handel, Shostakovich, and Arvo Pärt.
She attended Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, [2] and went on to receive undergraduate and master's degrees in classical piano performance at the University of Texas at Austin. [1] She first heard jazz music during that time and eventually switched her focus. [3]
Jacques Loussier (26 October 1934 – 5 March 2019) was a French pianist and composer. He arranged jazz interpretations of many of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, such as the Goldberg Variations.
Bill Evans performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1978. Mastering the various chord voicings—simple to advanced—is the first building block of learning jazz piano. Jazz piano technique uses all the chords found in Western art music, such as major, minor, augmented, diminished, seventh, diminished seventh, sixth, minor seventh, major seventh, suspended fourth, and so