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Jazz meditation refers to guided meditation practice that incorporates live instrumental jazz music. During a typical jazz meditation performance, a meditation guide or teacher is accompanied by one or more musicians, and musical improvisation is used as an anchor for mindfulness techniques such as visualization and breathing exercises.
Jazz noir (also known as "doom jazz" or "dark jazz") is noted for its often somber, mysterious or even sinister tone. It takes inspiration from film noir soundtracks and dark ambient music. [4] 1990s -> Nu jazz [5] Music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul, electronic dance music, and free improvisation. 1990s ->
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music.
In New York a new style of jazz became immensely popular. This style, known as Big Band, ushered in a new era of jazz education. [12] Big band music is particularly important for jazz education because it introduces a number of new forums for the furthering of jazz music. The first such forum is the arranger.
Hubert Laws (born November 10, 1939) [1] is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 50 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres.Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm-and-blues genres, moving effortlessly from one repertory to another. [2]
Wednesday night's plane crash outside Washington, D.C., that killed a yet-unknown number of U.S. figure skaters, coaches and family members was devastating news for the skating community.It also ...
Jazz Chants appeal to students of all ages, and work with large classes, and stimulate pairwork and role-playing activities. [3] Jazz chants improve the students' speaking competence in terms of pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. [4] Jazz chants help students sound more natural when they speak English. [5]
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