Jazz Articles about Cory Wong

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Grace Kelly with Strings: At the Movies

by Jack Bowers
May 14, 2024

Saxophonist Grace Kelly, who some years ago graduated from the Child Prodigy class in which she was a prominent member, has entered her third decade by recording for the first time with a string-based orchestra. The theme is At the Movies, and Kelly opens with a James Bond medley and closes with five themes from Walt Disney films. Besides playing soprano, alto, tenor and baritone sax, Kelly further shows her versatility by singing on more than half ...

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Jazz for the Year of the Tiger's Winter Olympics

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 21, 2022

This week we built the Mondo Jazz playlist in celebration of the Year of the Tiger, the Water Tiger to be precise, and the 24th Winter Olympics, selecting compositions that directly or indirectly relate to winter sports, Olympic games and the elements which are essential to all Winter Olympics: mountains, snow and ice...Happy listening and Happy Lunar New Year!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Fred Ho “Very, Very Baaad! Tribute ...

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Meet the Millennial Smooth Jazz Ambassador Cory Wong

by Leo Sidran
March 15, 2019