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The Jazz Sides of the Nat Cole Trio, Part 1
by Larry Slater
Nat King Cole is known and loved today for his classic vocal recordings but when Cole started out in the late 1930s, he was a jazz pianist, and his singing was an afterthought, Eventfully of course he gained worldwide fame with his voice, and as an unsurpassed interpreter of romantic ballads, but during the swing era, ...
Jazz In Brazil: the legendary composers and musicians
by Larry Slater
Though Bossa Nova, and the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, are Brazil's most recognized musical export, Brazil hosts a vast number of musical styles with musicians garnering international followings. One of the most unique, and influential is the composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal, who defies categorization. Moacir Santos is revered today as a giant ...
American jazz embraces bossa nova
by Larry Slater
Bossa Nova and the compositions of Antonio Carlos Jobim have continued to inspire musicians across the globe, including many jazz musicians in the US from the 1960s to the present day.Jazz in the 1960s saw the emergence of the jazz avant-garde, and many musicians found their audience slipping away to rock and the English ...
The Brazilians Cover Bossa Nova
by Larry Slater
Bossa nova emerged from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the late 1950s and early '60s. After the 1964 coup d'état, as a military regime took control of Brazil, the positive energy of the bossa nova era quickly dissipated and enthusiasm for the music shifted to the US. The music of Antonio Carlos Jobim ...
The Birth of Bossa Nova
by Larry Slater
Brasil is a country full of music. Samba, which was strongly influenced by African music, originated in Rio de Janeiro about 100 years ago Bossa nova, the focus of this hour, is basically a fusing of the harmonic vocabulary from jazz with the rhythmic complexity brought from samba and choroSince its inception in Rio ...
Jazz Interpretations Of Jerome Kern, Part III
by Larry Slater
Jerome Kern left a legacy of over seven hundred songs, written over four decades for more than one hundred stage productions and Hollywood filmsIn this, the final hour of “Jazz Interpretations of the music of Jerome Kern," we turn to Kern's late works. “The Last Time I Saw Paris," “I'm Old Fashioned" , “Dearly ...
Jazz Interpretations Of Jerome Kern, Part II
by Larry Slater
The second hour of “jazz Interpretations of the music of Jerome Kern" featured tunes from the 1930s: “Yesterdays," “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," “I Won't Dance," “A Fine Romance," “The Way You Look Tonight" and “All The Things You Are." Jerome Kern was at the peak of his powers during the '30s, and these jazz standards ...
Jazz Interpretations of the music of Jerome Kern
by Larry Slater
Jerome Kern was one of the most important composers of the “Great American Songbook," and his tunes have provided rich source material for jazz artists for decades. This is the first hour long installment of a three part series which includes performances by Paul Motian, Grant Green, JD Allen, Abbey Lincoln, Milt Jackson and ...
