By Jana Nyberg
Member since: 2011
Growing up, jazz always filled our home. I played jazz as soon as I could in school bands and summer programs, on flute and piano. It wasn't until college that I happened into singing jazz when asked to step up from the piano and sing Ellington's “Prelude To A Kiss” with the big band
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Growing up, jazz always filled our home. I played jazz as soon as I could in school bands and summer programs, on flute and piano. It wasn't until college that I happened into singing jazz when asked to step up from the piano and sing Ellington's “Prelude To A Kiss” with the big band. Jazz is such an exciting musical playground. Each time you play a tune, it's different--based on who you're playing with, the arrangement, and the improvisation. Jazz is America's true original art form, and it brings me great joy. As Louie Armstrong said, “...you can even live your life by it.”
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