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Category Archives: Classic Jazz
The Classical Jazz of Dave Brubeck
|We need only enjoy the magic of what can be described as a six-song diary of the Brubeck Quartet on tour to foreign and exotic places.| _______________________________________ Ruminations about jazz vs. classical appear fairly often here at JazzNotes. Whether it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Jazz, Jazz
Tagged Dave Brubeck, Jazz Impressions of Eurasia, jazz-notes
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Does it taste like jazz or classical?
In a room full of people, are you part of a gang or alone in a crowd? The distinction between jazz and classical musicians, players, and composers, to their respective tasks, offers up an interesting question. The jazz musician has … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Classic Jazz, Classical Music
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The Evolution of Grachan Moncur III
The name Grachan Moncur III floats mostly unremarked through the music of post-bop jazz, not unlike his opening notes on the title cut of his second album as a leader, Some Other Stuff. Despite walk-on roles in biographies of Dizzy … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Jazz, Profiles
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