Traditional Jazz & The Jazz Age
adminHistory of Jazz: Part 2 Traditional Jazz is a broad term used to define a jazz style employed by musicians working in New Orleans between 1900 and 1917, and musicians…
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The history of Sonny Rollins’ jazz classic by Marshall Bowden In 1956 Sonny Rollins was one of the best-known tenor saxophonists in jazz, released two classic jazz albums, Saxophone Colossus…
Read MoreAretha Arriving: Young, Gifted and Black
Aretha Franklin, great American singer, songwriter and pianist, passed away on August 16th. As a tribute, New Directions In Music takes a look at her landmark 1972 recording Young, Gifted…
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