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2 days ago · Improvisation is a major part of some types of music, such as blues, jazz, and jazz fusion, in which instrumental performers improvise solos, melody lines, and accompaniment parts. [78] In the Western art music tradition, improvisation was an important skill during the Baroque era and during the Classical era.
May 14, 2024 · On this day (June 17) in 1964, pianist Herbie Hancock recorded what would become perhaps his most famous composition ever: “Cantaloupe Island.”. The perfect convergence of hard-bop, soul and modal jazz, the song originally appeared on Herbie’s fourth Blue Note album, Empyrean Isles, which featured Hancock in the company of a jazz A-Team ...
1 day ago · Location. New York City. Muse Records was a jazz record company and label founded in New York City by Joe Fields in 1972. [1] Fields worked as an executive for Prestige Records in the 1960s. [2] Several of the albums were previously released on Cobblestone Records. Muse also had another label, Onyx Records, which operated until 1978, when ...
3 days ago · Irish music session in an Irish pub in Tokyo, 2016. Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland . In A History of Irish Music (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland, there were at least ten instruments in general use.
Apr 29, 2024 · A jazz fusion band is less likely to use piano and double bass, and more likely to use electric guitar, electric piano, synthesizers, and bass guitar. The term "jazz rock" is sometimes used as a synonym for "jazz fusion" and for music performed by late 1960s- and 1970s-era rock bands that added jazz elements to their music.
May 10, 2024 · 10. ‘Floop De Loop’ – George Duke (1975) Duke’s 1975 release The Aura Will Prevail is an often overlooked, yet hugely innovative contribution to the then-evolving concept of jazz fusion. By the mid ’70s, Duke had begun to discover his singing voice, and was dabbling in R&B vocals. However, this record showcases Duke’s greatest ...
2 days ago · Free jazz and fusion The early 1960s were transitional, less-innovative years for Davis, although his music and his playing remained top-calibre. He began forming another soon-to-be-classic small group in late 1962 with bassist Ron Carter , pianist Herbie Hancock , and teenage drummer Tony Williams; tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter joined the ...
