Smooth jazz

Fusion rock is a term frequently used in music to classify songs containing characteristics of the rock genre with another style of music, for example African or jazz music. Sister Rose, performed by renowned band Sky, and Smooth performed by the popular band Santana are both strong examples of fusion rock. While Sky successfully manages to fuse two very opposite styles of music, rock and classical, Santana unites rock and Latin music together bringing a spicy, hot dance number. Both pieces…

Typically, when people think of “rock music”, they would think of loud, hard hitting drums with fast, intricate guitar solos, and screaming vocals. People don’t usually think of slow, smooth, bluesy guitar playing when they think of rock music, but what most people don’t realize is that without the blues, musicians such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and even AC/DC would not exist. Blues music has had a dramatic influence the way rock music has, and is currently…

very different in terms of its tone and mood. “While ragtime is jangly and spirited, the blues takes after its name: blue, or melancholy” (Szepesi). Blues is known for its call-and-response and twelve-bar blues contributions to jazz. Most notably, its hypnotically smooth “groove” rhythm is what really sets it apart from ragtime. Also, unlike ragtime, blues incorporates narrative lyrics, typically some voicing of the hardships…

I attended a jazz concert that featured Jazz Spirituals songs. The concert took place at Dizzy's – where the music matters the most; and just as promised by the name of the venue, the atmosphere was mainly focused on the music. The band was placed on the middle front of the venue and the audience took a sit at a really close distance from them; allowing us to really enjoy and feel the music. The show was arranged by the pianist of the band, Richard Thompson. The band also consisted of Derek…

When Americans tend to discuss South America, Brazil is usually the country that most people will think of first. However, this does not mean that we know that much about Brazil. Unfortunately, some of the topics that could interest people, such as the history of music in Brazil, are usually glossed over. This would be why most Americans can only name the Samba and the Bossa Nova when asked about Brazilian music. Brazil is an extremely diverse place, with ethnicities ranging from the people of…

outgoing, positive performer. Robinson worked regularly as an actor but was best known for his tap-dance routines. He started a new form of tap, shifting from flat-footed style to a light swinging style that focused on elegant footwork, creating a smooth performance. His form of dance rarely used the upper half of his body. Changing the way dance was viewed, and inspiring many people in the Harlem Renaissance that would become very good dancers during that…

that is smooth and attractive, while using the term mercy as a synonym. In the story Grace died of polio. One day when the narrator’s wife, Isabel, was in the kitchen, she heard Grace fall and then she heard silence. Isabel ran into the living room to see “little grace on the floor, all twisted up,” and then the narrator continues mentioning that, “the reason she hadn’t screamed was that she couldn’t get her breath.” The fall of Grace is the families first experience of losing the smooth and…

entertained by instrumental sounds. This is a way to show happiness and to take stress away. In the 1920s, the African American community had a major development in jazz music. It was major progress. This type of music started to spread from one city to another city till it takes the whole country. The people were falling in love with the jazz music and it was approved as a good new musical form. This particular style of music has some very fascinating elements, such as improvisation. The…

speaking through people’s heart. He wanted to leave the contemporary world living and competing for money and fame. The idealistic and political mind drawing people’s attention to the political state of mind. Lennon composed the melody in a lyrical and smooth tone to create a wider audience. It entailed political message in a non-harsh way to the people. Lennon created an atmosphere, an imaginative world…

Free is the sound we make and judge is what minds do. I have been learning how to improvise on my guitar for almost a year now through the methodologies of jazz music, in which improvisation plays an integral role. Being able to express our thoughts through music is wonderful, and though all musicians express them through the compositions they make and the music they play, there is a particular joy in being able to convey your thoughts into sound with immediacy that attracted me to this…