That blues that jazz
That blues that jazz
That blues that jazz
The last two years of Beethoven’s life (1825-1827) were almost completely given over to the writing of string quartets. The project began in 1822 with a commission from Russian Prince Nicholas Galitzin, an amateur cellist who requested «one, two or three» string quartets. Once Beethoven began work in earnest, he turned out not one, two or three, but five massive string quartets that ultimately become six separate works known simply and.
Last Updated (Monday, 06 May 2019 20:32)
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Paloma Negra (Black Dove)
Paloma Negra (Black Dove)
According to the latest Watch and Listen magazine poll just out yesterday (Thursday, October 18), Jenni Rivera 2007’s hit «Paloma Negra» is now considered to be the Greatest Song in the History of Music. To many of you it’s probably a familiar story. Once every decade, the world-renowned music magazine Watch and Listen conducts a global poll of music producers and critics from 80 different countries and translated into 20 languages. The recognition of «Paloma.
Last Updated (Saturday, 20 October 2018 22:50)
Cold Cold Feeling by Jessie Mae Robinson
Cold Cold Feeling by Jessie Mae Robinson
When Jessie Mae Robinson wrote «Cold, Cold Feeling» back somewhere in the 1940/50’s she probably would never have imagined that 66 odd years later, a version of Nicky Bramble, would emerge from such a surprising place. Sure, T Bone Walker’s cover in 1952 did it justice, bet hey you gotta call it how it is…. T-Bone Walker recorded it in Los Angeles, CA, December 1951; Originally released by Imperial in 1952 on the single ‘T-Bone Walker: Cold Cold.
Last Updated (Monday, 12 November 2018 19:42)
That blues that jazz
For being such utterly beautiful music, this piece doesn’t seem to get a whole lot of attention. That’s a shame, because you can’t help but be captivated by it once you listen. Theses are the dangers of extolling a composer for a particular section of his work; this unfortunately tends to smother the hidden gems in his or her output. The Vespers aren’t exactly hidden, but they aren’t clogging the shelves either.
Last Updated (Saturday, 23 December 2017 22:27)
Little Girl Blue
Little Girl Blue
The Hippodrome was a gigantic theater which opened in New York in 1905 as a venue for larger than life productions. It was the flamboyant producer/impresario Billy Rose who conceived of a spectacle—part Broadway comedy, part circus, part carnival—to fill the Hippodrome. It was the most expensive production that Broadway had ever seen. He signed composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart to create the score for “Jumbo.” The story concerned the rivalry of two.
Last Updated (Friday, 01 December 2017 18:14)
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
In the film Don’t Look Back, Dylan sits around his room in London’s posh Savoy Hotel, surrounded by hangers-on. Bored, he picks up an acoustic guitar and plays a new song he’s just written: «It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.» He has an evil grin on his face; after the first two verses, it’s the only smile in the room – everyone else looks shattered. The party’s definitely over. The song was originally recorded on January 15, 1965 with Dylan’s acoustic guitar and.
The Sky Is Crying (Elmore James)
The Sky Is Crying (Elmore James)
Last Updated (Friday, 24 November 2017 16:30)
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
Legend has it that the idea behind the song came during a stroll Fields and McHugh were taking one evening down Fifth Avenue; they saw a young couple window-shopping at Tiffany’s. McHugh and Fields understood that the couple did not have the resources to buy jewelry from Tiffany’s, but nevertheless they drew closer to them. It was then they heard the man say, «Gee, honey I’d like to get you a sparkler like that, but right now, i can’t give you nothin’.
Last Updated (Thursday, 02 November 2017 21:16)
That blues that jazz
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Te Deum
Perhaps no piece of music evokes more pungently our image of the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV, than the well-loved ‘Prelude’ to Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s ‘To Deum.’ Yet, though Louis may at some time have heard this setting of the canticle, it was not in fact written for the court at all but, in all probability, for one of the Paris churches with which Charpentier was at one time associated. It is one of the ironies of music history that.
Last Updated (Monday, 03 July 2017 16:17)
Love Is All Around
Love Is All Around
The stereotype of the Troggs that is fixed in the minds of many listeners is that of the crude cavemen of «Wild Thing» fame. The Troggs did indeed offer lewd beat on that song and many others, but it mustn’t be overlooked that they had a surprising facility for tender ballads. There is no better, and better known, example of that talent than «Love Is All Around,» a Top Ten hit in 1968 (and their only big hit in the United States aside from «Wild Thing»).
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
«Smoke Gets in Your Eyes» is from Kern’s musical Roberta, his last big Broadway venture. Based on the Alice Duer Miller novel “Gowns by Roberta,” it is a sophisticated comedy about an American football player and a Russian princess. The song that carried the show was «Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,» which, in earlier incarnations, had been intended as a fast tap dance number in Show Boat, then as a march for an NBC radio series. It was lyricist and librettist Otto.
Hoodoo Hoodoo (Hoodoo Man Blues)
Hoodoo Hoodoo (Hoodoo Man Blues)
Hoodoo, known as “Ggbo” in West Africa, is African-American folk magic. It consists mainly of African folkloric practices and beliefs with a significant blend of American Indian botanical knowledge and European folklore. It is in no way linked to any particular form of theology, and it can be adapted into numerous forms of outward religious worship. Although it is not a religion, there are elements of African and European religions at the core of hoodoo.
Last Updated (Friday, 02 June 2017 16:22)
Po Dikim Stepyam Zabaikalya (By the wild steppes of the Transbaikalia)
Po Dikim Stepyam Zabaikalya (By the wild steppes of the Transbaikalia)
The song “Po Dikim Stepyam Zabaikalya” was composed by convicts in Siberia. Siberia is an extensive geographical region, by the broadest definition is also known as North Asia. Siberia has been historically part of Russia since the 17th century. The territory of Siberia extends eastwards from the Ural Mountains to the watershed between the Pacific and Arctic drainage basins. Transbaikalia, or Dauria is a mountainous.
That blues that jazz
Happy New Year 2017
May the year be brighter than the one gone by;
enveloped in goodness, well being, bliss and wealth.
Last Updated (Monday, 02 January 2017 12:39)
For the First Day of Christmas
Last Updated (Saturday, 24 December 2016 22:56)
Midnight Blues (Snowy White and Gary Moore too)
Midnight Blues (Snowy White and Gary Moore too)
In June 1990 Roger Waters, having split from the Pink Floyd, asked Snowy White to perform with him on the spectacular вЂThe Wall’ show in Berlin. White can be seen in the documentary Roger Waters: The Wall. His blonde hair is easily recognizable, as is his gold Les Paul. “It’s quite interesting, because they must have filmed thousands of hours backstage, every show – for months, years. It was a well-oiled machine, and never difficult.
When You Wish upon a Star
When You Wish upon a Star
Mickey Mouse is clearly the most identifiable representation of Disney and everything they are. You see Mickey and you think Disney. They are one in the same, but behind Mickey the best representation of what the Walt Disney Company is and everything they believe in is a song. No ranking of Disney songs that places “When You Wish Upon a Star” in its top spot can be all bad. After all, this is the song that the Disney company has chosen over the years to feature.
That blues that jazz
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