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Unlike relaxing forms of classical music, new-age music makes greater use of electronica and non-Western instrumentation. There is some debate on what can be considered "new-age music"; for example several musicians in Celtic music or Smooth jazz have expressed annoyance at being labeled "new-age musicians".
At a minimum, jazz blues usually include a ii–V progression in place of the simple V chord and a I–VI/vi–ii–V turnaround at the end of the form. Jazz-funk: Jazz-funk is a subgenre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat (groove), electrified sounds, and an early prevalence of analog synthesizers. 1970s -> Jazz fusion
Sunlightsquare is the pseudonym of British Italian music producer, pianist and digital entrepreneur Claudio Passavanti also known as Doctor Mix on YouTube.. Primarily known for his work in Latin music, jazz fusion and house music, he performs live at festivals and clubs worldwide.
Bob Baldwin; David Benoit; Alex Bugnon; Brian Culbertson; Eumir Deodato; Terry Disley; George Duke; Ronnie Foster; Jonathan Fritzén; Chris Geith; Tom Grant; Dave Grusin
Meditations for Piano; The Melody at Night, with You; Memories (Abdullah Ibrahim album) Midnight Moonlight (Duke Jordan album) Mike Wofford at Maybeck; Mingus Lives; Mingus Plays Piano; Modernistic; Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6; Monk 'n' More; Monty Alexander at Maybeck; More Grand Piano; Mosaic Select 23: Andrew Hill-Solo; Music for Perla ...
In 2014, the Jazz Journalists Association awarded him the Pianist of the Year award. [ 73 ] In 2014, Taborn was given a Doris Duke Artist Award , [ 74 ] worth up to $275,000 and given to "exemplary individual artists in contemporary dance, jazz, theatre and related interdisciplinary work who have proven their artistic vitality and commitment to ...
Levy was born to Jewish parents in Chicago, Illinois, United States, [1] and started to play the piano aged twelve. His chief influences were Art Tatum and Bud Powell. [2]A professional at age nineteen, Levy played with Georgie Auld (1947 and later), Sarah Vaughan, Chubby Jackson (1947–1948), Boyd Raeburn, Woody Herman's Second Herd (1948–1950), Tommy Dorsey (1950) and Flip Phillips. [3]
The title "Relaxin' at Camarillo" was a reference to Parker's stay in Camarillo State Hospital in Ventura County, California, a mental health inpatient facility. He had been sent there to recuperate from alcohol and drug addiction after he was briefly jailed for setting fire to his Los Angeles hotel room bed sheets and running naked through the hotel lobby while intoxicated.