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In 1991, inspired by the rhythms of traditional Jamaican music and the largely improvisational nature of jazz, Gary Crosby — one of the original Jazz Warriors, jazz double bassist, and nephew of veteran Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin [1] — conceived a fusion of mento, ska, reggae and jazz styles in playing classic and modern jazz standards alongside Jamaican folksongs.
Also a bandleader, record producer, company director and facilitator, he leads Gary Crosby's Nu Troop, Jazz Jamaica, Jazz Jamaica All Stars and is the founder of Nu Civilisation Orchestra. Crosby is co-founder and artistic director of Tomorrow's Warriors , a talent development organisation and charity co-founded in 1991 with his partner Janine ...
"Spirit Dance" Keiko Matsui featuring Gretchen Parlato [17] May 4 "Happy Go Lucky" Paul Hardcastle [18] May 11 "Silver Arrows" The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman [19] May 18 [20] May 25 [21] June 1 "Emerge" Kim Scott featuring Jonathan Fritzén [22] June 8 [23] June 15 "Stylin'" Gregory Goodloe [24] June 22 "Black Dynamite" Julian Vaughn ...
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
The band reinterpreted some of their older instrumentals—which had been hits in the United Kingdom—stretching them out and giving them a jazzier sound, with longer guitar and horn solos. [7] [8] [9] Ernest Ranglin played guitar on some of the tracks. [10] The title track was written in the early 1960s. [11]
"Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" is a song by jazz trumpeter Tom Browne. The single—a memoir of the Jamaica neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens where Browne was born and raised—is from his second solo album, Love Approach. Browne got the idea for the song while he was at his parents' home. [2]
And another one story-wise is Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ 10-minute version. That was like a film and a music video all in one. Also, Gwen Stefani’s ‘Wind It Up.’ Those are kind of ...
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.