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Search results for tag #Jazz

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‘Trumpeters? We think we’re the kings of the orchestra’: Wynton Marsalis prepares to blow the Edinburgh festival away
By John Lewis

It has 12 movements, 200 musicians and aims to unite America. The great US trumpeter and composer talks about his All Rise symphony, his jazz great mentors – and learning humility from his wife

theguardian.com/music/2026/aug

    [?]p4bl0p3rn0t » 🌐
    @pablopernot@toot.portes-imaginaire.org

    La répétition de hier : on a récupéré un meilleur son.
    La Javanaise

    youtube.com/watch?v=8VPgjQDATnY

      [?]Misty [she/her] » 🌐
      @misty@digipres.club

      Recommendation to people who enjoy Kukeiha Club's fusion jazz: try Vancouver band Skywalk youtube.com/watch?v=b-oFttPvMBM

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        [?]Steve's Place » 🌐
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        The cool cat version of Summertime:

        youtube.com/watch?v=lbnibpGp2Bw

          [?]deech » 🌐
          @deech@mastodon.social

          The Bad Plus is breaking up. 😢

          thebadplus.com/

            [?]p4bl0p3rn0t » 🌐
            @pablopernot@toot.portes-imaginaire.org

            Répète hier There will never be another you.

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              [?]Keith » 🌐
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              The Ravel Piano Concerto in G major the gateway from to for many I suspect. Including me.

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                [?]Benjamin Han » 🌐
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                Hold These Truths
                Invoke, Lara Downes, 9 Horses

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                  [?]DB 🌱💦 [She / Her] » 🌐
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                  “Take Five” by the Dave Brubeck Quartet was recorded 67 years ago today. It went on to become the biggest-selling jazz single ever 🥳

                  Brubeck became known for his innovative use of unusual time signatures and blending jazz with classical music 🎶

                  His album "Time Out" became the first jazz album to sell over a million copies and is considered one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time 👏🏽

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                    [?]Benjamin Han » 🌐
                    @BenjaminHan@sigmoid.social

                    Scenes from a Velvet Room
                    Stephan Moccio

                    classical.music.apple.com/us/a

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                      [?]Benjamin Han » 🌐
                      @BenjaminHan@sigmoid.social

                      Dialoge
                      Johanna Summer

                      classical.music.apple.com/us/a

                        [?]Misty [she/her] » 🌐
                        @misty@digipres.club

                        youtube.com/watch?v=q4TUe2CRud4

                          [?]Misty [she/her] » 🌐
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                          The mythical “evening music”

                          Photo of the album “The Tangle of Streamlined” by APJ

                          Alt...Photo of the album “The Tangle of Streamlined” by APJ

                            [?]p4bl0p3rn0t » 🌐
                            @pablopernot@toot.portes-imaginaire.org

                            répet hier soir feedback welcome there will never be another you

                              [?]p4bl0p3rn0t » 🌐
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                              répet hier soir feedback welcome calling you

                                [?]p4bl0p3rn0t » 🌐
                                @pablopernot@toot.portes-imaginaire.org

                                répet hier soir feedback welcome la javanaise

                                  [?]p4bl0p3rn0t » 🌐
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                                  répet hier soir feedback welcome nearness of you

                                    [?]Misty [she/her] » 🌐
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                                    Quadrangle - Uchronia youtube.com/watch?v=cIWkr3WaAFM

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                                      [?]Benjamin Han » 🌐
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                                      Between Here and Nowhere (A Tribute to Haruki Murakami)
                                      Tim Allhoff

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                                        [?]Misty [she/her] » 🌐
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                                        fox capture plan - Step'n foxcaptureplan.bandcamp.com/tr

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                                          [?]Jo - pièce de résistance » 🌐
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                                          From the playlist.
                                          Incognito - Talking Loud (Live)
                                          youtu.be/9LvJWhylb9I

                                            [?]Amy Maybe [She/Her/Hey You] » 🌐
                                            @APBBlue@thepit.social

                                            The older I get, the more I enjoy . Is this a thing?

                                              [?]peter honeyman » 🌐
                                              @peterhoneyman@a2mi.social

                                              the kids got a record player recently so i let my son-in-law lead me to a bunch of amazing used record stores in södermalm and i picked up a few LPs to help get their record collection going

                                              Dizzy Gillespie - "Have Trumpet, Will Excite!" Verve Records. The bebop legend smiling broadly in dark sunglasses, his famous upturned trumpet visible. The quote "Have Trumpet, Will Excite!" in bold red letters captures Dizzy's charismatic showmanship. Gillespie was one of bebop's architects alongside Charlie Parker, known for his virtuosic technique, distinctive puffed cheeks, and bent trumpet bell. His innovations in Afro-Cuban jazz and harmonic complexity revolutionized the music. This album showcases his ability to combine technical brilliance with entertainment - he understood that jazz could be both serious art and joyful performance. ALT by Claude

                                              Alt...Dizzy Gillespie - "Have Trumpet, Will Excite!" Verve Records. The bebop legend smiling broadly in dark sunglasses, his famous upturned trumpet visible. The quote "Have Trumpet, Will Excite!" in bold red letters captures Dizzy's charismatic showmanship. Gillespie was one of bebop's architects alongside Charlie Parker, known for his virtuosic technique, distinctive puffed cheeks, and bent trumpet bell. His innovations in Afro-Cuban jazz and harmonic complexity revolutionized the music. This album showcases his ability to combine technical brilliance with entertainment - he understood that jazz could be both serious art and joyful performance. ALT by Claude

                                              Quincy Jones - "This is how I feel about Jazz" ABC-Paramount Records. A young Quincy Jones in casual gray polo shirt, absorbed in reading a book. Behind him: abstract shapes in coral, mint green, yellow, and black create a sophisticated mid-century modern aesthetic. This early album captures Jones before his transformation into one of music's most successful producers. Already showing his arranging brilliance, he would go on to produce Michael Jackson, score films, and become a cultural force. This album represents his pure jazz roots - serious, intellectual, artistic - before the pop crossover that made him a household name.

                                              Alt...Quincy Jones - "This is how I feel about Jazz" ABC-Paramount Records. A young Quincy Jones in casual gray polo shirt, absorbed in reading a book. Behind him: abstract shapes in coral, mint green, yellow, and black create a sophisticated mid-century modern aesthetic. This early album captures Jones before his transformation into one of music's most successful producers. Already showing his arranging brilliance, he would go on to produce Michael Jackson, score films, and become a cultural force. This album represents his pure jazz roots - serious, intellectual, artistic - before the pop crossover that made him a household name.

                                              Lester Young and the Kansas City 5 Commodore Records. Powerful black and white photograph of "Pres" (Lester Young) playing tenor saxophone, dressed in suit and tie with pocket square. Young was one of jazz's most influential saxophonists, bridging the swing era and bebop with his cool, lyrical tone and relaxed phrasing. His sound influenced generations - Stan Getz, John Coltrane, and countless others built on his innovations. The Kansas City connection reflects the city's role as a jazz incubator where Young developed his distinctive voice. His nickname "Pres" (short for "President of the Saxophone") was given by Billie Holiday, his close collaborator. ALT by Claude

                                              Alt...Lester Young and the Kansas City 5 Commodore Records. Powerful black and white photograph of "Pres" (Lester Young) playing tenor saxophone, dressed in suit and tie with pocket square. Young was one of jazz's most influential saxophonists, bridging the swing era and bebop with his cool, lyrical tone and relaxed phrasing. His sound influenced generations - Stan Getz, John Coltrane, and countless others built on his innovations. The Kansas City connection reflects the city's role as a jazz incubator where Young developed his distinctive voice. His nickname "Pres" (short for "President of the Saxophone") was given by Billie Holiday, his close collaborator. ALT by Claude

                                                [?]peter honeyman » 🌐
                                                @peterhoneyman@a2mi.social

                                                mo mo wax

                                                Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um" Columbia Records (Music On Vinyl reissue, 325 kr Swedish price). One of the most iconic album covers in jazz - brilliant abstract geometric design featuring circles, triangles, and organic shapes in vibrant blues, purples, oranges, and reds. This masterpiece includes "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus's elegy to Lester Young), "Better Git It in Your Soul," and "Fables of Faubus" (his protest against segregation). Mingus combined composition, orchestration, and raw emotion like no one else - his music was intensely personal, politically charged, and musically sophisticated, bridging jazz tradition with avant-garde exploration. ALT by Claude

                                                Alt...Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um" Columbia Records (Music On Vinyl reissue, 325 kr Swedish price). One of the most iconic album covers in jazz - brilliant abstract geometric design featuring circles, triangles, and organic shapes in vibrant blues, purples, oranges, and reds. This masterpiece includes "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus's elegy to Lester Young), "Better Git It in Your Soul," and "Fables of Faubus" (his protest against segregation). Mingus combined composition, orchestration, and raw emotion like no one else - his music was intensely personal, politically charged, and musically sophisticated, bridging jazz tradition with avant-garde exploration. ALT by Claude

                                                Cal Tjader - "Jazz at Monterey" High Fidelity Stereo. Cal Tjader in thick black-rimmed glasses photographed aboard what appears to be an airplane or tour bus. The Latin jazz vibraphonist who successfully bridged jazz and Latin music worlds. Track listing includes standards like "Love me or leave me," "Night in Tunisia," "Bess, you is my woman," and "Afro Blue." Swedish record store sticker (75 kr, Recordmania) indicates this is from Södermalm shopping. Tjader brought sophisticated jazz sensibility to Latin rhythms, making him one of the most successful crossover artists of his era. ALT by Claude

                                                Alt...Cal Tjader - "Jazz at Monterey" High Fidelity Stereo. Cal Tjader in thick black-rimmed glasses photographed aboard what appears to be an airplane or tour bus. The Latin jazz vibraphonist who successfully bridged jazz and Latin music worlds. Track listing includes standards like "Love me or leave me," "Night in Tunisia," "Bess, you is my woman," and "Afro Blue." Swedish record store sticker (75 kr, Recordmania) indicates this is from Södermalm shopping. Tjader brought sophisticated jazz sensibility to Latin rhythms, making him one of the most successful crossover artists of his era. ALT by Claude

                                                Count Basie - "On My Way & Shoutin' Again!" Verve Records, 1962. Count Basie relaxed in a classic convertible automobile, the elegant wire-spoke wheel visible in foreground. Music arranged by Neal Hefti. Swedish price tag (90 kr). The cover perfectly captures Basie's sophisticated, swinging style - cool, elegant, in motion. Basie's orchestra was legendary for its precision, swing feel, and the "Kansas City sound." Hefti's arrangements brought a modern edge to Basie's timeless rhythm section. This album represents the continuation of big band jazz in the early 1960s, maintaining excellence and relevance as jazz was fragmenting into multiple directions. ALT by Claude

                                                Alt...Count Basie - "On My Way & Shoutin' Again!" Verve Records, 1962. Count Basie relaxed in a classic convertible automobile, the elegant wire-spoke wheel visible in foreground. Music arranged by Neal Hefti. Swedish price tag (90 kr). The cover perfectly captures Basie's sophisticated, swinging style - cool, elegant, in motion. Basie's orchestra was legendary for its precision, swing feel, and the "Kansas City sound." Hefti's arrangements brought a modern edge to Basie's timeless rhythm section. This album represents the continuation of big band jazz in the early 1960s, maintaining excellence and relevance as jazz was fragmenting into multiple directions. ALT by Claude

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