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Jazz Musician Database

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Swallows & Swans by Florian Ross
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East Of The Sun by Michael Kocour
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Imaginary Friends by Ralph Alessi
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Trio Tapestry by Joe Lovano
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Crosswinds by Christoph Irniger

Jazz Birthdays

Lajos Dudas
b.1941
clarinet
Randy Crawford
b.1952
vocalist
Gordon Grdina
b.1977
guitar
Jimmy Jewell
b.1945
saxophone, tenor
Shirley Crabbe
b.1963
vocalist
Irma Thomas
b.1941
vocalist
Bonnie J Jensen
b.1965
vocalist

Imaginary Friends
Ralph Alessi
ECM Records
Trio Tapestry
Joe Lovano
ECM Records
Crosswinds
Christoph Irniger
Intakt Records
Picture in Black and White
Tessa Souter
Noa Records
Rhythm Kaleidoscope
Frank Macchia
Cacophony

Jazz Story

Jazz combines creativity from the mind, heart, and the gut. It flourishes through structure and uses melody and rhythm to bridge the musician's creativity and the listener's imagination. I try to appreciate all forms of music and styles of jazz but find myself drawn to the “hot music” of the twenties through the early thirties, including its many contemporary incarnations
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Jazz combines creativity from the mind, heart, and the gut. It flourishes through structure and uses melody and rhythm to bridge the musician's creativity and the listener's imagination. I try to appreciate all forms of music and styles of jazz but find myself drawn to the “hot music” of the twenties through the early thirties, including its many contemporary incarnations. Obscure and forgotten musicians of that period also interest me. I also enjoy Baroque and Classical music; much of that repertoire actually shares jazz's emphasis on improvisation, creating tension over an underlying ground rhythm, and exciting formal variation.
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By Andrew J. Sammut
Member since: 2010

Jazz Musician Database

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