Articles related to "Modern Jazz"
Dance 101: Information for non-dancers
Information for those not in the dance world explaining the basic differences between major styles of dance.
• ballet
• modern
• jazz
• diffference
• style
British Jazz Composer Colin Towns
This is a look at the British composer and musician Colin Towns, and how his Mask Orchestra took the jazz world by the scruff of the neck.
• colin towns
• deep purple
• alan skidmore
• provocateur records
• duke ellington
Don Rendell and Ian Carr Quintet
Some of the finest modern jazz to come out of Britain in the 60s was created by tenor saxophonist Don Rendell and trumpeter Ian Carr - jazz that is still vibrant today.
• don rendell
• ian carr
• miles davis
• phase iii
• modern jazz
Jazz Composer Charles Mingus
On the evening of October12th, 1962, the jazz composer Charles Mingus assembled together a group of America's finest jazz musicians to record a concert.
• charles mingus
• town hall concert
• duke ellington
• zoot sims
• britt woodman
Jazz Genius Oscar Peterson Dies
With Oscar Peterson's death (the man Duke Ellington called the 'Maharajah of the keyboard') on the 23rd December 2007, Canada, and the jazz world, mourns.
• oscar peterson
• duke ellington
• jazz piano
• stride piano
• art tatum