Posts Tagged: pianist

1) Kind of Blue -Miles Davis
Yes this is probably the number one selling jazz album of all time. Some say it IS the best jazz album of all time. Did you know that the musicians didn’t even rehearse for the recording session? Miles just showed up to the Blue Note session with some melodies and [...]

Anyone can learn piano songs for jazz, especially if you take the time to really listen, appreciate, and dissect the characteristics of this upbeat style of music. Some would think it’s a really hard style to master, and they could be right. However, jazz can also be considered the most expressive, emotional, and customizable style [...]

In the turn from the century about 1920, numerous artists made their mark by playing in the discreet underground nightclubs called “Speakeasies” which are high class, “Blind pig” lower class or “Smokeasy” for tobacco users. The United States once prohibited the sale of alcoholic drinks and smoking tobacco in clubs as a constitutional amendment. One [...]