The Detroit School of Bebop: 4 pianists who changed jazz
There are times in jazz when a whole city works like an academy. Detroit in the 1940s and ’50s was…
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Bud Powell: the philosophy of bebop piano in 6 lessons
“If I had to choose one musician for his artistic integrity, for the incomparable originality of his creation and the…
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Emotion in jazz: who do we really play for?
“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your…
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Jazz Pianists by Decade: 44 Albums Since 1930
Listening Guide · 1930 – Today “Jazz is learned with the ears first. Theory, voicings and scales start to make…
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Thelonious Monk: 25 Pieces of Advice for Musicians (1960)
FROM STEVE LACY’S HANDWRITTEN LIST, 1960 “What you don’t play can be more important than what you play.” — Thelonious…
