jazz music

In this blog you can find information about jazz music and mainly about jazz legends. We will also speak about less known artists, various jazz festivals, and of course about the musical instruments that are used by jazz artists.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Big Band. The Legends - Glenn Miller

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BIG BAND A big band is a type of musical ensemble typically consisting of rhythm, brass and woodwind instruments totaling approxima...

Sunday, April 29, 2012

North Sea Jazz Festival. The Legends - Nina Simone

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The first edition of the North Sea Jazz Festival took place in 1976 in the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague. Some numbers ...

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Clarinet. The Legends - Benny Goodman

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The modern orchestral clarinet is widely considered one of the most versatile of all modern instruments. Its ancestor is the chalumeau...

Monday, April 23, 2012

Bebop. The Legends - John Coltrane

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Bebop , also called bop, the first kind of modern jazz, which split jazz into two opposing camps in the last half of the 1940s. It w...

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Newport Jazz Festival. The Legends - Billie Holiday

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Founded in 1954, the Newport Jazz Festival was the first annual jazz festival in America. It has been host to numerous legendary ...

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