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Recorded when Miles Davis was still on the cusp of becoming a mononymous, genre-defining star, this collection—primarily made up of two marathon 1956 sessions that the trumpeter recorded with his “first great quintet” to fulfil obligations to the indie label Prestige—is more confident and easy than it is frantic and ambitious. Davis’ quintet here featured John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones, all at the height of their powers and completely in sync. Davis fans will already be familiar with these recordings as Cookin’, Steamin’, Workin’ and Relaxin' but can listen here in chronological order. The set begins with a brief (also previously released) all-star session from the same year featuring Sonny Rollins in the place Coltrane would inherit alongside pianist Tommy Flanagan, Chambers and drummer Art Taylor. Though Davis and his colleagues didn’t yet use the high-concept, perennially progressive approach that would come to define his LPs, these recordi...

Next to Hugh Masekela, nobody has done more to spread the sound of South African jazz than pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim, a sound poet who forged an amalgam of post-bop, gospel and township jive. Born Adolph Johannes Brand in Cape Town in 1934, the mixed-race musician was considered a person of colour according to South Africa’s restrictive apartheid system. He began playing piano aged six, steeped in the music his mother performed in church. In 1959 Brand’s hybrid approach blossomed in the Jazz Epistles, a short-lived all-Black group that featured the nation’s best jazz artists, including Masekela. While the group avoided political statements, it nevertheless disbanded in March 1960 as apartheid forces stepped up their repression after the Sharpeville Massacre. In 1962 Brand fled the country, initially settling in Switzerland; while there, he was introduced to Duke Ellington, who produced an influential trio recording by the pianist. Brand moved to New York in 1965, where h...

For generations, Sonny Rollins not only set the standard on tenor saxophone—he elevated jazz as a whole, embodying what many regard as the essence of a great improviser. Schooled on the job by Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk in the ’40s, the NYC-born Rollins landed a key gig with the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet in 1955. But even in the midst of huge success, he strove to play better—to be truer to his creative intentions. Possessed of a monastic self-discipline, Rollins took sabbaticals for practice and introspection, most famously from 1959 to 1961, when he could be seen woodshedding on the Williamsburg Bridge in New York. He strove for a more joyously melodic approach and a big sound while showing daunting facility with the harmonic demands of bebop and post-bebop. He reconciled influences from calypso to free jazz to pop, and he could transform the simplest showtune into a thing of enduring beauty. And a half-century of yoga practice also opened doors in his work to a more a...

+ James "Blood" Ulmer was a free jazz exception: an outside guitarist who forged a style based largely on the traditions of African-American vernacular music. Ulmer was an adherent of saxophonist/composer Ornette Coleman's vaguely defined Harmolodic theory, which subverts jazz's harmonic component in favor of freely improvised, non-tonal, or quasi-modal counterpoint. Ulmer played with a stuttering, vocalic attack; his lines were often texturally and chordally based, inflected with the accent of a soul-jazz tenor saxophonist. That's not to say his sound was untouched by the rock tradition -- the influence of Jimi Hendrix on Ulmer was strong -- but it was mixed with blues, funk, and free jazz elements. The resultant music was an expressive, hard-edged, loudly amplified hybrid that is, at its best, on a level with the finest of the Harmolodic school. His career spanned many decades and he remained active into the 2010s. Ulmer died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 8...

Sometimes it only takes a single sublime statement to define an artist's sound. For composer-saxophonist Oliver Nelson, that would be The Blues and the Abstract Truth, an innovative 1961 release that mixed funk and sophistication in equal proportion. Born in 1932, the academically trained Nelson played for Count Basie and Duke Ellington, worked as house arranger at the Apollo Theater and recorded dozens of albums as a bandleader. In 1967 he moved to Los Angeles, where he wrote for Hollywood before his death in 1975.

The '60s were, without a doubt, one of the most revolutionary times in modern culture. But for jazz, many of the most crucial, transformative changes actually took root the year before the decade began: Miles Davis opened up new space in his song structures and gave birth to modal jazz. Duke Ellington's band became the first African American group to score a major film. John Coltrane crested new heights with speed, complexity and melodic genius. And Ornette Coleman did away with conventional harmony and form altogether. This playlist is merely a primer for what was happening at the end of the '50s. Start your journey here and dive in to one of the most important years in American music.

the 1970s jazz, jazz became increasingly influenced by Latin jazz, combining rhythms from African and Latin American countries, often played on instruments such as conga, timbale, güiro, and claves, with jazz and classical harmonies played on typical jazz instruments (piano, double bass, etc.). Artists such as Chick Corea, John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola increasingly influenced the genre with jazz fusion, a hybrid form of jazz-rock fusion which was developed by combining jazz improvisation with rock rhythms, electric instruments, and the highly amplified stage sound of rock musicians such as Jimi Hendrix. All Music Guide states that "..until around 1967, the worlds of jazz and rock were nearly completely separate." However, "...as rock became more creative and its musicianship improved, and as some in the jazz world became bored with hard bop and did not want to play strictly avant-garde music, the two different idioms began to trade ideas and occasionally combine forc...

Where did jazz head in the 1970’s? The music expanded texturally and technologically as it moved away from the swing, and bebop rhythmic continuums. Much of the music broke free of the traditional 12, 16, 32 bar and A-A-B-A song forms of the previous two decades. Complex compositions became the norm, marrying tightly written sections with improvisation, rooted in structures found in classical and music from around the globe. The technology advancements allowed for instrumentation to change drastically, and opened innovations mined to this day.

Where did jazz head in the 1970’s? The music expanded texturally and technologically as it moved away from the swing, and bebop rhythmic continuums. Much of the music broke free of the traditional 12, 16, 32 bar and A-A-B-A song forms of the previous two decades. Complex compositions became the norm, marrying tightly written sections with improvisation, rooted in structures found in classical and music from around the globe. The technology advancements allowed for instrumentation to change drastically, and opened innovations mined to this day.

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Jazz technique utilizes the elongated lines and extensions of ballet, the core-driven power of modern dance, and the dynamic syncopation of Broadway dance and street styles. It is a technically demanding style that encourages dancers to find their individual flair within the movement. This class emphasizes musicality, emotional expression, expressive gestures, individuality, sharp isolations, stylized movement, and precision. Abstract Rhythm in Time DigitalARTis a APPLEmusic and ARTvideo streaming service developed by Alan Silva publishes every day, or almost, music videos. In fact, he draws in his Apple Music impressive collection of recordings to make us? ) Discover many facets of jazz. I imagine that, lAlan Silva looking at all these treasures, hésitant on the track to select, the order of passage to choose, then broadcast with a video animation where abstract graphics leave a place to the disc cover (to help us). iPlaying YouTube music jazz playlist With Abstract Rhythm in Time Di...

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