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Jazz At Lincoln Center Presents New Program: “WeBop” Teaches Young Children About Music(0)
WeBop is an early-childhood jazz education program in which children (ages 8 months – 5 years) and their parents/caregivers learn about jazz’s improvisation, creative process, instruments, styles and great performers. The classes provide a creative outlet for parents and children to explore jazz as a tool to educate and express themselves together.
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Jazz Etiquette: What To Do & How To React At A Jazz Concert
Going through our inbox, we have received a couple of emails and comments pertaining to jazz etiquette, specifically related to how to respond to live music. Do I clap at the beginning, after each song, at the very end, after solos, etc. It is a little different than attending other performances like rock [...]
What Is Acid Jazz, And Who Does It Appeal To?
Taking off in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was a “new” type of music evolving. Combining elements of funk, jazz fusion, and more popular styles such R & B and pop, this hybrid of sorts seem to reach most of its listeners through the electronic and club scene. Loved by [...]
The Key To Jazz Improvisation: Be a Storyteller
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For most jazz performers, they began with a love for the music and the style. Listening to the standards, they were probably drawn in by the great melodic lines and subtle harmonies we hear in our favorite music – from Louis Armstrong to John Coltrane and Miles Davis to more contemporary artists such as [...]
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