Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...turn (although less so than when Blue Grass was first created) is a descendant of the traditional music brought by early settlers from England and preserved in the southern mountains. Blue Grass Music bears, both in spirit and complexity, about the same relationship to modern country music as jazz has to Tin Pan Alley pop music. It was originated 30 years ago by one man, Bill Monroe. The story of Blue Grass Music is the story of its creator...
Blue Grass music features high and unusual vocal harmonies. Breaks between verses and strictly instrumental numbers show off the extreme virtuosity employed on fiddle, mandolin, and banjo: the playing incorporates, like jazz, a great deal of improvisation within set patterns. Lead work is supported by the rhythmic foundation of guitar and string bass. Musicians in the field are known for the astounding sophistication of their techniques; most do not read music and have received no formal instruction on their instruments...
Died. Conrad Nagel, 72, veteran of Hollywood and Broadway; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. After making his debut on Broadway in 1918's Forever After, the handsome blond actor rose to stardom in the silent days, appearing in more than 150 films (Little Women, The Jazz Singer) between 1919 and 1932. His resonant baritone was perfect for talkies, and he continued to star in films while scoring Broadway hits in 1943's The Skin of Our Teeth and 1948's Goodbye, My Fancy...
Like American jazz, the Hindustani music of India is improvisational. The raga is the mode or theme on which the performer improvises spontaneously, developing 95 per cent of the piece originally. It is an unwritten, oral tradition that has been handed down through the generations since about...
...other times, Khan pursues a new, syncopated tempo, while Mirza takes the first note as a starting point for "bending the pitch" of the next interval, to be played in "meend," a technique similar to the "blueing" of notes in jazz. "The beauty of the sitar lies in pulling the notes from one fret to another," according to Mirza. The drawn-out sounds create the strange, modal, wailing effect which western ears find so intriguing...