Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...know a lot of brothers who cannot dance, and I know a lot of Jewish blues singers," said Jones, 70, who began his career as a gospel singer and worked his way up in the jazz world with such notables as Ray Charles, playing for troops during World...
Jones answered student questions, which focused on his jazz background. He also examined the roots and current forms of African-American music...
...Reading jazz pianist Keith Jarrett's comments in this week's New York Times Magazine gave me the willies. He was talking about jazz that lacked soul, but all I could think of was Harvard. On the face of it, Jarrett, a '70s jazz superstar turned classical recording artist, was giving it to Wynton Marsalis and the new crop of '80s jazz virtuosos. But Jarrett's scathing commentary on the contemporary jazz scene reads like advice to Harvard undergrads...
...trend in pop music. Along with other neo-soul performers like Maxwell, Groove Theory and Me'Shell NdegeOcello, she is creating music that expands the boundaries of conventional R. and B., with lyrics that explore social issues (as Marvin Gaye's used to do), melodies that draw readily from jazz and blues, and wandering song structures that go beyond the standard verse-chorus-verse format. Hollywood has taken note. The sound track to the upcoming movie Love Jones (starring Larenz Tate) has a neo-soul theme. So far neo-soul hasn't demonstrated huge commercial appeal. However, through canny marketing...
Badu's voice isn't cuddly or cozy; it's sharp and metallic at points, wounded and sad at others. Most of the songs on Baduizm are slow, supple and subtle. Certainly, with its naked gurgling bass, feels like a wee-hours jazz improv and sounds like a love ballad; it's actually a look at the dysfunctional "love affair" America has with its black citizens. Drama, despite its title, starts placidly but later crests as Badu laments symptoms of modern life: "race relations/ segregation/ no occupation/ world inflation...