Word: melodye
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Here's the pedigree: this 30-year-old alto saxophonist is an ex-member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and a former regular at Small's, the dingy Manhattan club that has become a key incubator of young talent. His playing is plenty soulful on his second CD--so...
Finally, "New York Blackout," much like "Draggin the Lake," is a song which has some great elements and potential to be truly excellent. "New York Blackout" makes a fantastic use of percussion and guitar, and the song starts powerfully, developing well with an interesting guitar line and melody. Sadly, each...
Basketball seasons come and go, but for "The NBA on NBC," the theme song remains the same. That brash melody that leads viewers in and out of commercials is called Roundball Rock, and it was composed by New Age instrumentalist extraordinaire John Tesh. Ever agreeable, Tesh says he doesn't...
CHARLIE PARKER (1920-1955) With startling impact, the musical quantum leap known as Bebop shook the jazz world in the mid-1940s. Its prime energy source was sax man Parker. Unhinging improvisation from song melody, jumping into dissonances and spinning out complex lines, Parker created the sound that dominated postwar...
I know why. Great melody has always deeply affected me, and Rodgers is possibly the 20th century's greatest tune writer. This is not to deny Hammerstein's enormous contribution. The simplicity of his lyrics is truly deceptive. Take People Will Say We're in Love. Thousands of songs, even...