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called, “the cajon”. The cajon is a simple six sided box that is played by slapping the front and back. A prominent Peruvian player of the cajon is Alex Acuña. He has played in numerous jazz bands in the US like the Yellow Jackets, played with Chick Corea and many others. While his sound is more Afro-Cuban the cajon is uniquely Peru. Since the early 1980s he has been traveling with a Christian group throughout North and South America spreading the gospel by means of Peruvian music. Peru is also

The synthesis and pop-jazz pieces were wonderful, and the band employed the big band sound. The albums featured well-known artists either as guest soloists or members of his studio. The artists include; David Sanborn, Steve Gadd, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Nathan East and Steve Khan. “Theme from Star Trek” by Militello's flute solo became one of my best performers in the ensembles of

Of all the arts that took place in the United States, Jazz is well thought out as America's first original art form. Since its beginning in the 20th century, Jazz music is defined by chronicle changes. Almost every decade a new essence enhanced the movement, and by the 1940’s jazz had developed into a mature, complex form of music, with many nuances and avenues for unceasing changes. Jazz appeared in New Orleans in the early twentieth century. It is the product of miscegenation between the culture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1757 - 1791, was a prolific writer of concertos, composing 27 piano concertos. Throughout his writing he developed the use of the cadenza, highlighting the performer’s talent with a virtuosic passage. Not all Mozart’s cadenzas have survived therefore future composers have attempted to recreate these passages, often reflecting the period in which they were written. Cadenza comes from the Latin ‘Cadere’, ‘to fall’ and broadly means a flourish at the end of a single melodic

during infancy. Only my sister, Maria Anna, and I survived. Mozart has remained an influence in popular contemporary music in varying genres ranging from Jazz to modern Rock and Heavy metal. An example of this influence is the jazz pianist Chick Corea, who has performed piano concertos of Mozart and was inspired by them to write a concerto of his own. Milos Forman’s 1984 motion picture, Amadeus, based on the play by Peter Shaffer, won eight Academy Awards and was one of the year’s most popular

Keith Jarrett is an American pianist whose personality, philosophy, and music emerge as a force; not only within a jazz context, but within any contemporary American musical style. The width of Jarretts musical ability, crossing all genres of music, including, but not limited to: jazz, classical, and “world” music, is unmatched by most. But, for some reason his name, or playing is very rarely mentioned outside of the jazz idiom. Keith Jarrett’s profound and philosophical explanations for his music

Early Jazz The earliest easily available jazz recordings are from the 1920's and early 1930's. Trumpet player and vocalist Louis Armstrong ("Pops", "Satchmo") was by far the most important figure of this period. He played with groups called the Hot Five and the Hot Seven; any recordings you can find of these groups are recommended. The style of these groups, and many others of the period, is often referred to as New Orleans jazz or Dixieland. It is characterized by collective

Bassist Of The Year and is the only three-time winner of Bass Player magazine 's Bass Player Of The Year. With the honors came sideman calls, leading to recordings and performances with artists like Branford Marsalis, Mike Stern, Bruce Hornsby, Chick Corea, Dave Matthews, Prince, Gov 't Mule, Susan Tedeschi, Vital Tech Tones (with Scott Henderson and Steve Smith), the Jaco Pastorius Word Of Mouth Big Band, and the soundtrack of the Disney film Country Bears, not to mention the stellar work with guitarist

Biography of Miles Davis Born on May 26, 1926, Miles Davis is considered to be one of the most influential jazz musicians in history. Being a trumpeter, keyboardist, composer, and band-leader, Miles is responsible for the popularization of many styles of jazz throughout his long and prolific career. Miles Dewey Davis was born into a well-to-do family in the town of Alton, Illinois. The family owned a large

How do people discover Miles Davis in jazz society ? Miles Davis was born in Alton, Illinois, in May 25, 1926. Miles Davis has one brother and one sister. In his earlier life. Miles’s family decided to moved to East St. Louis, Illinois, Davis 's father became a fortunate dentist at the age when miles was still a child. When he starting growing up at the 13 his father gave him a trumpet that could enjoy Miles’s life in activities in school music, and in a couple week Miles decided to become a