This heartfelt, and wholly organic new album opens on Melody Gardot’s sultry blues within Your Heart Is as Black as Night and the gentle finger-snapper, swingtown wit of Catch 22, and then they are followed by the searingly upbeat and joyous melodies within the cautionary tale Red Velvet Rope (which is set to a sensuous Latin groove by cuatro master Kiki Valera), and then come the quietly-imbued balladry of Over and Done and then an despairingly aching tale is brought forth within The Boy That Lived There.
10 Reasons Trumpets Are Often Used in Jazz
Jazz trumpets are a famous instrument often used in jazz music. Because of their unique timbre, cultural background, and unprecedented functionality, they bear a special responsibility to define the image of such music. From the loud and powerful tones of Louis...
