SYLVIA BROOKS Signature: When last we met Brooks, she had our vote for femme fatale of the year (any year). This time around, she’s toned down her look on the front cover, not disguising her maturity but not reveling in it either. Inside the jacket, you get the lady in red looking as dangerous as ever surrounding herself with the crème of SoCal jazz and displaying a world wiseness without a Marlena Dietrich world weariness. It’s ain’t an easy trick to pull off music as cinema but she does it again here. Well done throughout.
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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...
