Jazz in 5/4 Time

It seems that every story about singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc begins with “you may not know his name, but….” The best follow-up to that is “but you should.” Last year he released the album Lift Your Spirit. He also appeared...
"Gil's arrangements were perfectly suited for Miles' expression"
Composer Igor Stravinsky’s landmark work The Rite of Spring, though commonly performed in concert halls, was written as a ballet. Last year this composition, considered one of the most groundbreaking works of the 20th century, celebrated its hundredth anniversary....
"A lot of music today is on the surface. There is a same-ness, a mind-numbingly boring, clichéd repetition of chord structures that has dumbed it down to the point of destruction. "
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