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JAZZ NOTE #6 KICK BACK & RELAX

Nov 3, 2009
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What I like about jazz is how multi-dimensional it can be. From Dixieland, Big Band to a small trio playing in a hotel lounge, jazz can stir a swell of emotions from wooing a lover to putting a spring in your step. It can even make you want to kick back after a long day and relax.

Aretha Franklin to headline 2008 Newport jazz festival - Yahoo! News

Jun 13, 2008
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NEWPORT, R.I. - Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin will headline the 2008 JVC Jazz Festival. ADVERTISEMENT Festival organizers say the Grammy winner, whose hits include "Respect," "Chain of Fools" and "I Say a Little Prayer," will perform her gospel-charged soul Aug. 9 at Fort Adams State Park. Other performers include jazz saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Wayne Shorter, best-selling trumpeter Chris Botti, and pianist and composer Herbie Hancock.

Kerry Politzer

Dec 9, 2007
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Kerry Politzer just recorded her second podcast, The Jazz Piano of Kerry Politzer, yesterday (Nov 21st). In her second episode, she plays some songs, ending with a song off her latest album, You Took Me In.

(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons

Nov 21, 2007
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I've been hearing this song come on the tv quite often and the only lyrics that play during the whole time it's on are "I love you" repeatedly (from the beginning of the song) and it's quite catchy. It plays during the Mercedes-Benz commercial for their Summer Love Event. It starts out with a woman lying on her car and rose petals fall down on her in an American Beauty-esque kind of way. I searched AdTunes (another search result yielded SplendAd) and found the song is called "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" and this particular version was by the "king of soul" Sam Cooke. It was written by Deek Watson (lyrics) and William Best (music) both of whom composed music for the 1947 film Sepia Cinderella. The song was published in 1945 and since then, has been covered by many, including the artists below:

Jazz Note #1 - Make it Catchy

Nov 15, 2007
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As post-war Bebop began to wane into the cold war era, a group of jazz musicians sought to reconnect with their audience. Hard Bop, West Coast Cool, wherever the name, the songs usually stated a quick, catchy theme, letting the players take it from there. A few classics from this time are Lee Morgan’s “Sidewinder”, Horace Silver’s “Song for My Father” and this gem from Miles Davis, “Milestone” from the same-name 1958 Columbia record.