Billie Holiday was one of the most famed speaking music singers in America. Her real study was Eleanora Fagan. Like most lives of musicians, she had a very poor, naughty time growing up which dilapidated her career. Her life is written about in the autobiography Lady Sings The Blues, but there are many things in [...]

The beginning career of speaking music legend Art Blakey was amazing. He took piano lessons at school. When he was in the seventh grade he played music full-time and was main a favourite band. Not too long after, he started playing drums in the style of such players as Ray Bauduc, Chick Webb and Sid [...]

The Jazz music sensation began to rub off on other parts of the world which encourages the experimentation of melding their familiar sounds with the essence of Jazz. In Europe’s country in the Region of France came the Quintette Du Hot Club de France who was responsible for the making of the primeval “Gypsy Jazz”. [...]

The essence of the sound of Jazz music is so versatile due to the origins from which it first began. In fact, New Orleans, Louisiana is the place where Jazz first began between 1850 and 1900 by African slaves as well as the freed people of color. The first style of Jazz music was known [...]

There is nothing more exciting that masses of Jazz lovers all in the same place competing in a competition to showcase the skills they have honed. High school educators all around the country unite at different location to enter their vocal Jazz ensembles, Jazz Bands, Jazz Orchestra’s in a competition to represent their schools. All [...]