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Life Is A Lot Like Jazz... It's |
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Best When You Improvise... |
Jazz has been called America's classical music, and for good reason. Along with the blues, its forefather, it is one of the first truly indigenous musics to develop in America, yet its unpredictable, risky ventures into improvisation gave it critical cache with scholars that the blues lacked. At the outset, jazz was dance music, performed by swinging big bands. Soon, the dance elements faded into the background and improvisation became the key element of the music. As the genre evolved, the music split into a number of different styles, from the speedy, hard-hitting rhythms of be-bop and the laid-back, mellow harmonies of cool jazz to the jittery, atonal forays of free jazz and the earthy grooves of soul jazz. What tied it all together was a foundation in the blues, a reliance on group interplay and unpredictable improvisation. Throughout the years, and in all the different styles, those are the qualities that defined jazz. |
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| C C Rider | 26kb 2.46mpt |
Blues Jazz |
A Great Old, Easy Going, Blues And Jazz Tune | Big Bill Broonzy Chuck Willis |
Sal Grippaldi aka "RedSal" |
| 26kb 2.39mpt |
Boogie-Woogie Blues, Jazz Piano/Blues |
This Is The Tune And MIDI Sequence That Made
Me Fall In Love With MIDI Music! (Definitely One Of My Many Favorites) |
Katie Webster | Don Carroll | |
| Cab Driver | 38kb 2.54mpt |
60's Classic Jazz Easy Listening |
A Great Jazz Swing Classic From The Late 60's | The Mills Brothers W&M By C. Carson Parks |
Bill Abbott |
| 187kb 8.55mpt |
Funk Jazz Originals Soft Rock |
A Great Original MIDI Instrumental With Funky Jazz Guitar & Soprano Sax Solos | Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
Kouichirou Hori | |
| Caravan | 26kb 2.46mpt |
30's Big Band Latin/Jazz Swing |
A Snappy Jazz Swing Classic From 1935 Included On Well Over 1000 Albums And Recorded By Numerous Artists Over The Years | Duke Ellington (1899-1974) W&M By Duke Ellington, Irving Mills & Juan Tizol |
John Signorelli |
| Cash-And Carry | 40kb 3.21mpt |
Acid/Jazz Funk Originals |
A Great Original Funky Acid/Jazz Tune With Some Fantastic Percussion | Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
Frode Berge aka "FreeBrick" © 1997 |
| Ces't Magnifique | 27kb 3.01mpt |
Easy Listening Light Jazz |
Just Sit Back And Relax (One Of My Many Favorites) |
Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) |
Mel Webb (1928-2005) aka "Kmel" |
| C'Est Si
Bon (It's So Good) |
29kb 3.31mpt |
50's+++ Country/Pop Easy Listening Light Jazz Vocal Pop |
Recorded By Eartha Kitt In 1953 In A Vocal Pop
Style Nearly 100 Other Artists Have Recorded The Great Tune In Various Styles Over The Years This Is The Eartha Kitt Version |
Eartha Kitt Barbra Streisand Louie Armstrong Johnny Desmond Conway Twitty W&M By Henri Betti, Andre Hornez & Jerry Seelen In 1950 |
Larri Dee © 1998 |
CGRB |
51kb 3.18mpt |
Funk Jazz Originals Soft Rock |
This Outstanding Shuffle Funk Original Tune Includes Realistic Drums, Guitar, Be-Bop, Sax And Guitar As Well As Piano And Strings! | Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
Charles M. Gerungan © 1995 |
| 158kb 7.00mpt |
70's Funk Jazz/Fusion Jazz Post-Bop R&B |
A Great Funk/Fusion Version Of The Tune That Was Once One Of The Biggest
Selling Singles Of All Time, And Included On Herbie's 1973 Album: "Head Hunters" Some Fantastic Brass, Saxophone And Percussion In This Tune |
Herbie Hancock W&M By Herbie Hancock And Paul Jackson |
Rene' Amesse aka "Overload" |
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(The) |
34kb 2.22mpt |
20's Classic Jazz Jazz Ragtime Stride |
A Great Classic Jazz, Piano Tune First Composed By James P. Johnson
In 1913 And In 1923 Along With Cecil Mack They Put Together The Music For
A Miller And Lyle's Show Called "Runnin' Wild" And The Huge Success Of This Song Started The "Charleston" Dance Craze Of The 1920's-1930's |
James P. Johnson W&M By James P. Johnson And Cecil Mack |
Robert Dupler (1935-1999) |
| 153kb 5.22mpt |
30's-40's Big Band Dance Film Music Jazz Soundtrack Swing |
A Great, Classic Jazz, Swing, Dance Tune Dating From The Late 30's. You Just Can't Keep Your Feet Still With This Great Old Tune! |
Glen Miller Tex Beneke Many Others Composed By Mack Gordon |
Gary Wachtel aka GaryW0001 |
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51kb |
30's+++ Classic Jazz Jazz Piano Soundtrack |
A Great Old "Classic Jazz" Standard That Has Been Popular From The 30's Through The 90's And Has Been Recorded On Nearly 300 Albums By Many Jazz Artists | Fred Astaire Boswell Sisters Louie Armstrong Ella Fitzgerald And Many Others W&M By Irving Berlin |
Gloria
Canfield aka "GlowCanPick" And Harry Todd aka Git' Picker |
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Cherry Pink And
Apple Blossom White |
29kb |
50's |
A Beautiful, Easy Listening, Latin Style Version With A Tinge Of
Country |
Perez Prado |
Chuck Duklis |
Choo Choo Cha
Boogie |
24kb 1.41mpt |
40's+++ Boogie-Woogie Dance Jazz Pop R&B |
A Lively Boogie-Woogie, Classic R&B Tune
That Topped The R&B Charts In 1946 And Remained For 18 Weeks.
Included On Most Of His Albums As Well As His Compilation,
Box Set Album: "Let the Good Times Roll: The Complete Decca Recordings 1938-54" |
Louis Jordan & His Tympany
5 W&M By Denver Darling, Milt Gabler & Vaughn Horton |
Don Carroll |
| Come Sunday | 43kb 5.13mpt |
40's+++ Big Band Easy Listening Jazz |
If You Don't Like This Great Old Jazz Tune, Then I'm Afraid You Just
Don't Like Jazz! (First Recorded By The Duke And His Orchestra In 1944 And Since Recorded By Him And Many Other Artists On Nearly 300 Albums Over The Years) (One Of My Many Favorites) |
Duke Ellington (1899-1974) |
Mel Webb (1928-2005) aka "Kmel" © 1998 |
| Cotton
Fields aka "Old Cotton Fields" aka "Them Old Cotton Fields" |
14kb 2.13mpt |
40's-00's Folk-Blues Jazz Swing |
Roly's MIDI Version Of The Great Old Folk Song In A Late 50's, Pete
Fountain, Dixieland Jazz, Swing Style With Great Clarinet Solo's This Great Old Tune Has Been Recorded On Well Over 100 Albums By Many Artists In Various Styles Over The Years |
Pete Fountain Leadbelly Many More Original W&M By Huddie Ledbetter |
Roly Wright |
16kb |
Big Band Blues Jazz Originals Swing |
A Snappy Piano/Blues Tune In A "Count
Basie" Style William "Count" Basie (1904-1984) |
Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
Unknown | |
Cryin'
Time |
40kb 3.16mpt |
60's Blues Country/Pop Country-Soul Light Jazz |
A Sad, Easy Going Tune That Was A Crossover Hit Originally Written And Recorded By Buck Owens As A Country Song | Ray Charles (1930-2004) |
Unknown |
| 34kb 3.53mpt |
Jazz Jazz/Fusion Originals |
Some Really Great Original Jazz Piano From "Lex" (One Of My Many Favorites) |
Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
Lex Zoeteweij | |
| 30kb 4.13mpt |
Ballads Big Band Celtic Country Country/Pop Ez Listening Folk Irish Jazz Pop Traditional Vocals World |
A Beautiful Classic And A Top 10 Hit For Conway In 1959 And A CMA
Nomination For "Single Of The Year" For Ray Price In 1967 And A Big Hit For
Elvis In 1976 The Great Tune Has Been Recorded On Nearly 650 Albums By Many Artists Over The Years Did You Know That The Lyrics For "Danny Boy" Were Originally Written Around An Old Irish Melody Called "Londonderry Air" The Lyrics Were Originally Composed By Frederic Edward Weatherly In 1910 And Revised To Fit The Melody Of Londonderry Air In 1913 For Some More History See Below Danny Boy-The Mystery Solved |
Bing Crosby Glenn Miller Conway Twitty Dennis Day Art Tatum Judy Garland Elvis Presley Johnny Cash Tom Jones Ray Price Jim Reeves Paddy MacNamara Sara Vaughan Many More |
Dick Anderson | |
(The) |
30kb 2.34mpt |
Jazz Novelty Ragtime |
A Great Old, Ragtime, Jazz/Piano, Novelty Tune Composed By Shelton Brooks In 1917 And Including Some Of Harry's Famous Duo-Pickin' Guitar (This Tune Sold Over 3 Million Copies Of Sheet Music When It Came Out And Has Been Covered By So Many Artists Over The Years It's Impossible To List Them) |
Shelton Brooks (1886-1975) |
Harry Todd aka "Git'Picker" © 1999 |
| 17kb 2.41mpt |
Blues Jazz |
A Easy Going, "Classic New Orleans Jazz", Blues/Jazz Tune With Some Great Piano | Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) His Real Name Is Ferdinand Joseph Lemott |
Fred Klein © 1999 |
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44kb 4.06mpt |
Bossa Nova Brazilian Jazz Easy Listening Latin Jazz Latin Pop |
A Pretty, Easy Listening, Brazilian Jazz, Bossa Nova That Became A
Jazz Standard Included On Many Of His Albums Over The Years Including His
1963 Album: "The Composer of Desafinado, Plays" |
Antonio "Tom" Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) Composed By Vinícius de Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, & Newton Mendonça |
David J. Lahey |
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42kb |
90's Easy Listening Vocal Jazz Vocal Pop |
A 90's Cover By The Dutch Singer Of The Old Favorite Jazz Standard That
Dates Back To The 1930's And Included On Her 1993 Album:
"Bewitched" |
Laura Fygi |
Harkuswo Hartono © 2007 |
| 36kb 5.43mpt |
70's Crossover Jazz Instrumental Pop Jazz Pop |
A Great Guitar And Piano, Instrumental Pop, Jazz Pop, Instrumental From The Late 1970's | Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour Composed By Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour |
Devian Zikri | |
Europa |
75kb |
70's+ Blues-Rock Fusion Instrumentals Jazz-Pop Latin Jazz Latin Pop Love Songs Post-Bop Soft Rock Soul-Jazz |
A Great Tom Coster Piano Version Of The Dreamy, Latin Ballad And Favorite Romantic Dance Tune From The Mid-70's That Has Been Described As "A Song For All Lovers" And Has Been Covered By Many Other Artists In Various Styles Over The Years | Santana Gato Barbieri Tom Coster Dyango Bunky Green Charles Earland Composed By Carlos Santana & Tom Coster |
Roger Lenssens-Wynen © 1996 |
| 46kb 2.32mpt |
50's - 60's Blues Jazz Rock n' Roll |
Mels Tribute To Two Great Blues And Jazz Artists | B. B. King Fats Domino |
Mel Webb (1928-2005) © 1997 |
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| 26kb 3.53mpt |
60's-00's Country/Pop Easy Listening Light Jazz Latin/Pop Love Songs Soft/Rock |
A Romantic Melody Recorded On Well Over 240 Albums By Various Artists
In Many Styles This MIDI Version By ChartChai Emphasizes The Piano And Tenor Saxophone |
Morris Albert Johnny Mathis Percy Faith Peter Nero Brenda Lee Many More W&M By Morris Albert |
ChartChai MeeSangNin © 2000 |
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| 58kb 2.04mpt |
50's-60's Pop Big Band Jazz Swing |
Made Popular In The 50's By
Peggy Lee And Later Brought Back By The 60's Group, "The McCoys", And Even Later By Pop Music Singer "Madonna" |
Peggy Lee The McCoys Madonna Original Arrangement By Roger Holmes W&M By John Davenport And Eddie Cooley |
Gary Wachtel aka "GaryW0001" |
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| 44kb 5.30mpt |
Easy Listening Instrumentals Jazz Fusion Originals |
An Original, Easy Listening, Jazz Fusion, Instrumental With Great
Instrumentation Made Especially For Me For My
"Fire"
MIDI Page (Thanks, Dan!) |
Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
Dan West © 2006 |
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| 32kb 2.18mpt |
Boogie Instrumentals Jazz Originals |
If You Like, Boogie, Jazz And Original Sequences You're Going To Love This MIDI! | Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
József
Szentgyörgyi aka "MIDIPapa Paulo" © 1998 |
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| 45kb 2.33mpt |
40's+ Big Band Classic Jazz Pop Vocals |
A Smooth & Easy Goin' Jazz Classic From The Late 40's And Since Recorded On Nearly 500 Albums To Date By Many Great Artists | W&M By Bart Howard Original Arrangement By Sammy Nestico |
Gary Wachtel aka "GaryW0001" |
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| 88kb 4.47mpt |
Funk Jazz Originals |
If You Like Funk, Jazz And Percussion This Is Your Tune | Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
Rene' Amesse aka "Overland" |
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