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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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Bossa Nova Easy Listening Latin Jazz Latin Pop |
A Pretty, Easy Listening, Latin Jazz Bossa Nova Composed By Jobin And Sequenced By John In A George Shearing Quintet Style | Antonio "Tom" Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) Composed By Antonio Jobin |
John Signorelli | |
Georgia On |
25kb 4.00mpt |
Easy Listening Harmonica Jazz |
I Could Listen To This Song All Day Long
(One
Of My Many
Favorites) Adopted As The Official Song For The State Of Georgia In 1979 |
Hoagy Carmichael Ray Charles Willie Nelson Michael Bolton W&M By Stuart Gorrell & Hoagy Carmichael |
Don Carroll |
Georgia On |
23kb 3.44mpt |
Easy Listening Harmonica Jazz |
A Great Harmonica Instrumental Version Of The Legendary Song | Toots Thieleman | Peter Wolmarans |
| 30kb 2.07mpt |
50's+ |
A Legendary Jazz, Hard Bop Tune First Recorded On John's 1959 Album By The Same Name And Since Covered By Many Other Jazz Artists On Nearly 200 Albums |
John Coltrane |
Eric Elliott © 1996 |
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Glow
Worm |
13kb 2.14mpt |
30's++ Big Band Jazz Novelty Trad/Pop Vocals |
A Classic Jazz Swing Tune From The 40's That Became One Of The Mills
Brothers Greatest Hits But Has Also Been Performed By Many Other Great Artists
Over The Years On Well Over 100 Albums (When The German Composer, Paul Lincke Wrote The Tune For An Operetta It Was Named "Glühwürmchen") |
Mills Brothers Lester Lanin Johnny Mercer Dean Martin Spike Jones Frankie Lymon Louis Prima Many More Original W&M By Paul Lincke In 1902 (1866-1946) |
Thomas J. Kelly |
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45kb 7.31mpt |
40's+++ Ballads Blues Classic Female Blues Easy Listening Jazz Standards Vocals |
A Beautiful, Classic Female Blues, Easy Listening, Sensitive, Jazz
Song First Recorded By Billie In 1941 And Included On Many Of Her Albums
Over The Years And Since Recorded For Over 600 Albums By Many Other Artists
In Various Styles From Blues To Rap And Has Been Used As A Soundtrack In
Several Movies Including The 1972 Feature
Film: "Lady Sings The Blues" |
Billie Holiday (1915-1959) Many More W&M By Billie Holiday & Arthur Herzog, Jr. In 1941 (Billie's Real Name Is Eleanora Fagan Gough) |
Art Doud, Jr aka "_oZ" © 1997 (1927-2007) |
| 19kb 3.32mpt |
20's-30's+ Country Easy Listening Jazz |
A Classic, Fun Tune, From The Late 20's Made Famous By Louie & Bing In 1951 And Performed By Many Other Artists Over The Years In Various Styles | Louie Armstrong Bing Crosby Gene Autry Pat Boone Many More W&M By Charles & Nick Kenny |
Mickey McBride | |
| 26kb 4.53mpt |
40's++ Blues Easy Listening Light Jazz |
A Great, Lay Back And Listen, Blues, Light Jazz Tune Performed By Well Over 100 Artists From The 40's Through The 90's | Johnny Adams Billie Holliday Ella Fitzgerald Natalie Cole Many Others W&M By D. Fischer, E. Drake, And Irene Higginbotham In 1945 |
Ted Keener | |
| 39kb 2.53mpt |
30's-00's Big Band Doo Wop Pop R&R Swing Vocal Jazz |
A Classic Tune Dating Back To The Early 30's And Since Recorded By Many Artists In Various Styles Into The 00's | Benny Goodman Frank Sinatra Julie London Frankie Lymon Peggy Lee Many More W&M By Johnny Mercer & Matty Malneck |
Don Carroll | |
| 91kb 5.04mpt |
60's Blues Instrumental Jazz R&B Soft Rock Soundtrack |
A Great Southern Soul, Bluesy, R&B Instrumental First Recorded
In The Early 60's By Booker T & The MG's And Since Recorded On Over 120
Albums By Many Other Various Artists Thru The
00's In The 70's The Tune Was Also Used As A Soundtrack In The Great Movie: "American Graffiti" |
Booker T. & The MG's Composed By Steve Cropper Al Jackson, Jr. Booker T. Jones & Lewis Steinberg |
E. F. 'Gene' Petro aka "Doc Doc" |
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| 27kb .58mpt |
Guitar Jazz Blues |
Short, But Sweet! It May Have Been A Demo Tune | Original Composition? |
Unknown | |
| 08kb 1.17mpt |
Guitar Instrumentals Jazz Originals |
A Jazz Guitar Instrumental Demo Tune Written For "MediPlay" A Great Off-Line Media Player | Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
Rainald Schwenke © 1997 |
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40kb |
30's+ Big Band Country/Pop Film Jazz Polka Soundtrack Vocal Pop |
A Snappy Tin Pan Alley Standard Tune With A Little Polka Beat That Has
Been Recorded By Many Artists In Many Styles Over The Years |
Casa Loma Orchestra |
Chuck Duklis | |
21kb |
Big Band Hawaiian Jazz Swing |
A Great Old Favorite, Traditional, Hawaiian Tune Recorded On Over 80 Albums By Various Artists In Many Styles From The 40's Through The 2000's |
Les Paul Spike Jones Tommy Dorsey Billy Vaughn Many More |
John Nickless | |
| 58kb 6.32mpt |
Blues Jazz Originals Patriotic |
A Great Original, Laid Back, Blues/Jazz Tune, Composed And Sequenced By Dan In Remembrance Of The September 11, 2001 Tragedy |
Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
Dan West © 2001 |
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| 32kb 2.52mpt |
Jazz Originals |
A Great Original Jazz Composition From A Pair
Of Great Sequencers, Herbert Harari And Peter Sellars |
Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
H. Harari P. Sellars © 1998 |
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31kb |
50's Easy Listening Jazz Pop Musical Soundtrack |
A No. 1 Tune For Rosemary In 1954 And Considered By Many To Be One
Of Her Greatest Hits! Originally From The Broadway Musical: "The Pajama Game" Since Recorded On More Than 100 Albums By Various Artists In Many Different Styles |
Rosemary Clooney Many Others W&M By Richard Adler And Jerry Ross |
Harry
Todd aka "Gitpicker" |
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Jazz Originals |
A Great Original Jazz Composition From Another Pair Of Great Sequencers, Dan West And Dale Aston Featuring Lots Of Great Guitar, Piano And Percussion In A Chick Corea Style | Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
Dan West Dale Aston |
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| Honky Tonk, Pt. 1 |
134kb 5.14mpt |
50's Blues Instrumentals Jazz R&B Rock Soul/Jazz Soundtrack Swing |
A Fantastic Tune That Is Very Hard To Describe As It Fits Into A Lot
Of Categories. First Recorded In 1956 By Bill Doggett And Is Considered
By Many To Be His Greatest Hit The Tune Was Also One Of The Soundtracks In The 1986 Film: "Blue Velvet" |
Bill Doggett (1916-1996) W&M By Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Shep Sheppard & Clifford Scott |
John R. Bloise © 1997 |
Honky Tonk Blues |
00kb 0.00mpt |
30's Blues Jazz Honky Tonk Piano Blues |
A Great Old Honky Tonk Piano Blues And Classic New Orleans Jazz Tune
Recorded By Jelly Roll In 1938 On His Album:
"Anamule
Dance" (Jelly Roll's Real Name Was Ferdinand Joseph Lemott) (I Need This Tune-The One I Had Posted Was Actually Honky Tonk Train Blues By Meade "Lux" Lewis) |
Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) |
Unknown |
| 18kb 3.19mpt |
30's Dixieland Jazz Honky Tonk |
A Great Old Honky Tonk, Dixieland Jazz, Tune Composed By Jelly Roll In The Late 1930's | Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) |
Brian Hutchinson © 2000 |
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Honky Tonk
Train Blues |
31kb 3.26mpt |
20's Boogie-Woogie Jazz Honky Tonk Piano Blues |
A Classic Old Boogie-Woogie, Piano Blues Tune Composed By "Lux" In 1924. "Lux" Is Considered One Of The Great Boogie-Woogie Pianists Of All Time | Meade "Lux" Lewis (1905-1964) |
Played By "Perfessor" Bill Edwards |
Honky Tonk
Train Blues |
64kb 3.34mpt |
20's Boogie-Woogie Jazz Honky Tonk Piano Blues |
A Classic Old Boogie-Woogie, Piano Blues Tune Composed By "Lux" In 1924. "Lux" Is Considered One Of The Great Boogie-Woogie Pianists Of All Time | Meade "Lux" Lewis (1905-1964) |
Donald Hickman © 1996 |
43kb |
Big Band Jazz Originals |
A Swinging, Big Band, Jazz Original From Tony With Some Great Trumpet,
Trombone & Sax Solos |
Original |
Antone S. Walloch aka "Tony" |
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(The) |
93kb 4.27mpt |
Big Band Country Country/Pop Folk Folk/Rock Jazz Pop/Rock Rock & Roll Traditional |
A Great MIDI Version Of The Old Traditional Tune Recorded On Over
380 Albums By Many Artists In Many Various Styles Over The
Years "The Melody Of 'The House Of The Rising Run' Is A Traditional Old English Tune And The Original Lyrics Were Written By Georgia Turner And Bert Martin Both From Kentucky, However There Are Many Versions Of The Lyrics And Various Arrangements By Many Artists" |
The Animals (1964) The Everly Brothers Herbie Mann Nina Simone Bob Dylan The Supremes The Ventures Woodie Guthrie Conway Twitty Dolly Parton Many More |
Josef Huber |
(The) |
59kb 5.21mpt |
Big Band Blues Country Country/Pop Folk Folk/Rock Harmonica Jazz Pop/Rock Rock & Roll Traditional |
A Fantastic, Blues Harmonica, MIDI Version Of The Old Traditional Tune Recorded On Over 380 Albums By Many Artists In Many Various Styles Over The Years | The Animals (1964) The Everly Brothers Herbie Mann Nina Simone Bob Dylan The Supremes The Ventures Woodie Guthrie Conway Twitty Dolly Parton Many More |
Wayne Fetherbay aka "Gringoloco" |
How
Insensitive |
54kb 6.47mpt |
60's+ Bossa Nova Dance Easy Listening Jazz Latin Jazz Romantic |
A Mellow Version Of This Classic, Latin Jazz
Standard And A Great Composition From Another Great Pair Of
Sequencers (Recorded On Well Over 200 Albums Over The Years By Many Artists) |
Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim W&M By Tom Jobin & Vinícius de Moraes |
Wade Culbreath Benjamin Lewis |
I Can't Give You
Anything But Love |
33kb 2.49mpt |
20's+++ Big Band Easy Listening Jazz Love Songs Musicals Show Tunes Soundtrack Swing Vocals |
A Classic Vocal Jazz Tune From The Late 20's Recorded By So Many Artists
And Included On So Many Albums That It Is Impossible To List Them. Billie
Holliday Probably Had The Most Albums And Possibly Is The Most Remembered
Artist For The Song Composed By Dorothy Fields In 1928 Becoming One Of Her Most Popular Songs Dorothy Was The First Woman To Be Elected Into The "Songwriters Hall Of Fame" In 1971 The Song Was First Made Popular In The 1928 Broadway Show: "Blackbirds Of 1928" |
Dorothy Fields Billie Holiday Eartha Kitt Louie Armstrong Many More W&M By Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh |
Dick Anderson |
I
Can't Give You Anything But Love |
34kb 2.16mpt |
20's+++ Big Band Easy Listening Jazz Love Songs Musicals Show Tunes Soundtrack Swing Vocals |
A Classic Vocal Jazz Tune From The Late 20's Recorded By So Many Artists And Included On So Many Albums Over The Years That It Is Impossible To List Them | Dorothy Fields Billie Holiday Adelaide Hall Lena Horne Bill Henderson Many More W&M By Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh |
Ted Keener © 1998 |
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44kb 3.34mpt |
20's+++ Big Band Blues Easy Listening Jazz Love Songs Standards Vocals |
A Great Old Blues, Jazz, Standard Dating Back To The 1920's And Recorded On Over 500 Albums By Many Artists Over The Years In Various Styles | Billie Holiday Louie Armstrong Sonny Clark Duke Ellington Jackie Gleason John Lee Hooker Frank Sinatra Many More W&M By Johnny Green & Edward Heyman |
Mel Webb © 1997 (1928-2005) |
I
Got Rhythm |
12kb |
30's-00's Big Band Broadway Country/Pop Film Jazz Musicals Nostalgic Swing Trad Pop Vocal |
A Great, "Nostalgic", Tune From The Mid 30's That Has Been Recorded On
Nearly 700 Albums Since The 30's By Various Artists In Many Styles |
Ethel Merman |
Gerald B. Ross © 1997 |
I Got
Rhythm |
12kb |
30's-00's Big Band Broadway Country/Pop Film Jazz Musicals Nostalgic Swing Trad Pop Vocal |
A Great, "Nostalgic", Tune From The Mid 30's That Has Been Recorded On
Nearly 700 Albums Since The 30's By Various Artists In Many Styles |
Ethel Merman |
Gerald B. Ross © 1997 |
I Got
Rhythm |
25kb 2.49mpt |
30's Big Band Dixieland Jazz |
A Classic Jazz, Big Band, Dance Tune In A Red Nichols Style | Red Nichols (1905-1965) W&M By George & Ira Gershwin In 1930 |
Unknown |
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20's+++ Big Band Blues Jazz Nostalgia Standards Swing Vocals |
A Favorite Old Jazz, Swing Standard Dating Back To The 1920's And Recorded On Over 250 Albums By Many Artists Over The Years In Various Styles | Louis Armstrong Benny Goodman Cab Calloway Frank Sinatra Perry Como Dorsey Brothers Judy Garland Billie Holiday Many More W&M By Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler |
Herbert Harari © 1997 |
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40's Easy Listening Light Jazz Love Songs Vocals |
A Very Pretty Love Song Made Famous By Dinah But Also Recorded By Well Over 100 Other Artists Over The Years | Dinah Shore Many Others W&M By Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne |
Harry Todd aka "Git' Picker" |
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| 53kb 3.46mpt |
Big Band Easy Listening Light Jazz |
Another Beautiful One From Frank | Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) |
Mel Webb aka "Kmel" © 1996 (1928-2005) |
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20's-00's Ballads Country Country/Pop Light Jazz Soundtracks |
A Beautiful Ballad That Hit Number Two For Slim On The Country Charts And Crossed Over Into The Top Ten On The Pop Charts In The Early 1950's. The Great Song Has Been Recorded By Nearly 100 Other Great Artists In Various Styles From The 1920's Through The 00's | Slim Whitman His Real Name Is Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr. Original W&M By Rudolf Friml, Oscar Hammerstein II & Otto Harbach For The 1924 Broadway Operetta: "Rose Marie" |
Harry Todd aka "Git' Picker" © 1999 |
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| Infidel | 57kb 4.07mpt |
Jazz Jazz/Fusion Originals |
A Great Original With Lots Of Piano & Percussion | Original Composition And MIDI Sequence |
Benjamin Lewis |
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20's-90's Country Country/Jazz Country Pop Light Jazz |
This Tune Was First Recorded By Fats Waller In The Late 20's And Made Famous By Slim Whitman In The 60's And Has Since Been Recorded By Many Artists In Many Styles Through The 90's | Fats Waller Slim Whitman Billie Holiday John Denver Many Others |
Will Campbell | |
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10's-00's Big Band Easy Listening Jazz |
A Beautiful Tune From The 10's Through The 00's, Recorded By Many
Various Artists In Various Styles On Over 225 Albums Including But Not Limited
To: Louie Armstrong (1937) Tommy Edwards (1951-1958) The Four Tops (1973) Cliff Richard (1979) Andy Williams (1990) |
Various W&M By Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes In 1912 |
Bob Mace |
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