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August3rd

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Discover the Excitement of Bluegrass Music

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If you’re looking for All-American music then there’s no better genre than bluegrass music. It combines the best of country and jazz and mesmerizes listeners with the instrumental virtuosity of its performers as well as the impressive vocal harmonies often featured in bluegrass music. For a crash course on bluegrass, here are a couple of artists you should watch out for.

Dailey & Vincent

This spectacular duo is composed of Jamie Dailey & Darrin Vincent. Their self-titled debut album, released in 2008, had been well-received by bluegrass fans and catapulted them to stardom. It also earned a grand total of seven IBMA awards, including the prestigious Album and Entertainment of the Year awards. You can easily catch them performing live as they’re very much active in the bluegrass festival circuit.

Sam Bush

Popularly referred to as King of Newgrass and King of Telluride, Sam Bush has received various awards from IBMA and even the Grammys. Read More | Comments
August1st

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GREAT JAZZ PIANISTS and their CONTRIBUTIONS to MUSIC

Posted in: Articles, Guest Post, Jazz, Jazz Music, Jazz Musician, Music

AUTHOR:: DUANE SHINN

Some of the greatest piano players in history became known for their proficiency in jazz. Technicality and a heavy reliance upon the ability of the musician to improvise makes jazz piano one of the hardest styles to learn. That does NOT mean, however, that it can’t be learned, but to get to the highest rungs a pianist must have lots of talent, a great ear, and the ability to improvise.

The birth of jazz music in the early 1900s was a significant period in musical history. Many of those who are considered among the greatest jazz pianists of all times were pioneers of the genre during this period. Jazz evolved from musical styles that African slaves brought to America. Therefore, its inception can largely be attributed to the early African-American community. African-American pianists, such as Scott Joplin and Ernest Hogan, are considered to be among the fathers of ragtime music. Although the ragtime era only lasted a few years, it was a precursor to, and contemporary of, the jazz era.

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July31st

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WHEN I THINK of the COUNTY FAIR I THINK of PIE EATING CONTESTS

Posted in: Articles, Entertainment, Events, Local, Music, Orange County

When I think of the County Fair I think of pie eating contests, pig races, great music and down home cooking. Throughout America, county fairs have resembled a wonderful group of energetic, hard working, and fun loving people.

Back in the day, the fair had all of the elements of an old home week. — families looked forward to seeing friends and family at the fair. It’s where great memories were made and these memories are still going strong at The Orange County Fair in Southern California. The Orange County fair started in 1889 on Fruit Street in Santa Ana as a small 5 day community celebration and has since become a 23 day event that is one of Orange County’s most eagerly awaited events of the year. Read More | Comments
July31st

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To a Young Jazz Musician: Letters from the Road

Posted in: Guest Post, Jazz, Jazz Artist, Jazz Music, Jazz Musician, Music, Sponsored

To a Young Jazz Musician: Letters from the Road

In To a Young Jazz Musician, the renowned jazz musician and Pulitzer Prize—winning composer Wynton Marsalis gives us an invaluable guide to making excellent music–and to leading a excellent life.
Writing from the road “between the bus ride, the sound check, and the gig,”

Marsalis passes on wisdom gained from experience, addressed to a young musician coming up–and to any of us at any stage of life. He writes that having humility is a way to continue to grow, to listen, and to learn; th

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July31st

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Enjoy Big Band Jazz Music

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Jazz enjoys a universal popularity. This form of music emerged in the beginning of the 20th century in the African- American community of the United States of America. The repetitive patterns of call and response define the jazz music. The various types of rhythm patterns that are prevalent in the jazz music are reggae, blues and the swing patterns.

A kind of musical assembly associated with the jazz music is known as the big band jazz music. This sort of ensemble can also be called as jazz band, jazz orchestra, jazz ensemble and dance band. However there is one primary difference between the big band jazz music and the other forms of jazz music. While the most of the jazz combos are highly improvised or and created spontaneously, the music that is played in the big bands jazz music is often arranged and prepared from before. In this form of music, the notations are notated on the sheet music in advance. Read More | Comments