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The Jazz Performance That Practically Started a Riot in 1956

BernieJune 23, 2015

Duke Ellington doesn't need much introduction. He's one of the biggest names, if not the biggest in the big band era of Jazz, and Jazz in general. With more tha...

Take Five to Check the Five Best Takes of the Jazz Classic: Take Five

Team RevolverJanuary 27, 2015

Take Five is a jazz standard that has been played by countless musicians over the years, in different styles and interpretations. We compiled a list of Five of Take Five takes for you to enjoy when you take five. *high five*...

Miles Davis: Top 15 Songs

Team RevolverNovember 4, 2014

// Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one...

5 Badass Jazz Tracks That’ll Bop You Hard

Team RevolverJuly 9, 2014

This jazz movement was mostly prevailent from the early 1950’s to the mid 1960’s, with its champions being Art Blakey, Hank Mobley, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, and many more. The legendary jazz label Blue Note Records was the home of hard bop for many years. So here we go, bop it!...

5 Badass Jazz Tracks That’ll Rock You Hard

RaniMay 24, 2014

// A disclaimer before all the Metalheads get all sensitive about metal not being soft. It is. It's actually one of the softest genres of music out th...

The Instrumental That Introduced The Drum Solo to Rock

BernieApril 2, 2014

Ginger Baker is mostly known for his work with a band that went by the name of Cream. You might recognize the lead guitarist of this band, Eric Clapton. Cream was short-lived (1966 - 1968) but its legacy and influence on the history of Rock 'N' Roll are immense. Despite the fact that Ginger Baker hated to be called a Rock drummer (his idols were Jazz legends such as Max Roach and Art Blakey), the musical impact he created reached greats like Carlos Santana, Johnny Rotten and Stewart Copeland....

Music Legends Demonstrating How Jazz Was Born

BernieMarch 20, 2014

This clip from the movie "A Song Was Born" (1948) is a melting pot of almost too many legends, collectively bathing in each other’s melodic genius. Going thr...

Ibrahim Maalouf: Top 10 Songs

Team RevolverFebruary 16, 2014

Ibrahim Maalouf is a Lebanese musician based in Paris, born and raised in a musical family, his dad played the trumpet and his mom was a pianist. Maalouf was a pioneer in jazz fusion, if you can name it that, making one haunting album after the other. His accomplishments were honoured recently at the 29th annual Victoires de la Musique ceremony, France's top music awards, with the Best World Music Album of the Year for his latest endeavor "Illusions". If you're not familiar with this national treasure, we suggest you give the below gems a listen to get acquainted with probably the best thing to come out of Lebanon since Phoenician ships....

Learn the Ways of the Cool: How to Love Jazz in 10 Easy Albums

RaniOctober 28, 2013

If you’re not very familiar with jazz music I can understand the overwhelming intimidation you might get from the idea of delving deeper into its realms. Structurally, jazz is more complex than the average radio pop anthem because of its improvised nature of multiple melodies and rhythms all working together. Complex time signatures, complex syncopation, complex accents, and seemingly random scales make jazz not the easiest form of music to ‘actively’ listen to, let alone play. I say actively because we all know the stereotypical misconception that jazz is elevator music. Each note counts, yet you find so many of them. Don’t panic. Be patient, it will start to sound more relevant with each listen. But where to start?...