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"It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it." Miles Davis
Miles Davis is the legendary artist I was introduced to Jazz with, on the day I was about to quit my strenuous job. And now I can say without a doubt that a breath of fresh air in the monotonous 9 to 5 work routine is possible when you book yourself a treat to paradise of melodies.
At Ticketmy we bring you the exciting offers to dwell in the harmonious world of Jazz & Blues. Join us in unwinding the negativity of the hectic life with mystically charming vocals and cheerful notes played on guitars, harmonica, trombone, drums, bass, saxophone, piano and trumpets. Jazz and Blues are perhaps the genre all music lovers are familiar with. Medium of the music utilizes the perfect balance of the vocals and tunes to serenade all mood types.
Along with other innumerable inventions, America is proud to flaunt about the origins of early Jazz to its port city New Orleans, Louisiana. Genre of music, which added the most used vocabulary in English of today "cool" and "hip", was born in the South derived from African American music. Blues recognized the cruelty of injustice and lost love, gave voice to the expression buried deep under years of repression. The Blues has its roots in hymns and songs from workers in the fields and served the purpose of spiritual cleansing. Blues in the later centuries paved bases for contemporary forms of jazz, rock 'n' roll and country music.
Louisiana gave birth to some of the legendary musicians. Louis Armstrong was one of the great artists who came up with the unique idea of improvisation. He introduced playing individual solos between breaks, unlike the collective approach of Dixieland jazz. His distinctive approach is known as "Satchmo."
Jazz and Blues has always given a way to survive the hard times. We welcome you to swing on the rhythms of jazz. Swing jazz style originated during the times of great depression and it lifted the spirits of Americans. It provided a new genre of dance "swing dancing" to become America's national dance. Swing rhythm was ruled by some of the great Orchestra leaders including Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman and Gletchers Henderson.
After the improvisations contributed to Swing era by Duke Ellington, 1940s brought a new direction to the jazz world called Bepop. Bepop introduced fast tempos and complex melodies. Jazz now shifted its audience taste from dancing floors to more sophisticated listening audience.
1950s brought the new era of Jazz and Blues, brought together the musical cultures of cross borders .Fifties jazz was a combination of Latin, African and Spanish culture of distinguished music and dance. The combination of North, south and cultures of countries across seas celebrated the musical differences and helped finding common grounds.
No matter what is the sound of Jazz and Blues, book yourself a treat to get spellbound by the performances of contemporary Jazz and Blues Stars.
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