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Topic: jazz
Herman Brown is Feeling Down
"Herman's quiet world is suddenly interrupted by something loud and stressful." What is that noise? What is that feeling? Is it as big as it seems or are things not quite that bad? Herman Brown is Feeling Down is a...
The Jankó keyboard, an 1882 replacement for the traditional piano layout
The Jankó keyboard is a musical keyboard layout for a piano designed by Paul von Jankó in 1882. It was designed to overcome two limitations on the traditional piano keyboard: the large-scale geometry of the keys (stre...
Animated Sheet Music: Confirmation and Au Privave by Charlie Parker
Notes appear as jazz music is played in these two Animated Sheet Music videos by Dan Cohen. The sheet music was taken from Charlie Parker - Omnibook: For B-flat Instruments (Jazz Transcriptions). The music itself: Con...
What A Wonderful World: Jon Batiste live at the 50th Montreux Jazz Festival
Jon Batiste performs What A Wonderful World, the song first recorded and made famous by trumpet player, singer, composer, and jazz legend Louis Armstrong, at the 50th Montreux Jazz Festival. His piano playing is not t...
Sometimes I’m Happy (Sometimes I’m Blue) – Sarah Vaughan
Recorded for Mercury Records on July 9, 1958 in Sweden, this is Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue) performed by jazz royalty Sarah Vaughan. From Jazziz Magazine: Born on March 27, 1924, the daughter of a carp...
John Coltrane’s Giant Steps animated
When I listen to music I see colors and shapes and when I watch visual art I hear sounds. I wanted to express my sensing of shapes, colors and music in this short animation. I chose this piece because I’ve struggle...
Jazz Fundamentals: What Is Improvisation? What Are the Blues?
What Is Improvisation? In this smart Jazz Academy series by Jazz at Lincoln Center, we learn Jazz Fundamentals, the building blocks of jazz as explained by drummer Bryan Carter, and demonstrated by his accompanying ba...
The Beautiful Relationship Between Physics and Jazz
How is physics like jazz? How is John Coltrane like Albert Einstein? Ask theoretical physicist Stephon Alexander. He sees strong connections between the improvisational nature of jazz and the pursuit of understanding ...
What is Jazz? Ella Fitzgerald & Mel Tormé explain
From the 1976 Grammys, scat singing music legends Ella Fitzgerald & Mel Tormé answer the question: What is Jazz? Watch more of Fitzgerald's brilliance
Hazel Scott plays Black & White on two grand pianos (1943)
Hazel Scott was not only a gifted pianist and singer -- a child musical prodigy who at only eight years old was given a scholarship from the Juilliard School of Music to be privately tutored -- she was also the first ...
Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars – Basin Street Blues (1964)
In 1964, Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars were featured on The Bell Telephone Hour, a long-running NBC music program that moved from the radio to television in 1959. Here they play an Armstrong standard: Basin Street B...
The Mills Brothers: Swing It, Sister (1934)
Donald Mills, Harry Mills, Herbert Mills, and John Mills: The Mills Brothers perform Swing It, Sister in the 1934 film Strictly Dynamite. Note the excellent mouth trumpet action, a jazz-era vocal technique that ...
Love Me Or Leave Me – Nina Simone
With Johann Sebastian Bach's Fugue in C Major mixed into the piano solo -- infusing her love for Bach and her classical Juilliard School of Music education into a standard -- this is singer, songwriter, civil rights a...
Paper’s Passage: From Waste to Product by NYC Sanitation
Made from 5,902 photos by NYC Sanitation's Director of Photography Michael Anton, Paper’s Passage: From Waste to Product shows us where paper and cardboard waste goes after the New York City recycling trucks drive awa...
Drums West by Jim Henson (1961)
Made with cut paper by Jim Henson, Drums West is an experimental animation from around 1961 that features music by jazz great Chico Hamilton. Bonus: At the end, we get to see Henson and his workspace, likely filmed by
Dizzy Gillespie live on stage: Salt Peanuts
American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and occasional singer Dizzy Gillespie peforms Salt Peanuts live on stage, likely at the Ontario Place Forum in Toronto, circa 1971. We love the fun audience warm up in the...
Viola Smith Drums with Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes (1939)
Viola Smith Drums with Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes (1939). The number: Snake Charmer. Smith was born in 1912, and just after celebrating her 100th birthday, she sat down with Tom To...
Evolution of the Bicycle
"From the wooden horse to the modern racer," this is the Evolution of the Bicycle by Visual Artwork. Music: Flying Home by The Benny Goodman Sextet.
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