JAZZ
– An American treasure, created in the bowels of African roots, also delivering syncopated rhythms, with touches of scatting “do and play what you feel” hospitality.
I remember how frequently our home was filled with some of the various genres, some of the best forms of melodic comfort, any time of the day. Gospel, Soul, Pop, even classical artists like Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, and Maria Callas, constantly providing us with a sense of creative stance.
Just as Gospel has always provided that sense of deeply-rooted experience, in the field of Jazz, we were introduced to the Truth of “REAL” Music, by my father. Not limited to, but including, the most prolifically-sound jazz artists, we grew up with that same mantra surrounding us.
Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin, Charles Mingus, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughn - the list is ongoing.
That complexity, determination, proficiency, individuality through improvisation, and heart-felt description, that those most seasoned musicians were engraved with, have always provided us with in-depth fervor.
In recognition of Jazz Appreciation Month, I want to share the clip below, featuring Kirk Whalum, contributing sounds from spiritual point of view. Referring to the first chapter of John, also being highlighted is Tata Vega, and the late great George Duke. Be blessed as you listen!
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