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Jazz is a musical form that originated in the United States in the early 1900s (though its roots extend to West Africa and its reach encircles the globe). It's easily identifiable: blue notes, swing, improvisation and complexity make jazz one of the most distinctive of musical styles, and its longstanding love affair with fashion establishes jazz as the origin of cool.

Though jazz hit its prime in the 20th century, its mastery of mutation makes for a strong influence in all styles of music, and an active musical community. New Orleans remains one of the world's top jazz destinations, and Brazil's classic jazz still highly popular even after decades. There are also great great jazz blogs out there. JazzVideoGuy is dedicated to documenting jazz's history and influence, even as new jazz videos surface every day.

And let's not forget the Utah Jazz, representing jazz's influence all the way to the NBA.

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  • Gazfunk Guest DJ Slots & New Mixcloud Mix


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    Another little update for you about a couple of guest DJ spots I’ll be doing in a week or so’s time. I’ll be travelling to Madrid where I’ll be spinning some platters on Wednesday 6th June in the Berlin Jazz Cafe – a cool little jazz club in the center of Madrid. Then 2 days later on 8th July, I will be ...
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  • Louis Armstrong - Nobody Knows The Trouble Ive Seen


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  • Meet the King of Jazz Email: Jim Eigo


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    Jim Eigo of Jazz Promo Services is a music industry veteran who has successfully utilized email for marketing and promotion. Jim’s helped many artists, labels and venues break though the information overload with his email blasts, which go out to over 10000 recipients. For more info, please visit: ...
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  • Juicy Jazz - This is a... 7" (2012)


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    Country: Spain Genre: Hardcore, Noise Rock, Tropical Label: Sonido Muchacho Tracks: 11 Length: 5 The record label Sonido Muchacho surprises us with a vinyl edition recorded at the La Caterva (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) and signed by Juicy Jazz, a quartet of punk and hardcore Gran ...
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  • Afronerd Welcomes Sportswriter, Phil Mushnick to the Show! - May 30,2012


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    Once again, Afronerd Radio promises another informative and fiery broadcast that is not the one to miss! Mark your clock and calendars for Wednesday, May 30th when veteran NY Post sports columnist, Phil Mushnick stops by the Afronerd Radio show. Mr. Mushnick bears the distinction of being in the employ The Post since ...
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  • Review: cupcake joint featured on ABC 7.30 …


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    We happened across the Jazz Apple shop in town today. Not sure whether to call it a cafe, although it has tables and chairs and an espresso machine. It is the outlet where a businesswoman featured the other week on 7.30 sells her cupcakes. The staff are very nice and friendly. Coffee was moderately OK [...]
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  • ornette coleman quartet: roma 1974


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    it doesn’t get much finer than ornette and james blood ulmer. and coleman in a suit that only a total fucking dude could pull off… Filed under: music stuff , video Tagged: james blood ulmer , jazz , music , music video , ornette coleman
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  • Live: "Backwards & Fowards Over The Years". The Zombies, Jazz Café.


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    As the aroma of elaborate stodge pummels the nostrils upon entrance, cascading down from the sterile balconies above the ambience within this slipshod Camden haunt is incontestably more Café than it is in any way Jazzy. The Jazz Café represents a pseudo-plush, plastic-floored temple of nothingness geared toward a ...
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  • Bullet Train to Suzuki by Jon Hammond


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    Jon Hammond in Hamamatsu Suzuki Hall Concert Photos and Shinkansen Bullet Train Videos Link I caught this train flying by perfectly in time to see the aerodynamic nose of the incredible bullet train…this train flies! http:///www.HammondCast.com Founder and President ...
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  • Charlotte Bobcats: Jerry Sloan to Interview for Head Coaching Job


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    According to a source close to the Charlotte Bobcats, the team will interview Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan for their vacant head coaching position on Friday. Though the team hasn’t made its list of candidates public yet, the 70-year-old Sloan would likely be the biggest name on it. During an interview with SI.com on ...
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  • The Jazzifiers cover Nirvana’s Come As You Are.


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    The Jazzifiers cover Nirvana’s Come As You Are .
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  • Utah Jazz: Predicting the Starters for Next Season


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    The Jazz season is over. It is time to look to next season, with hopes for an even more successful one. But a good team must have a good starting five, so here is my prediction of the Jazz starters for next season. I know it is way too early to know for sure because Utah could be on the better end of a trade or ...
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  • A Closer Look At The Sugarman 3


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    Neil Sugarman sits down and tells you how he & his band got from there to here. From the early days of Desco Records to today and the Daptone Records empire he currently co-rules over. The Sugarman 3 band are back with a wonderful new album, What The World Needs Now , which you can check out at the links below. ...
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  • Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Kruder & Dorfmeister - Rollin on Chrome


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    Random Thoughts From A Brotha: Kruder & Dorfmeister - Rollin on Chrome : Digital Crate Digging Continues...checking out Rollin On Chrome from Kruder and Dorfmeister...from their K and D Sessions project..theyre u...
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  • Vancouver’s New Pro Improv Group Goes Live


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    The Duck Duck Goose Sessions are a live, improvised music collective featuring Tom Heuckendorff, JC Thompson, and Ali Siadat from Mother Mother . The group jams with the creative masterminds behind different acts touring through Vancouver from around the world every Tuesday. First episode featuring HUMANS .. ...
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  • Tall Black Guy – ‘Tempo Dreams Vol. 1′ | New Music Preview


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    Terrel Wallace, better known as Tall Black Guy, is from Detroit — a region where music is a fixture, as evidenced by Motown and its thriving hip-hop scene — so his calling in music makes sense. For years, Wallace has been gaining a solid following by producing updates to songs through sample flips and production ...
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  • Growing the Jazz Audience Cant Be Done. Maybe Thats Okay? [Jazz]


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    Look, Im under no illusions about jazz musics unpopularity. I grew up playing jazz, went to school to study jazz, made a living as a jazz musician for a while out of school. Jazz is beautiful, jazz is the best. And people, by and large, dont care about it at all. More »
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  • Bitches Brew Skateboards


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    Remember those Miles Davis Quintet from some years back? Western Edition , the company behind those, recently put out a series of Bitches Brew decks.
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  • Brian Charette’s Music for Organ Sextette Takes the B3 to the Next Level


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    Brian Charette’s an interesting guy. He practices an unorthodox style of kung fu; he writes authoritatively on topics like chord voicings in Messiaen; and he plays the Hammond B3 organ like no other jazz musician. That might be because he was on the fast track to a career in classical music before being sidelined ...
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  • George Crowley Quartet: Paper Universe – review


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    (Whirlwind) At first, much of this album from the young UK saxophonist George Crowley sounds more like old jazz than the cutting-edge. But, like the previous generations Julian Argüelles (a loosely similar player and composer of comparable imagination, relaxation and storytelling flair), his work sounds fresh, ...
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