Genre Jazz - Page 18
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Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. His best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999.
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Eliza Dickson is a young, enthusiastic jazz vocalist from Adelaide, South Australia.
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Barney Kessel was an American jazz guitarist. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" guitarist for studio, film, and television recording sessions.
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Christmas is one of the few occasions in modern life where tradition reigns. The songs on this compilation may be half a century or so old, but all retain the time-honoured flavour of the season. With the odd exception, they don't make them like this anymore. And while some of the performers may no longer be with us, the songs they sang so memorably will live on. So pick a disc from this generous three-CD set, press play and enjoy a selection of vintage Christmas music that still has much to give. And giving's what it's all about!
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Al Martino was an American traditional pop and jazz singer. He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid-1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", and also became known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The Godfather.
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Rebecca Caroline Ferguson is a British soul singer and songwriter. In 2010, Ferguson finished in second place in the seventh series of The X Factor. She later released her debut album titled Heaven in December 2011. The album peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart.
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Maybebop is a German male a cappella quartet consisting of founding member Oliver Gies, Jan Malte Bürger, Lukas Teske and Sebastian Schröder. The group sings predominantly German-language self-compositions, although it has released cover versions of rock hits such as "Nothing Else Matters", "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Bohemian Rhapsody". In addition, the group has released jazz adaptations of folk and Christmas songs like "Abendlied", "Die Gedanken sind frei" and "Still, still, still".
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Lisa Kristine Hilton is an American jazz pianist, bandleader, producer, and composer based in Southern California. Her compositions blend jazz and blues with minimalism, classical, and avant-garde music. Since the early 2000s she has recorded with Antonio Sánchez, Larry Grenadier, Christian McBride, Luques Curtis, J. D. Allen, Rudy Royston, and Sean Jones.