A few days ago, with friends, we tried to remember as many people as possible, who, in our opinion, changed the course of history. Well, if we expand this topic, then we can highlight 10 key aspects in different areas of human activity that have influenced life, worldview or just the taste of all mankind. Today I would like to highlight10 jazz standardswhich, in my opinion, are the basispopular jazz music. jazz standardsare jazz melodies or themes that were once written by someone, and which are so catchy that all jazz musicians and almost all people know them. Not bad musicians, as, for example, Wikipedia writes, know them for a couple of hundred pieces, which, by the way, I doubt very much.
Most likely, many know the collected by me jazz compositions, but each standard has its own history, which not everyone knows.
So number one:
1. Autumnleaves
Originally, in 1945, it was a French song " Les Feuilles mortes(literally "Dead Leaves") with music Joseph Kosma and poems of the poet Jacques Prevert). Yves Montand (with Irene Joachim) presented "Les Feuilles mortes" in 1946 in the film Les Portes de la Nuit. 1947 American composer Johnny Mercer wrote the English lyrics for this song, and Joe Stafford was one of the first to perform the new version of the composition. Autumn Leaves has become a jazz and pop standard in both languages, as well as an instrumental version.
The video below features an improvised version of this theme by one of the best jazz improvisers and composers (and one of my favorites) of our time. Keith Jarrett. Notice how he howls and dances in a funny way during his solo. His playing has a special charm and is immediately distinguished and identified by ear thanks to the microphone backing of his peculiar “mooing”.
2. Let it snow!Let it snow!Let it snow!
The song is also known as "Let It Snow". Authorship belongs to the lyrics Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in 1945. Interestingly, it was written in July 1945 in Hollywood during one of the hottest days of the summer.
What is even more interesting is that, I think, almost everyone on our blue ball plowing the Universe knows it, even the one who has lived in the desert all his life. Personally, I always sing this song when it snows or rains ( Let it rain! You can still Let it fog!)
3. I've got you under my skin
Not everyone knows this composition, which was covered by all jazz vocalists, if not on stage, then certainly in the shower for sure. Authorship belongs Cole Porter and it was written in 1936. On the presented video (as well as on the previous one), it is performed by my favorite musician Jamie Callam (JamieCullum). After this song there will be a small bonus - another song performed by Jamie - High and Dry (Radiohead). This is one of my favorite songs.
4. Fly me to the moon
And this topic is one of those that is most convenient to swing to, even for me, a person who is far from swinging. Wrote a masterpiece Bart Howard in 1954.
5. take five
If a musician wants to test his musical flair on a non-standard rhythm, takefive- it's the best jazz composition to experiment with. The time signature of 5 quarters clearly shows that the song deserves attention. By the way, there are a lot of songs that start as a famous standard, but I came up with his "first time" precisely Paul Desmond, and was first presented by the quartet of the great Dave Brubeck (The Dave Brubeck Quartet) in album "Time Out" in 1959
6. The entertainer
Well, everyone knows it. The composition was written by the founder of the ragtime style Scott JoplinScott Joplin over 110 years ago (in 1902). It is a ragtime classic. This jazz composition regained its international fame during « ragtime revival" in the 1970s when it was used as the theme song for the movie " The Sting" who won an Oscar.
7. Singingintherain
"Singing in the rain" - a song on verses Arthur Freed and music Nakio Herb Brown (Nacio Herb Brown), written in 1929, gained fame after the film of the same name. After watching the video, I always start to rejoice!
8. summer time
When people talk about jazz, then they often mean exactly “ summer time". Written work George Gershwin in 1935 for an opera "Porgy and Bess". Text authors: DuBos Hayward and Ira Gershwin(brother of George). Saying what is the basis for writing an aria Gershwin took Ukrainian lullaby "Oh, sleep around vikon", which he heard in New York performed by the Ukrainian National Choir conducted by Alexandra Kosice. We give heat there too!
9. feelinggood
"feeling good" (also known as " Feelin' good") is a song written by English singer-songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse in 1965. Since then, the composition has been recorded by many artists, including the outstanding Nina Simone.
10. helloDolly
Well, where are we without Armstrong! But what is interesting - the author of the music and words of the famous song, not Armstrong the person who set foot on Mars first Jerry German (Herman) (Jerry Herman). The song was very popular in 1964 when it was played on the radio as often as it is played today. Lady Gaga. But we all love Louis Armstrong made it what we know it today.
Soon I will prepare 25 best jazz compositions, including jazz standards in the original and their modern arrangements.
A new musical direction, called jazz, was born at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries as a result of the merging of European musical culture with African. He is characterized by improvisation, expressiveness and a special type of rhythm.
At the very beginning of the twentieth century, new musical ensembles began to be created, called. They included wind instruments (trumpet, clarinet, trombone), double bass, piano and percussion instruments.
Famous jazz players, thanks to their talent for improvisation and the ability to feel music subtly, gave impetus to the formation of many musical directions. Jazz has become the origin of many modern genres.
So, whose performance of jazz compositions made the listener's heart skip a beat in ecstasy?
Louis Armstrong
For many connoisseurs of music, it is his name that is associated with jazz. The dazzling talent of the musician fascinated from the first minutes of the performance. Merging with a musical instrument - a trumpet - he plunged his listeners into euphoria. Louis Armstrong has come a long way from a nimble little boy from a poor family to the famous King of Jazz.
Duke Ellington
Unstoppable creative personality. A composer whose music played with many styles and experiments. The talented pianist, arranger, composer, orchestra leader never tired of surprising with his innovation and originality.
His unique works were tested with great enthusiasm by the most famous orchestras of that time. It was Duke who came up with the idea of using the human voice as an instrument. More than a thousand of his works, called by connoisseurs of the "golden fund of jazz", were recorded on 620 discs!
Ella Fitzgerald
The "First Lady of Jazz" had a unique voice, the widest range of three octaves. Honorary awards of a talented American are hard to count. Ella's 90 albums have scattered around the world in incredible numbers. It is hard to imagine! For 50 years of creativity, about 40 million albums in her performance have been sold. Masterfully mastering the talent of improvisation, she easily worked together in a duet with other famous jazz performers.
Ray Charles
One of the most famous musicians, called "a real genius of jazz." 70 music albums have been distributed around the world in numerous editions. He has 13 Grammy awards to his credit. His compositions have been recorded in the US Library of Congress. The popular magazine Rolling Stone ranked Ray Charles number 10 of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time on the "List of Immortals".
Miles Davis
An American trumpeter who has been compared to the painter Picasso. His music had a great influence on shaping the music of the 20th century. Davis is the versatility of styles in jazz, the breadth of interests and accessibility for an audience of different ages.
Frank Sinatra
The famous jazz player comes from a poor family, short in stature and did not differ in any way. But he captivated the audience with his velvety baritone. The talented vocalist starred in musicals and drama films. Received numerous awards and special awards. Won an Oscar for The House I Live In
Billie Holiday
A whole era in the development of jazz. The songs performed by the American singer acquired individuality and radiance, played with overflows of freshness and novelty. The life and work of "Lady Day" was short, but bright and unique.
Famous jazz musicians have enriched the art of music with sensual and soulful rhythms, expressiveness and freedom of improvisation.
10 of the best jazzcompositions, in jazz standard.
jazz standards- musical works that are an important part of the jazz musical repertoire. These are songs and instrumental compositions that almost all jazzmen know.
In The Mood
Glenn Miller - American trombonist, arranger, leader of one of the best swing orchestras (late 1930s - early 1940s) - the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
Oh Lady Be Good
George and Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin was born December 6, 1896, in New York, USA - American songwriter, brother of the famous composer George Gershwin. In collaboration with his brother, he created many popular Broadway productions.
summer time
Lullaby from the opera "Porgy and Bess".
George Gershwin
My Funny Valentine
Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart, 1937
Stella by Starlight
Victor Young, 1946
My One and Only Love
Guy Wood and Robert Mellin, 1953
Satin Doll
Duke Ellington
Besame Mucho
Consuelo Velasquez
feeling good
Anthony Newley and Leslie Brikus
Performer Nina Simone
Nina Simone - Nina Simone, born February 21, 1933 - American singer, pianist, composer, arranger. She adhered to the jazz tradition, but used a variety of performed material.
I've Got You Under My Skin
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (Eng. Francis Albert Sinatra: December 12, 1915, Hoboken, New Jersey - May 14, 1998, Los Angeles) is an American actor, singer (crooner) and showman. Nine times he became the winner of the Grammy Award. He was famous for the romantic style of singing songs and the "velvet" timbre of his voice.
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If you carefully consider the jazz direction, then such an element as syncopation will immediately become noticeable in it, which, in fact, provides and creates the uniqueness of a jazzy playful mood.
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The birth of classical jazz
Representatives of African tribes are called the founders of jazz, and the beginning of the twentieth century is considered to be the peak of its heyday. It was in New Orleans that the birth of jazz took place, and it was precisely that style of performance that music historians consider "golden classics". Among the most famous early founders of jazz were dark-skinned people. Therefore, there is nothing surprising in the fact that the origin of the direction took place on the street among people-slaves.
Great jazzmen of the 20th century
Like any musical direction, jazz has musicians who set the tone for the whole style. Among those whose performance of jazz is considered the best, named:
Louis Armstrong
If you already name those musicians who are considered the most famous jazz performers of the twentieth century, then you should definitely name Louis Armstrong. He is also the ancestor of such a direction in jazz, which is considered to be classical.
Count Basie
Also notable is Count Basie, a jazz pianist who was also black. All of his works are most likely related to the blues. It was his compositions that proved that the blues is still a multifunctional musical direction. The musician gave concerts not only within the United States, but also in many European countries, where there were many admirers of his talent. Even after the musician's death in 1984, his band continued to tour around the world.
Women performing jazz.
But among the fair sex in this direction of music, Billy Holliday, Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald stand out. It was they who set the bar high for the masterful performance of jazz by women.
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Louis Daniel Armstrong
famous jazz musician, vocalist, composer, leader of the orchestra named after him. Biography of Louis Armstrong , begins in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA), August 4, 1901. Although Louis himself assured everyone that he was born on America's independence day at the beginning of the century, he believed that his birthday was July 4, 1900. Everyone was convinced of this, even his relatives until the moment when at the end
Louis Daniel was born in a very poor African American area of New Orleans. The biography of Louis Armstrong is silent about his parents, he had a beloved grandmother who raised him. Their home was in a black neighborhood, Storyville, famous for its clubs, ballrooms, bars, and brothels. In not the most favorable place for the development of such a gifted1980 found his birth certificate. What this secret was for, history is silent. Whether his parents assured him as a child, or he composed it himself and believed in it.
Child. Louis and his grandmother lived very poorly, and no matter how much she loved him, she had to give Louis, still a baby, to work. Little Armstrong, not yet realizing his great bright future, sold newspapers during the day, and in the evening he sang with his three friends on the street. Then the older one worked in the port and sold coal.
Louis Armstrong's musical biography begins in 1913, when he received his first education at Jones Home, a boarding camp for juvenile delinquents. Fate so it was conceived, he ended up there due to the fact that he shot a pistol on New Year's Eve. At Jones Home, he plays cornet in the orchestra.
After his release, he returned home as a rather technical musician, but again had to earn his living by hard work, and in the evenings he studied the art of jazz with New Orleans musicians, where he became a real musician. In 1922, at the invitation of King Oliver, Louis Armstrong came to Chicago to make his first recordings. In 1923, Armstrong met his wife, pianist Lily Harden. In 1925 they formed their own band, the Hot Five, then their own orchestra, Louis Armstrong And His Stomperts, which he directed.
The peak of the biography of Louis Armstrong finally falls on the 1920s. Louis Armstrong is a jazz star of the first magnitude. He tours Europe and North Africa, which brings him international fame and the breakdown of his marriage in the 1930s. Then he married again, married again, and with Lucille Wilson, his last wife, he lived until the end of his days.
In 1959, Armstrong suffered a heart attack, but did not stop playing.
Louis Armstrong's creative biography ends in March 1971 at his last All Stars performance in New York, and on July 6, 1971 he dies in New York. His kidneys failed from heart failure.
Billie Holiday
Eleanor was born in Philadelphia, spent her childhood in extreme poverty, the identity of her father is not exactly established. At the age of 11, she was raped, and three years later she and her mother were arrested on charges of prostitution. In the early 1930s, trying to get at least some legal income, she began performing in those nightclubs where alcohol was sold illegally during the Prohibition years (USA 1919-1933).
Very soon, Holiday gained a significant reputation in the world of jazz and moved to the most prestigious nightclubs in New York, where she performed slow songs on romantic themes ("Lover Man", "Don't Explain") with great force. Her fame was reinforced by Symphony in Black (1935), in which she co-starred with Duke Ellington. She also worked with the big bands of Artie Shaw and Count Basie, with the ensemble of saxophonist Lester Young. In 1939 she recorded a poignant song about the lynching of a Negro (" Strange fruit ”), which for many years became her hallmark.
After Holiday's death, there was no shortage of books and films based on various episodes of her biography. So, in the picture Lady sings the blues "(1972) the role of the singer was played by Diana Ross . In 1987, Holiday was awarded the posthumous " Grammy for lifetime achievement. Two years later the group dedicated the song "Angel of Harlem" to the memory of the singer. Her relaxed-lazy manner of performance is recognizable by many modern jazz performers - for example, Norah Jones. After thirty years, Holiday began to have chronic health problems. She was arrested several times for possession of drugs, she drank a lot, which negatively affected her voice, which was rapidly losing its former flexibility. Recent years have passed under the supervision of the police. Died "Lady Day" from cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 44 years.
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Frank Sinatra
was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. The son of poor Italian immigrants, he made his way on the radio, performed in nightclubs, and then with the orchestras of G. James and T. Dorsey. numbers in musical tapes. He played his first dramatic role in 1943 in the film Higher And Higher.
The owner of a pleasant baritone voice, frail and outwardly ineffectual, Sinatra turned into an idol of the youth of the 40s. In 1941, he starred in the film "Las Vegas Nights" (Las Vegas Nights), after which he appeared with vocal
