With the debut song “Come Away with Me”, Norah Jones has already revitalized the international jazz scene. Suddenly, the interest in this music style was back. The critics rolled over in hymns of praise for her songs. It shouldn’t stop there. The album was extremely successful and made the petite New Yorker into an international…

If you are a fan of jazz music, you probably don’t really think of video games as a great place to hear your preferred style of music. On the whole games have evolved through bleeping 8-bit soundtracks (Super Mario) to fast paced guitar driven runners (Sonic Adventure), licensed popular metal and hip hop (The Tony…

A Selection of Great Relaxing Jazz Sounds Jazz comes in many different forms, though some may immedietly think of the fast paced, hard to follow improvised club jazz that was popular in the last century, its opposite also has great appeal. Chilled jazz delivers the unpredictability of jazz as well as some of its regular…

When you think of jazz music , maybe you think of the chasing brushed drums, maybe it’s a frantically plucked double bass, but if you hear a song start playing you know you are listening to jazz when the saxophone comes in. Though jazz is created without this instrument often, as it can be subbed…

Jazz is not just a music style, it is a movement and a way of thinking. The type of musician you find in a jazz club is wildly different from the one you will find at a pop concert. This isn’t just because of the genre of music they play but they way they think…

We have all heard the old advice that pregnant women should let their unborn babies tune into the sounds of classical music in order to make them smarter when they grow up. Whether or not this works, it hasn’t stopped mums all around the world giving it a try, however you may not know that…

Jazz may seem like a musical element tied solely to the past. Partly because it began in the late 19th century and was played on instruments like the trombone and double bass which we now only see frequently in orchestras. Jazz was played in dive bars in New Orleans many years ago and the idea…

Throughout history, music has evolved to witness the coming and going of many genres, some becoming popular but then hitting the bottom, thus we are not surprised by anything in the music industry anymore. Jazz is a sound that started more than 70 years ago during the so-called Golden Years. This period saw growth for…

Jazz is universally recognized as one of the most iconic music genres in history, having started in the African-American communities as a mixture between blues and modern vibes. It rose to the forefront in the 30’s during the Golden Years, a period when all music genres including jazz managed to touch the hearts of all…

When we think about jazz, we usually think about the great names like Aretha Franklin or Louis Armstrong who were among the pioneers of this genre, although the whole story of jazz doesn’t stop in the 40s or 50s. It is one of the most complex music genres and even though we may associate it…