Just recently was the 50th anniversary of what turned out to be the final performance of the Beatles. On January 3oth 1969, The Beatles went up on the rooftop of the headquarters of Apple Records in central London and played…
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Five More Classic Jazz Songs For Your Classic Rock Friends
This is a continuation of my previous post “Five Classic Jazz Songs For Your Classic Rock Friends” (https://roymusicusa.com/2019/01/13/five-classic-jazz-songs-for-your-classic-rock-friends/). In that post, I was talking about classic jazz tunes that might appeal to your friends who are more inclined to listen…
Tagged with: Art Blakey, Classic jazz, Classic Rock, Duke Ellington, Giant Steps, Jazz Messengers, John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Rockin' In Rhythm, Sidewinder, Straight No Chaser, Thelonious Monk
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Five Classic Jazz Songs For Your Classic Rock Friends
One of the things that music nerds like me like to do is to try and turn people onto music we love (that’s really what this blog is about). So over the years I have tried to get my friends,…
A Short Selection Of Holiday Themed Music That Doesn’t Suck
I think the title pretty much sums it up. Let’s first go with something classy, Duke Ellington. who in 1960 recorded a jazz interpretation of “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky. The video below is of the Overture, opening with a descending…
Tagged with: Christmas Music, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Run-DMC, The Nutcracker, The Waitresses, Vulfpeck
Posted in Classic Rock, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
A Haiku For The Holidays 2018
Something Different For The Holidays This Year Music Is A Gift The New Jazz Spasms – Tradition (Fiddler On The Roof)
“May All Your Dreams “. . . : Brian May’s Star Licks Guitar Video
Continuing with the Queen theme from my previous post, the video below is from a series of instructional videos fthat were made in the ealy 1980’s called Star Licks. Besides Brian May, the series featured well-known musicians such as Steve…
Tagged with: Brian May, Insrructional Guitar Video, Queen
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Queen For A Day . . . : Bohemian Rhapsody On Classical Guitar
I haven’t seen the movie yet but with the recent release of the Queen/Freddie Mercury biopic, I thought it would be a good time to share this great video of classical guitarist Edgar Cruz playing a solo guitar arrangement of…
Tagged with: Bohemian Rhapsody, Classical Guitar, Freddie Mercury, Queen
Posted in Classic Rock, Classical
Posted in Classic Rock, Classical
