They're a modern country / rock band. I've got three of their albums (lady antebullum, need you now, and own the night). Pretty much all their albums have those 1-2 hit songs that have done well for them and the others are very vanilla kind of modern country music. In saying that very good vocal and music abilities. To sum up, good music and band with a couple of hit songs on every album has made them popular
That’s a great post. I have educated my self into appreciating jazz by reading and listening. The more one listens , say to the almost infinite renditions of a Round Midnight the more one is cued in on where the music is coming from and going.Watching Daniel Barenboim videos on youtube. Good way to learn about structuring of music. melodies and harmonies and improvisations. Atonality is a deliberate thing too. I would always lose the plot and wonder why is For example a John Coltrane improvisation going on randomly blowing a million notes per second sometimes and they sound like noise to my ears. One of the other things I enjoyed understanding was building tension and releasing it in a piece of music. About how musicians lay a foundation in way of a melody or harmony and then meander into exploration/improvisation but sometimes to listeners it all makes sense when this exploration or improvisation reaches a full circle and connects back with the foundation laid at the start. For beginners like me its a good way to understand and enjoy and appreciate music. Any comments or further sugestions along these lines from fellow members?
That’s a great post. I have educated my self into appreciating jazz by reading and listening. The more one listens , say to the almost infinite renditions of a Round Midnight the more one is cued in on where the music is coming from and going.
In My Favourite Things Coltrane’s sax chews the melody and takes it to very dark places before one again bringing it out in the sun and the meadows and the daisies.
Kurt Elling puts words ( vocalese) on Coltrane’s Pursuance from A Love Supreme that morphs this immortal piece into something like his own personal invocation to a pantheon of deities.
Another example- St Thomas ( a George and Ira Gershwin composition ) in Saxophone Collosus sounds quite tame and sanitised compared to the jagged live b/w version by Rollins that’s commonly available on YouTube.There are other more contemporary versions of it by say Joshua Redman ( one which begins with very long vamp) and which includes other cats like Brad Melihu besides those by Michel Petruciani , Branford Marsalis etc.
That’s why I feel when going to a jazz concert it would be a good idea to have some acquaintance with the repertoire that would be laid out so that one would have done the homework to enhance ones appreciation and enjoyment. But some would say that would be too much like attending a classical concert.
Because the beauty of jazz is in the improvisation and the hide and seek that the cat plays with you.
Glad you liked it Rahul. will share more soon.@Sushant Sharma , thanks for the tip on Alfa Mist.. Just checked them out on youtube and really liked their music.. Have downloaded the album...
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