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About PeanutsJazz |
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PeanutsJazz is a new site all about Jazz. Our aim is to build up this site
over a period of time to become one of the internet's standard
reference points for anything you want to know about jazz artists and bands,
with discographies, biographies, links and anything else we can think up.
You can search for an artist by name or for a record or track title, or for
a combination of these. To find an artist now, enter the name (or part of the
name) in the box marked "artist search" (above right) and hit the button. For
a more advanced search, click on the "advanced search" link in the header.
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PeanutsJazz Statistics |
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Current Stats:
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4,943 |
| Recordings: |
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75,111 |
| Tracks: |
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752,378 |
| Record Reviews: |
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11,323 |
and counting..... |
Where does it come from?
We aggregate data from a number of diverse sources. Much of the data
comes to us from record companies and we supplement this with
material produced in-house, with public domain data and one or two
data sources we licence.
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Featured Artist:
Frank Sinatra |
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Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998)
was an American singer who is considered one of the finest
vocalists of all time, renowned for his impeccable phrasing
and timing. In middle age, Sinatra launched a second career
as a film actor, and became admired for his gritty onscreen persona.
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey as the son of a quiet father and
a talented, tempestuous mother, Sinatra decided to become
a singer after hearing Bing Crosby on the radio. He began
singing in small clubs in New Jersey and eventually attracted
the attention of trumpeter and band-leader Harry James.
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Featured Album:
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The Very Best of Louis Armstrong
This British compilation contains some of
Louis Armstrong's finest music from the
1920's up to 1970. While the standard of re-mastering is high, there
is a limit to how much can be done with very old recordings, even
with the best technology available in the year 2000. Nevertheless,
the engineers have done a superb job.
The album includes several duets, with partners including
Billie Holiday,
Bing Crosby,
Louis Jordan,
two live tracks with Velma Middleton
('Don't fence me in' and 'Baby it's cold outside') and six tracks with
Ella Fitzgerald.
The Louis and Ella duets include 'Summertime', 'Tenderly'
and 'Stars fell on Alabama'.
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Fact File:
Jazz |
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Jazz is a musical art form rooted in West African cultural
and musical expression and in the African American blues
tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly
characterized by blue notes,
syncopation,
swing,
call and response,
polyrhythms and
improvisation.
It grew out of a cross-fertilization of folk blues, ragtime, and
European music, particularly marching band music. It has been called
the first original art form to develop in the United States of
America. World-renowned African-American composer, trumpeter and jazz
historian Wynton Marsalis has called jazz "the musical expression
of the nobility of the race."
Jazz appears in various styles, such as:-
dixieland,
swing,
bebop,
hard bop,
soul jazz,
acid jazz,
free jazz,
cool jazz,
jazz-rock fusion,
modal jazz,
nu jazz,
latin jazz and
smooth jazz
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