Daily Jazz Notes

 Back to the Roots I’m taking jazz back to its New Orleans roots by introducing Troy Andrews, better known as “Trombone Shorty.”  Trombone Shorty,  a New Orleans native, is the real deal, a child prodigy, playing his first gig with the Bo Didley, the legendary rock & roll, blues and funk guitar player.  Trombone Shorty is a multi-genre, multi-instrumentalist, and has risen to fame as a trumpeter, vocalist, keyboardist, and trombonist.  He creates amazing combonations of traditional big band New Orleans jazz with a modern twist of rock, R&B, soul, funk, and hip-hop.   Trombone Shorty’s breakout album Backatown dropped in 2010.  To get your fandom started, I am providing a review and sample of some of tracks, but the entire album is 100% fire. The first track, Hurricane Season, comes in literally like a hurricane – strong and big.  It is an instrumental featuring  brass sounds, drums, a strong bass, and  heavy, funky guitar ri...

Meme About the Meme I created this meme using a picture of a disappointed and irritated man wearing a hoodie. The irritated  man in the hoodie represents the expression that I show when someone tells me that jazz is created for only senior citizens.  As I stated before, jazz is still important in today's world, and the genre does not have an age limit. Lastly, jazz will always be an amazing musical genre and artform that will live on. CC Licenses Picture of an angry man , by Craig Adderley ,  CC0 - Public Domain

  Photo Remix: Jazz Gumbo Jazz is like a bowl of gumbo.  Music with a hearty stew of flavor and groove. The photo remix symbolizes the different "flavors" of the jazz gumbo, better known as subgenres. It highlights the subgenres of Hard Bop,  Bebop, Jazz Fusion, Latin and New Orleans jazz, represented by a photo of Miles Davis (represented in three subgenres),  Timbales (latin jazz instrument), and traditonal New Orleans jazz band. PDF Link: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:90502a20-af9c-3912-8443-01da1ae9334b CC Licenses Gumbo Image by Glitch ,  CC0 - Public Domain Timbales Cropped Image by Andrewa,  CC BY-SA-3.0 Deed This image was modified into a circle Miles Davis at North Sea Festival  by Rob Bogaert, CC0-Public Domain New-Orleans-Jazz Fest 1993 by Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 4.0   This image was slightly transformed so It can fit the page