Category: Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated at the beginning of the 20th century, arguably earlier, within the African-American communities of the Southern United States. Its roots lie in the combining by African-Americans of certain European harmony and form elements, with their existing African-based music. Its African musical basis is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation and the swung note

The Section – The Section (1972)

After leaving the west coast group The City (see their “Now That Everything Has Been Said” post of June 17, 2010), Danny Kortchmar had settled into the security of an…