Tim Minchin's riotously eclectic score skitters unpredictably from pop to jazz to semi-Sondheim to good old-fashioned razzmatazz.
Beyond the chamber circuit, the group has also appeared in nightclubs and with pop and jazz singers such as Luke Temple and Kurt Elling.
With an easy sensuality, Jones found the seam between pop and jazz, writing songs that sound as if she grew up immersed in the canon and knows how to sing a gentle version of it.
The Jam helped established Weller as one of the most visible and imitated rock artists of all time, but he further experimented with his sound upon the creation of The Style Council, which melded pop, jazz, soul and more.
During the same time, his own style evolved, and he developed the ability to move seamlessly among rock, soul, pop and electronic jazz while releasing eight studio albums.
But Mr. Jain says that his primary influence is North India, with a secondary contribution from the jazz and pop of his youth.
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That album generated three Top 20 hits and helped Hornsby win the Best New Artist Grammy, and it laid the groundwork for a wildly diverse career encompassing jazz, pop, classical, bluegrass, folk, rock and Vaudeville.
Add the magic of Hollywood and later the sound of the Beach Boys' pop and cool West Coast jazz: no wonder the world thought California to be especially blessed.
That is to say, even though they were in a 'rock' or 'pop' bag, my jazz sensibilities and the fine musicians I used for the audio recordings made the songs seem unusual to the Saturday morning cartoon listeners.
Cape Town's nightlife also embraces cabaret and comedy venues, and live music gigs with jazz, rock and pop are all popular.
He was at ease with rock, jazz, swing and pop, working with Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, Elton John and Tony Bennett, Madonna and Lou Reed.
The two performances were the latest in an annual series of benefit concerts with pop-rock performers to support Jazz at Lincoln Center, which in previous years has featured Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson and Paul Simon.
Bernstein mixes well-known pop songs with a lost style of jazz that predates the big band era.
Jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut and pop icon Elvis Presley aren't a likely pairing: Chestnut is one of the top pianists of a generation born many years after songs like "Love Me Tender, " "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" made Presley the king of rock 'n' roll.
While their accessible sound was not to the taste of some trad jazz purists, they were now pop stars as well as jazzmen, and more top 10 hits followed with March of the Siamese Children and The Green Leaves of Summer.
Jazz up your basic suit or dress with a pop of color from a sharp tie or an accent pin.
He played at Woodstock and the 1967 Monterey Pop festival, and also collaborated with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and jazz saxophonist John Coltrane.
Brecker was a multiple Grammy winner who played in a variety of jazz settings and even crossed over to the world of pop music.
If Garlin fills his film with knowing allusions to old pop culture, such as Jackie Gleason, classic movies, and jazz LPs, he does it with a point: his modern world is a thin and lonely place.
As one of a generation of "young lions" who came of age in the 1990s, McBride crosses easily from more traditional jazz forms into the fusion sounds of Weather Report, and pop touring and recording with Sting and Diana Krall.
The televised presentations target pop, country, urban, rock, and rap categories, leaving the jazz, gospel, classical, Latin and other categories to the pre-show.
So for a more objective assessment of his essays on pop culture (which include ruminations on rapper Mos Def, former Beach Boy Brian Wilson and jazz bandleader Billy Eckstein), read this recent review.
The latest suite of stereo headphones will excite and impress pop and rock enthusiasts who want massive, high-definition sound clarity as well as serious jazz and classical audiophiles looking to take their favorite recordings to another level of performance and sophistication.
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He went through changes that ranged from imitating Nat Cole and Charles Brown to finding his own voice in jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll, country, pop and soul.
True, he has a very strong voice and can certainly tinkle on the old ivories compared to your average chart topping pop star... but not anywhere near to the standard that I would expect to hear at a top jazz gig.
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