Watch this video clip with a cover version of the Weather Report tune Birdland performed by Maynard Ferguson and his big band.
Traditional Chinelo Music and Dance from the Mexican State of Morelos
This video clip shows some traditional dance music from the central mexican state of Morelos, about 80 km south of Mexico City. The music is played by marching bands and consists of short phrases which are played over and over again while the dancers walk jumping through the streets. At a [...]
Trumpet Player Dizzy Gillespie Performing A Night in Tunesia in a Show from 1958
This is a video clip showing the great jazz trumpet player Dizzy Gillespie performing the song A Night in Tunesia. The drummer on this recording is Kenny Clarke.
The song earned this title after Earl Hines suggested it to Dizzy because the melody sounded exotic and because of World War II battles, [...]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – ‘Der Hölle Rache’ – The Magic Flute
T SEEMS THAT ENVY IS THE MOTOR OF THE ART BUSINESS.
In 1791 Mozart composed The Zauberflöte (Magic Flute), an opera in two acts which includes a chapter called Königin er Nacht (Queen of Night), and this video showed a song called “Der Hölle Rache” (Hell’s Vengance) which was played in this video by the [...]
Miles Davis – Soloing on ‘Footprints’
Miles Davis is along with Dizzy Gillespie one of the greatest jazz trumpet players of all times. Watch this videoclip of the jazz tune ‘Footprints’ and listen to Miles Davis playing the trumpet with his particular style.
Many of the most important classical jazz players have played in the group of Miles [...]
