Jazz/Blues
Kris Bowers Teaches YouTubers the History of Jazz Piano Playing from the 1800s to Now, NPR Makes Corrections
Symphonic Synchrony: Three New Devices That Allow Any Simple Object to Become a Beloved Musical Instrument
I don't know about you, but my band and I have a recurring joke that we can plug in and tune into our fruit in the van, hearing myriad scores and compositions of our own concoctions, some subjectively known as L'Orange: Suite Deux and Beet-le-mania. The Column: Where Are Today's Oscar-Happy Classical Composers?
For no apparent reason, we've been perusing the list of winners of the Best Original Score Oscar since the prize was inaugurated in the 1930's. It makes for interesting reading.
