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erikleuthaeuser<p>This semester at @hs_osnabrueck I led an ensemble taking a closer look at queer jazz musicians and composers throughout jazz history and playing their songs. Unfortunately, our singer @merlethordis got sick ❤️‍🩹 and I jumped in last minute to sing this arrangement of Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" that our pianist <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/juliusholzenkamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>juliusholzenkamp</span></a> made. 🎶🎤</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/IfqIc3jJTEQ?si=VSv6AqJQfOOmWfsV" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/IfqIc3jJTEQ</span><span class="invisible">?si=VSv6AqJQfOOmWfsV</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vocaljazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vocaljazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazzsinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzsinger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazzvocalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzvocalist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazzstandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzstandard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazzstandardoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzstandardoftheday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coleporter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coleporter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazzeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzeducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazzed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzed</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"A Night in Tunisia" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/musicalComposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musicalComposition</span></a> written by American trumpeter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DizzyGillespie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DizzyGillespie</span></a> in 1942. He wrote it while he was playing with the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BennyCarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BennyCarter</span></a> band. It has become a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a>. It is also known as "Interlude", and with lyrics by Raymond Leveen was recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SarahVaughan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SarahVaughan</span></a> in 1944. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqihuIeMF1Q" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=mqihuIeMF1Q</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a> written by composer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DukeEllington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DukeEllington</span></a>. The song was originally entitled "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" quickly became a hit after <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BobRussell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BobRussell</span></a> wrote its lyrics in 1942. Two different recordings of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", one by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheInkSpots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheInkSpots</span></a> and the 1940 instrumental by Ellington's band. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ4BolIbdUg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=fJ4BolIbdUg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DukeEllington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DukeEllington</span></a> with lyrics by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BubberMiley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BubberMiley</span></a>, first published by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IrvingMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrvingMills</span></a>. It is now accepted as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a>, and jazz historian <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GuntherSchuller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GuntherSchuller</span></a> characterized it as "now legendary" and "a prophetic piece and a prophetic title". In 2008, Ellington's 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GrammyHallOfFame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrammyHallOfFame</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uALSQWYZWSE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=uALSQWYZWSE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Misty" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a> written and originally recorded in 1954 by pianist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ErrollGarner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErrollGarner</span></a>. He composed it as an instrumental in the traditional <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/32barFormat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>32barFormat</span></a>, and recorded it on July 27, 1954 for the album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Contrasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Contrasts</span></a>. Lyrics were added later by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnnyBurke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyBurke</span></a>. It appeared on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnnyMathis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyMathis</span></a>' 1959 album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Heavenly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heavenly</span></a>, and this recording reached number 12 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPopSingles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPopSingles</span></a> chart later that year. It has since become Mathis’ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/signatureSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signatureSong</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzt2rdWBazo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=yzt2rdWBazo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"'Round Midnight" (sometimes titled "'Round About Midnight") is a 1943 composition by American jazz <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pianist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pianist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheloniousMonk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheloniousMonk</span></a> that quickly became a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a> and has been recorded by a wide variety of artists. A version recorded by Monk's quintet was added to the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GrammyHallOfFame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrammyHallOfFame</span></a> in 1993. It is one of the most recorded jazz standards composed by a jazz musician. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTO438Ps0xU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=rTO438Ps0xU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Come Rain or Come Shine" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popularMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popularMusic</span></a> song and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a> with music by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HaroldArlen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaroldArlen</span></a> and lyrics by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnnyMercer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyMercer</span></a>. It was written for the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Broadway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Broadway</span></a> musical <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StLouisWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StLouisWoman</span></a>, which opened on March 30, 1946, and closed after 113 performances. The show also produced another notable standard, "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AnyPlaceIHangMyHatIsHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnyPlaceIHangMyHatIsHome</span></a>." "Come Rain or Come Shine" is one in a series of enduring songs with meteorological themes that Arlen composed through the course of his career. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35bF9TBilPo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=35bF9TBilPo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"How Insensitive" (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Portuguese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portuguese</span></a>: Insensatez) is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bossaNova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bossaNova</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a> song composed by Brazilian musician <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ant%C3%B4nioCarlosJobim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntônioCarlosJobim</span></a>. The original lyrics are by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Vin%C3%ADciusDeMoraes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ViníciusDeMoraes</span></a> (in Portuguese); an English version was written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NormanGimbel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NormanGimbel</span></a>. Jobim recorded the song in 1994 with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sting</span></a> on lead vocals for his last studio album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ant%C3%B4nioBrasileiro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntônioBrasileiro</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uunRtLQtwc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=2uunRtLQtwc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popularSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popularSong</span></a> written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IrvingBerlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrvingBerlin</span></a> in 1919 which became the theme song of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ZiegfeldFollies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZiegfeldFollies</span></a>. The first verse and refrain are considered part of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GreatAmericanSongbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatAmericanSongbook</span></a> and are often covered as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPfX-39gbs4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=IPfX-39gbs4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeorgeGershwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeGershwin</span></a> with lyrics by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IraGershwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IraGershwin</span></a> and published in 1930, which became a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a>. Its <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chordProgression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chordProgression</span></a>, known as the "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rhythmChanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rhythmChanges</span></a>", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CharlieParker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieParker</span></a>'s and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DizzyGillespie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DizzyGillespie</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bebop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bebop</span></a> standard "Anthropology (Thrivin' on a Riff)". <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4hI-xhGZug" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=v4hI-xhGZug</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Giant Steps" is a jazz <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/composition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>composition</span></a> by American saxophonist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnColtrane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnColtrane</span></a>. It was first recorded in 1959 and released on the 1960 album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GiantSteps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiantSteps</span></a>. The composition features a cyclic chord pattern that has come to be known as <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ColtraneChanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColtraneChanges</span></a>. The composition has become a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a>, covered by many artists. Due to its speed and rapid transition through the three keys of B major, G major and E♭ major, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Vox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vox</span></a> described the piece as "the most feared song in jazz". <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwIC6B_dvW4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=KwIC6B_dvW4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Fine and Mellow" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a> written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillieHoliday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillieHoliday</span></a>, who first recorded it on April 20, 1939 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> label. It is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blues</span></a> lamenting the bad treatment of a woman at the hands of "my man". <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqxG09wlIA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=YKqxG09wlIA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Desafinado" (a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Portuguese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portuguese</span></a> word, usually rendered into English as "Out of Tune", or as "Off Key") is a 1959 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bossaNova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bossaNova</span></a> song and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a> composed by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ant%C3%B4nioCarlosJobim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntônioCarlosJobim</span></a> with lyrics (in Portuguese) by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NewtonMendon%C3%A7a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewtonMendonça</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCMhuN3053o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=tCMhuN3053o</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"One O'Clock Jump" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a>; a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/12barBlues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>12barBlues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/instrumental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instrumental</span></a>, written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CountBasie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CountBasie</span></a> in 1937. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfwhkDmM1g" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=utfwhkDmM1g</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Ja-Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing, Jing, Jing!)" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hitSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hitSong</span></a> written in 1918 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BobCarleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BobCarleton</span></a>. The title is sometimes rendered simply as "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Jada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jada</span></a>." The song has flourished through the decades as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a>. In his definitive American Popular Songs, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlecWilder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlecWilder</span></a> writes about the song's simplicity: <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgcfzwFpKzs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=QgcfzwFpKzs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Jasmine Amezian<p>🎶 Body and Soul ✨️ by Green and Heyman (1930)<br>🎹 With my beloved <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@maxi_muses" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>maxi_muses</span></a></span> 🩵</p><p>➡️<a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/vBkK8Z3M4HE?si=IobM6d1f2yd-OCeW" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/vBkK8Z3M4HE</span><span class="invisible">?si=IobM6d1f2yd-OCeW</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/song" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>song</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/singing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>singing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/piano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piano</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pianomusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pianomusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazzstandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzstandard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vocaltraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vocaltraining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazzmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a></p>
João Paz<p>Wow, this is just wonderful. </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=LY8xgdrxjKQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=LY8xgdrxjKQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazzguitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzguitar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saxophone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>saxophone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lagelund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lagelund</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/benwendel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>benwendel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazzstandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzstandard</span></a></p>
Oren Levine<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TunesOnTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TunesOnTuesday</span></a> goes back to the American Songbook for "Everything Happens To Me" by Matt Dennis and Tom Adair (1940). Maybe the lyric needs a 21st century update? <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/songwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>songwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/songwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>songwriter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/americansongbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>americansongbook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jazzstandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzstandard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jazztodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazztodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> <a href="https://ohljazz.com/2025/04/08/tunes-on-tuesday-everything-happens-to-me/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ohljazz.com/2025/04/08/tunes-o</span><span class="invisible">n-tuesday-everything-happens-to-me/</span></a></p>
Oren Levine<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TunesOnTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TunesOnTuesday</span></a> goes back to the standards with "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" by McHugh and Adamson from 1943. Next step is to learn the lyrics! <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jazzstandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzstandard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jazzpiano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzpiano</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/solopiano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solopiano</span></a> <a href="https://ohljazz.com/2025/03/18/tunes-on-tuesday-a-lovely-way-to-spend-an-evening/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ohljazz.com/2025/03/18/tunes-o</span><span class="invisible">n-tuesday-a-lovely-way-to-spend-an-evening/</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Django" is a 1954 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jazzStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazzStandard</span></a> written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnLewis</span></a> as a tribute to the Belgian-born jazz guitarist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DjangoReinhardt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DjangoReinhardt</span></a>. It was a signature composition of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ModernJazzQuartet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModernJazzQuartet</span></a>, of which Lewis was the pianist and musical director. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncMmN90fYFY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=ncMmN90fYFY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>