{"id":463,"date":"2016-04-26T06:58:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T05:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/?p=463"},"modified":"2016-11-17T15:02:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T15:02:13","slug":"feed-some-jazz-to-your-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/2016\/04\/26\/feed-some-jazz-to-your-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Feed some Jazz to your soul"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was young, I did not know that I would\u00a0fall in love with\u00a0jazz music that much but things\u00a0started to change by\u00a0just\u00a0a single “mistake” click on one of the YouTube videos.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

On that heavily raining, cozy day, I could vividly remember the first modern jazz music that I now listen to for ages, the music was called\u00a0“Temple of Dreams” by\u00a0Jonathan Fritz\u00e9n.<\/p>\n

During the initial exposure to the\u00a0instrumental music, I didn’t\u00a0know which genre of music it actually belonged to. All I could imagine at that time was a picture of myself enjoying a glass of wine with a background music playing the smooth melodies embellished\u00a0with clean detached notes. Since then, my interest in jazz started to develop and my journey to the world of jazz music\u00a0began.<\/p>\n

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Throughout the years of listening to jazz, \u00a0I have developed personalized preferences and acoustical acuity toward\u00a0smooth jazz pieces. Hence, I have listed a range of smooth jazz artists and their respective musical work that\u00a0I highly recommend you add in your playlist:<\/p>\n

1.Gregg Karukas –\u00a0Night Shift<\/strong>
\nNight Shift\u00a0is definitely\u00a0a representative of his extraordinary work in jazz community in my opinion. In this particular jazz piece, I love how GK\u00a0started off the\u00a0sequences\u00a0with coupled harmonious\u00a0notes.\u00a0This is definitely a must-have music for a break or unwinding after school\/work.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Gregg Karukas – Soul Kisses<\/strong><\/p>\n

Again this cleverly-written song\u00a0started off with\u00a0cleanly separated piano notes and finished off by the improvisations accompanied with the tenor\u00a0saxophonist. This could be your upcoming holiday\u00a0track!<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. Freddie Ravel- Sunny Side Up<\/strong>
\nI just love how Freddie tickles the ivories. Rather than the other two, Sunny Side Up could really hype you up in the morning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0Shilts- A Promise is a Promise<\/strong>
\nI am extremely admiring how Shilts could bring his bright tone on his alto saxophone into a spotlight. If you do love bright sound and uptempo jazz, Jeff Kashiwa – (Show me love) could\u00a0be your next playlist too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0Euge Groove – Slow Jam<\/strong>
\nEuge Grove plays various style of saxophone music including funk as in\u00a0the\u00a0“XXL”. Exceptionally, this was one of the smooth jazz piece\u00a0that is packed with sad sentiments and affections.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Steven Grove who is usually known as “Euge Groove”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

6.\u00a0Jessy J – Hot Sauce<\/strong>
\nWho says she can’t play? I love the wildness of her tenor saxophone sound and the latter altissimo\u00a0G growls. The combination of note bending and vibrato techniques paint the harmonies up!<\/p>\n

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I hope that this short blog article could help you understand jazz better – if not then there there are a lot of interesting news articles about jazz music and how it relates to your cognitive abilities.\u00a0In this article, I have mentioned quite a number of artists\u00a0and their respective work. And here’s another bonus, they are easily accessible on YouTube and I hope you could have your own fun time discovering this genre of music, too! Let me know what you think.<\/p>\n

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