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jazz

[jaz] / dʒæz /


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Kimora Dean, who is autistic and has ADHD, had been thriving as a junior at John F. Kennedy High School in Silver Spring, Md., playing jazz piano and getting good grades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Radio personality, jazz singer and former BET host Angela Stribling died on Sunday of cancer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

I used to vacation in a cabin on Narragansett Bay where I was typically awakened to a symphony of gulls and other birds; I’d often wondered if other jazz musicians saw possibilities in these sounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Afrobeats has been a constant presence, alongside genres including fuji, jazz and zouk.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Blues scales, used in blues, jazz, and other African-American traditions, grew out of a compromise between European and African scales.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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