Listen to all the tracks on our exclusive Spotify playlist at spoti.fi/jazz (if you are reading the app, copy and paste the URL into your web browser)Tony Bennett, singerArt Tatum’s Tea For Two is a perfect composition to start appreciating jazz music and in particular jazz piano, as Tatum gives a masterclass in the art form on this track. When I was just starting out I had a voice teacher who suggested that I listen to jazz musicians to guide me on my vocal style, and I studied Tatum and how skilfully he built each and every song performance. Nancy Wilson GETTY IMAGESCourtney Pine, saxophonistHappy Talk by Nancy Wilson and Julian Cannonball Adderley is a perfect marriage of music that this pair recorded back in…

Source: The Times March 07, 2019 17:03 UTC