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2008-10-25 Down by the riverside: Check out a recording by the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers. They continue the tradition of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. I sang with them for eight years, and it's very likely I'm singing on the recording...
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2008-06-23 Musical Genre: Technically, a BAND is a group of instrumentalists who play BAND instruments (flute, saxophone, trumpet, etc.) HOWEVER, it is very common to call ANY musical group a band, for example, THE DAVE MATTHEWS...
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2008-06-15 Mystery Song: John, It doesn't sound like a rip-off, if that's what you mean. It has the feeling of "Speak Softly Love" (the theme from THE GODFATHER). . .but it's not so much like it that it's composer, Nino Rota...
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2008-03-18 Jazz and Blues: Sorry it has taken me this long to respond! This question must have fallen through the cracks! Blues and jazz are related, but different in style. Much jazz is based on the blues, but seldom the other...
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2007-12-15 Swingin Christmas Program: If it's a church sponsored program, it's probably sacred carols jazzed up, so consequently still considered "sacred." However, if it's all "Jingle Bells" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," it would...
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