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Learn a famous Jazz Tune in 5 minutes! "So What" by Miles Davis
Learn a famous Jazz Tune in 5 minutes! "So What" by Miles Davis
Ravel's influence on Jazz
Ravel is one of those composers that has a lot of sounds that cross over well into the sounds of jazz.... did you know Herbie Hancock has interpreted Ravel's music?
1) Please read:
2) Then listen to the original:
3) Then listen to Herbie Hancock's interpretation. As you can hear, there is improvising!
4) Homework: find me another track of classical music interpreted by a jazz musician. Send me a link to the track and a quick write-up (kind of like what I did above for this one - doesn't take that long and is super interesting to do in my opinion!)