Rock and Pop Songs That Use A LOT OF JAZZ
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- David Bennett (of David Bennett Piano) and I decided to each make a video about the influence of jazz on popular music. Here's my take on it!
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Great Video.
You did't tell us the names of the artists at the end. I know the most but not all of them. Would like to check out the ones i don't know.
Thank you for pointing that out. Here they are! (But not in the same order) Robert Glasper, D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Kendrick Lamar, No Name, Questlove, Brittany Howard, J Dilla, Pomplamoose, Snarky Puppy, Jacob Collier, Mac Ayers, Thundercat, and Domi Keys
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@@AimeeNolte Cool "lesson". Dimash singer, multi-instrumentslist, songwriter is leading the way with a new sound combining Opera, Pop, Rock with acoustic Kazakh folk instrumentation and Jazz vocal runs. ruclips.net/video/W9FlDMCo8LU/видео.html
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It was great to work with you Aimee! Great video as always 🎵😁
oh hi david
I just came here from your video!
Just finished your video and now I'm and subscribed. Thanks David!
Thanks David! Such a fun project!
I followed your recommendation and
discovered Aimee Nolte's channel.
Thank you and God bless both of you. I continue to to tell people that youtube is treasure trove of content for people who are passionate about about listening to, playing or learning about or talking about music---or doing all of these , like me. If only this had existed when i was a teenager in the mid -1970s.....sigh.....
David bennett sent me
Your picture of Blood Sweat and Tears is the members of the Grateful Dead :P Love the video :)
Came directly from David Bennett’s video
Here’s a “heavy” i think you left out - QUINCY JONES - he was in Tommy Dorsey’s orchestra, was musical arranger & band leader for Frank Sinatra, and produced three Michael Jackson records: OFF THE WALL, THRILLER, and BAD (!!!).
One interesting factoid. Musicians of course study under other musicians, and composers study under other composers. There is an unbroken line of famous name teacher-student relationships leading from Felix Mendelssohn to Quincy Jones.
Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the Hendrix Experience, was very much a jazz drummer going in, and it shows on some of the songs they did together.
Big time. 3rd Stone would have turned out entirely different with Ansley at the drums. The toss of a coin and Mitch was the man. The universe had it right.
Ginger Baker, Ian Paice, and Bill Ward were also jazz drummers.
The mention of Sonny Rollins/Rolling Stones made me think of this awesome story about how he heard "Waiting On A Friend" by the Rolling Stones once at the grocery store and loved the sax solo. And then he remembered that he was the one who played it.
"A hundred years ago. I’ll tell you something funny: Some years ago after that record came out, I was shopping in the supermarket and they play this music, you know, pop songs. So one day, I heard this song and thought, “Hey! This saxophone one player on this record, he really sounds like something.” Then I realized, it was me. I know some people like that record a lot, though, and think it was the last good one they made."
Absolute legend. Awesome video!
We often confuse musical genres with marketing packages. It sometimes takes a generation before we recognize the pure music as a developmental progression bound to our cultural history. Wonderful video!!!
A great example of jazz musicians playing psychedelic rock: the Cream!! Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce launched Clapton to his best with their jazz experience
Eric also played with other jazz cats like Marcus Miller, Joe Sample, Steve Gadd, the show is called Legends: Live at Montreux and is, well legendary.
Agreed mate! Cream is a very good example.
Even early Black Sabbath songs such as Wicked World and Fairies Wear Boots had a strong sense of swing in them. Jazz and blues truly are important and influential towards the development of genres such as rock 'n' roll and heavy metal in general.
Thanks for mentioning him, the "Master": Frank Zappa was somehow the "Master of the Vamp". Some songs are a long, but very interesting vamp.
David Bennett sent me as well
Amy you have such a sweet voice
Both videos are really well-done and deeply informative... this crossover/collab is fabulous! Two great tastes that taste great together
As a perpetual student of harmony, I highly agree that circle of fifths/fourths is a very integral part of jazz. I love how you explain the influence of jazz towards popular music in general so well, Aimee 👍👍🔥🔥😎😎
Came here via David Bennett too. Never thought of Stevie Wonder as a jazz musician, more as someone who used jazz inflections in his palette.
Same, I guess it’s because he’s too [in every household] popular compared to most well-known jazz musicicans.
I came here because of David Bennett 's recommendation and boy am I glad I listened to him. I cant wait to explore other videos on your channel. Ive been a hobbyist-guitarist on and off for 50 years and I love all genres of music ( thank you mom and dad and your record collection. RIP with Miles Davis.) I cant wait to learn new (for me , that is ) music theory principles
and experiment with integrating these principles into my rock/pop playing..
After all , pablo picasso reputedly said - lesser artists borrow, great ones steal - 🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🥁🎷🎸🎹🎷🎺❤
I was just watching Rick Beato, and the algo connected us. LOVE your love of music!
Came here from David Bennett’s video. Thanks for the insights.
David sent me.
Technically, George Michael employed the "Bo Diddley" Rhythm which is basically just a 3 - 2 clave. which is most prevalent in Afro-Cuban music, which is also been appropriated as the "Second Line" groove.
I completely agree with everything else you said here.
Loved this video Aimee. One crossover I really like is the double bassist Jack Fallon whom played with Ellington, Shearing and Django to name a few. He'd later play violin on the Beatles Ringo song 'Don't Pass me By'. I also really like Stephane Grappelli with Pink Floyd on a version of Wish you were Here.
I think I enjoyed this even more than David's video :) I have always thought of Steely Dan as a jazz group that sometimes did pop and rock, not the other way 'round.
Great call on how innovative Hip Hop is, particularly with incorporating jazz.
Lovely to meet you Aimee. Keep up the good work.
Here I was sennet by David Bennett. I appreciate the facets of your analysis.
James Taylor have a recording alongside with Michael Brecker and Herbie Hancock of the same song you mentioned... I just wanted to state that it sounds so lit. RIP Michael Brecker
David Bennett sent me here ❤️🙌🏽
Amazing video and so happy to see Crazy by Aerosmith and everything else :)
Your point towards the end where the lines between the genres will be blurred is important as this will convince those people who would not otherwise, listen to an artist based on genre. Great video as always!
I would love to see a sister video of jazz and rap.
You and David did a great job!
Great video! I think David Sanborn’s show in the 90’s Night Music is worth mentioning where he brought greats from different genres and had them play together and IT WORKED! Maybe you can reintroduce us to that series! Thx for a great video!
I loved "Night Music". That was a beautiful show. NBC had no faith or vision. They should have stuck with it.
You and Rick Beato have dragged me into loving jazz, kicking and screaming. Thank you.
Neither video mentioned one of my all-time favourite crossover songs: "Moondance" by Van Morrison. But I guess it isn't really a pop song influenced by jazz, it's a jazz song performed by a pop musician.
Yes, I saw her picture, I was waiting for Erykah Badu. Great singer and beautiful jazz arrangements
Elvis Costello's 'Shipbuilding' was written for, and recorded beautifully by Robert Wyatt, jazz drummer, who was an original member of Soft Machine, then Matching Mole, and subsequent records under his own name.
Gordon Haskell - How Wonderful You Are (Harry’s Bar) and Rizzle Kicks - Let’s Get Down With The Trumpets immediately come to mind as recent hit songs which are rather jazzy. An excellent video!
Amazing video and very uplifting. To me, the more proficient you are in one genre the more interesting other genres become.
"Oh you've used all the colors in your palette? Here, try these". The heavies will always branch out, because they have the ability to borrow from other heavies.
Your key changes are so crisp it helped me really helped me understand.
You hit one nostalgia buttoin after another with this one. I feel like I just drank a pot of coffee.
NOT nostalgia! This music is ALIVE!
Dizzy Gillespie plays in Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do"
First time I've watched one of your videos. Was sent here by David Bennett. I'm subscribed now and looking forward to watching more!
Aimee, I watched you rattle off all those artists while thinking WHAT?!? NO MENTION OF EARTH, WIND & FIRE?? The Phenix Horns were why I began playing trumpet. I was truly gratified that you listed EWF in your 4 heavies, they are most deserving & I'm glad that you also hold them in such high esteem. Those horn lines & lush harmonies are STILL electrifying to this day! Great music is timeless.
Whew. Glad you kept watching! ❤️
In 1973/74. I was a paperboy delivering the Sunday paper to a large number of apartment buildings. We would start around 2am so people would have the paper bright and early. Anyway the radio in the station wagon we had featured “night music” and Midnight At The Oasis was a staple. As a budding rock guitarist it took a while for me to internalize the song and while I had no intention of learning it, I actually did via ear repetition. Oh sure I bungled some of the extensions but ironed those out. Amos Garrets solo was great also. Sorry for the trip down memory lane but that tune takes me back to a simpler time. The late night radio station also played lots of Gordon Lightfoot and Jim Croce. I picked up lots of those songs. Good times and learning
❤ your 'heavies' Jazz rools! 😀🙃😎👍
Great video. The 1970s was one of the best times for music.
Phil Woods is on "Dr Wu" by The Dan, too. Of course they hired a ton of jazzers, especially from the LA and NYC jazz scenes, which overlapped with the studio scenes a ton. Blood, Sweat, & Tears and Chicago were all jazzers.
David Bennett sent me. I need these kinds of videos. Definitely deepens my appreciation of music. Thank you.
Wonderful Aimee. I had missed so many of these associations-and I actually lived through the 70s. Thanks for your instruction and enthusiasm. I might add the keyboard and guitar solos on the Doors, Light My Fire. They was students at UCLA in the 60s, clearly aware of Desmond’s Take Five and Coltrane’s version of My Favorite Things.
You could add Guru/Jazzmatazz, Jamiroquai, Amy Winehouse, Bilal, and Mononeon to that list of more recent artists.
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Fantastic! Came here after that other great David’s video and I loved your’s too! Definitely following you!
I love this video, but I especially love the aural section transitions. :)
Hello Aimee: When I was watching this, I thought "I know of one rock song which has influenced jazz". Mademoiselle Mabry" is the Miles Davis version of "The Wind Cried Mary" by Jimi Hendrix. Jimi and Miles were good friends. Both Miles and Frank Zappa were intending to teach Jimi how to do orchestrations.
Stay well and safe.
Great video, Aimee (and David Bennett)!
David Bennett brought me here! (As well)
Freddie Hubbard played on Billy Joel's Zanzibar too!
Awesome! The jazz folks soloing on huge pop tunes, and the Heavyweights near the end really connected with me. (Sent to you by Dave)
Awesome Aimee! I almost didn’t watch this one (“I know all that already...”). Soooo glad I did! *Great* treatment and I NEVER made that Billy Joel/Kern-Hammerstein connection before. Mind blown...
Here by suggestion of David. Excellent vid. Pressed subscribe!
Great great video, thanls! greetings from Argentina!
Brilliant video. I don't hear many people talk about Diggable Planets.
Let's not forget Freddie Hubbard on Billy Joel's "Zanzibar" and Michael Brecker on Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years".
I always find it fascinating how often it’s the other way round Jazz musician became rock & pop musicians, Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones, Jack Bruce, Sting, I come from the north-east of England where Sting comes from did you know Sting was in established jazz musician before you set out for London and went into rock and pop and reggae, you can hear it in his music. I’m sure there’s many more
David sent me here and I’m glad. Keep rocking or is that jazzing!
Wonderful! Thank you
Great video Aimee! Given me a great amount of songs to listen to while I work on my written assignments ☺️
Thank you Aimee! So many artists to check out...
Thanks!
Elsewhere you've described Steely Dan as the "most jazz rock band". It reminds me that I first bought a SD album (I knew the popular songs of course), because of a review in DownBeat, which was of course a very jazz oriented magazine. This was when Pretzel Logic came out, in 1974. I was a senior in high school, playing trumpet and writing charts for the jazz ensemble at my tiny, tiny school in the middle of nowhere. I was interested in jazz because of my music teacher Bob Randall. Bob died in 2001 or so, but I'd like to remember him and what he did for us in a small town - exposing us to a wider world and giving me a love that has stayed with me and enriched me for a lifetime.
David Bennett Piano! My two favorite music youtube channels.
Excellent video! I might add one of my personal favorites "Tower of Power" horn section.
Love it.
We love David.
Very good Aime!! Thank you so much for sharing
Another great video! I watched David's, too, and it also was great. I especially liked the end of yours where you talked about genre and the future of music. It's so true. Musicians hate the pigeon-holing system of music sales where you get labeled, classified and packaged a certain way -- if you are considered "jazz", then you won't sell. Right now it seems that "country" sells, so play jazz, but call it "country" and you can still make a living. Maybe Sturgill Simpson is doing that -- a little jazz, a little blues, add some country feeling to that and he's doing well.
In regards to your point about genre becoming a thing of the past - I completely agree! One artist I am getting into at the moment is Anna Meredith. Her music is labelled as experimental but really just pushes the limits and achieves everything. My top 3 of her tracks are Nautilus, Honeyed Words and Taken, all from the album Varmints and it's just fascinating how the different instruments mesh to create something truly unique
I loved it when she said 9:22 herbie hancock just killed it about the solos he added to the Stevie wonder song AS. One of the solos that just made me fall in love with music growing up.
I didn’t notice the video was shaking until you pointed it out. Good video content non the less
A great video!! I'd also like to point out the connection between jazz and prog rock. A few King Crimson members ended up playing on the records by seminal jazz musicians. Bil Bruford released his own jazz records featuring the likes of Ralph Towner for instance.
Thank you Aimee and God Bless you! Beautiful music!
Great video as ALWAYS, Aimee!!! There is another one hit wonder that I have heard a bazillion times and recently heard the song after years of not hearing it and that is "Feels So Good" by Chuck Mangione. Never gave the song much thought before, but now I kind of like it. I like the syncopation, interesting rhythms and I still don't know if this is jazz, pop or rock....I hear a little of all of it in this song. One more group that I think had some jazz/gospel incorporated into some of their songs was Three Dog Night....One of the most underrated groups from the 70s.
another great video! Surprised you didn't mention Sting's Nothing Like the Sun-- that had Kenny Kirkland, Branford Marsalis, Ruben Blades and Gil Evans
Yay Aimee
Hi there Aimee. I came across you yesterday because of your comment on Jake Lizzios video of double tracking guitar.
I've watched a few of your videos now. Very awesome but much too advanced for dummies like me who barely know any theory.
I wish there was a Volcan mind meld shortcut where people could simply share their knowledge.
I would want Jake's guitar playing abilities and your music theory and piano playing abilities.
Excellent examples... awesome insights Aimee !
As a musical guest on a very awesome 1974 Tonight Show with Johnny Carson *Marie Muldoon* sings a very cool song _after_ Midnight At the Oasis. Another cool addition is all of the original '74 commercials were left in. & longer Doc's jazz band music in the breaks. Jim Henson and Kermit sing It's Not Easy Being Green.
*Jack Benny's Last Appearance on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson || January 23 1974*
*Maria Muldaur
Hey Aimee, thank you for your great video. I really agree with you, jazz is omnipresent in contemporary music, and gosh is it great ! My advice to you would be to listen to King Krule, a contemporary artist whose songs make tremendous use of jazz characteristics (especially tracks such as "Logos", "Midnight 01" or "Underclass"). Have fun listening to it
Well yeah, that's a killer video with a wide range of songs and thoughts in it.
I'd like to say that the term popular music itself incorporates a lot of genres, cause rock is not the same as pop, which is not the same as funk.
And I noticed that this kind of afro-american music like funk or soul is way more jazz influenced than mainstream pop, which is more straight forward, or rock, which is more about a powerful groove, melody, and riff based.
At least that's how I see it.
Hi Aimee. Just thought I'd point out that in the section 'The Heavies' you posted a picture of the Grateful Dead and called the group 'Blood, Sweat and Tears'. Oops... Oh, and David Bennett sent me. I am subscribed and Best wishes and Good luck to you .
Ahhh dang. That explains why I couldn’t find my photo of the Grateful Dead in my media clips. Lol thanks
I realized a little bit ago, that freddie hubbard played the fantastic solo on Billie Joel’s Zanzibar!
I Got Rhythm
Inspired by your video, and knowing that the I Got Rhythm changes are central to later jazz, I've been trying to figure out how I would have perceived the song if I saw the musical Girl Crazy in 1930.
There's a RUclips video of a modern pianist, Jack Gibbons, playing Gershwin's Girl Crazy Overture (of which I Got Rhythm is a part) with illustrations and dates about the show added as visuals. It includes different types of popular music.
[I don't know how to link to it, so you'll have to search for it.]
Red Nichols, an early jazz cornet player, band leader and arranger is listed on one of the images.
From Wikipedia...
"In the next decade, more structured swing
eclipsed the improvisational Hot jazz Nichols loved to play. He tried to follow the changes and formed a swing band, but his recording career seemed to stall in 1932. Music critic Michael Brooks wrote,
What went wrong? Part of it was too much, too soon. Much of his vast recorded output was released in Europe, where he was regarded by early jazz critics as the equal, if not the superior, of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke. People who make fools of themselves usually find a scapegoat, and when the critics were exposed to the music of Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins and others they turned on Nichols and savaged him, trashing him as unfairly as they had revered him. Nichols' chief fault was an overly stiff, academic approach to jazz trumpet, but he did recognize merit as far as other jazz musicians were concerned and made some wonderful small group recordings."
What's interesting to me is that you can hear a certain squareness in Gershwin's own playing.
smtd.umich.edu/ami/gershwin/?p=4517
[The whole article is worth reading.]
“I Got Rhythm,” a hit song from the 1930 musical Girl Crazy, is a much-loved Gershwin tune. External factors-such as featuring the song on George’s radio show-played a role in establishing the work’s popularity, but the song’s enduring impact on the jazz world has made it a classic.
George originally wrote the melody of “I Got Rhythm” as a slow ballad for an unfinished musical. When revising the tune one year later for Girl Crazy (1930), George sped up the tempo and accented the second beat, providing what Howard Pollack called “a striking avoidance of melodic downbeats [to the chorus]…giving [“I Got Rhythm”] something of its zing.” This avoidance of melodic downbeats provided the syncopation that makes “I Got Rhythm” so catchy."
"Since its first performance, “I Got Rhythm” has been recorded by numerous artists, including music legends Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and Art Tatum. These performances reflect a phenomenon scholars Robert Wyatt and John Andrew Johnson have termed “performers’ music.” Performers’ music is “composed and published with the expectation that performers, rather than being bound by a composer’s score, will change melody, harmony, tempo, or mood as they see fit, thus putting upon it the stamp of their own musical personalities.”
"While some jazz musicians personalized “I Got Rhythm,” others began to use the song’s basic chord progression and harmonization to create new musical works. This practice, which has been adopted by many jazz artists, became known as “rhythm changes.” Rhythm changes refers to the formal and harmonic structure taken from Girl Crazy’s hit song. Some performers have even used George’s original key of Bb major, which makes the structural connection to “I Got Rhythm” all the more evident. Examples of rhythm changes include Sidney Bechet’s “Shag” (1932), Duke Ellington’s “Cotton Tail” (1940), and Charlie Parker’s “Anthropology” (1946)."
Great video! David Bennett sends his regards :-) One addition to the Jazz Personell section: Manu Katché playing for Peter Gabriel, Sting, Tears for Fears and many others.
Blood Sweat & Tears need their own picture; the band pictured is The Grateful Dead.
Yeah I messed that up. Sorry.
Thanks, Amy, very entertaining & educational. Must have taken some time to create!
This is my first time on the channel and it's fantastic! I'm subscribing and looking forward to more great videos.
David Bennett sent me here too!
Raised this with him too: What about Sister Madly by Crowded House? Sting was jazz before The Police and sort of afterwards too. And of course there's David Bowie's last album Black Star.
You could definitely be a Music Professor@ a conservatory???👍👍👍🤔🤔
LOVE Chicago's horn section work! Chicago 2 (e.g. 25 or 6 to 4) is awesome for that for sure! And even Blood Sweat and Tears albums! Also, love scat as done by Ella and others in the jazz era! Steve Gadd: every bass player's dream drummer! I am a late-comer to Joni's obsession thanks to Rick Beato! Love anything Steely! (especially if my fave bass player: Chuck Rainy is playing bass (e.g. Peg)). Oh, and Victor Wooten: what more can I say!?
Thank you for this! I came over from David's channel; however, I'm a huge jazz harmony fan. I'm so glad you are covering this!!
I enjoyed the video. Some others to consider: Most of the great drummers of the 60s and 70s came from jazz backgrounds. Charlie Watts, Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell, John Densmore, John Bonham, Bill Bruford, Neil Peart. Black Sabbath were originally called Earth and tried to emulate American blues and jazz. Members of Deep Purple at least had an interest in it. Eddie Van Halen developed a friendship with Allan Holdsworth and occasionally emulated him on mid 80s Van Halen recordings. Three of the members of Living Colour came out of jazz including Vernon Reid working with Ronald Shannon Jackson, John Zorn and Bill Frisell. Many Living Colour songs have extended harmonies and riffs developed from modes and diminished scales. Members of Helmet and the Rollins Band had jazz backgrounds. Most of guitarists in the Djent/Prog Metal scene are trying to emulate Allan Holdsworth. The Motown house band The Funk Brothers was made up of musicians from the Detroit jazz scene. Donnie Hathaway went to college with Herbie Hancock and the two compared notes on theory and piano. Also, Earth Wind and Fire came into contact with members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago early on. Early Kool and The Gang is closer to jazz than Funk. Also Dizzy Gillespie played on Stevie Wonder’s “Do I Do.” Stan Getz played on Huey Lewis’ “Small World pt2” and Ray Brown was on Costello’s King Of America.