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We went from the original instrumentation of strings and a handful of winds to a rocking jazz rhythm section consisting of Hammond B3 organ, gospel piano, drums, electric guitar, Fender bass and acoustic bass, five saxophones, full brass, strings, timpani and percussion.
NPR: An Updated 'Messiah' from Marin Alsop
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The group is the combined result of an urban tradition in American music that stretches back to historical precedents in jazz, rhythm and blues, funk and popular music since the 1970s.
NPR: Stefon Harris Blackout: E Pluribus Urban
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The migrants brought the blues and gave birth to jazz, rock, rhythm and blues and hip-hop.
ECONOMIST: Black migration in America
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He went through changes that ranged from imitating Nat Cole and Charles Brown to finding his own voice in jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll, country, pop and soul.
WSJ: A Performance With Soul
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The orchestra was going with the conductor, and the jazz band was going with the rhythm section piano, bass and drums.
WSJ: Where Classical Music and Jazz Collaborate | By Larry Blumenfeld
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Blow the horn on this week's escape and you'll get your rhythm back in the birthplace of jazz.
BBC: Daily deal: The charming heart of New Orleans
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After five years at the pub, he left to return to music full-time and developed the Rockin' in Rhythm show, which charted the history of jazz and played at theatres throughout Europe.
BBC: Terry Lightfoot
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Jazz is an improvisational art grounded in the structures of melody, harmony and rhythm.
FORBES: The Shape of Things to Come