Historic music venues were hosting musicians playing every style of jazz, from Dixieland to Free Jazz.
In Hindu culture, friends and musicians playing traditional Indian music accompany the groom's ride to the ceremony.
How about a five minute programme showing musicians playing their instruments without some silly person telling us what they are doing?
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Benedict then celebrated Mass in the city's square, drawing huge crowds, as legions of musicians playing wind and string instruments performed during pauses in his sermon, supported by what appeared to be concert-grade sound systems.
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Later Monday evening, Benedict delivered Mass in the city's square, drawing huge crowds as legions of musicians playing wind and string instruments performed during pauses in his sermon, supported by what appeared to be concert-grade sound systems.
Vadim Feichtner, who conducts a trio of musicians while playing the piano, provides subtle and effective musical direction.
So to balance this, I took up the harpsichord primarily for the chance to collaborate with other musicians by playing continuo in ensembles.
Yet the show does not peak until shadows fall and Gnawa musicians start playing their metal qarqaba (castanets), duff (hand drums) and twanging three-stringed ginbri (bass).
White musicians who started playing jazz included Papa Jack Laine, Sharkey Bonano and Nick LaRocca.
Working at IRCAM, he wrote a piece that utilized orchestra musicians and a computer playing off each other.
Haager recorded the Cycloptic Myopia EP in an apartment in Berlin with the help of Sven and Sebastian, two German musicians Haager met while playing non-electric shows in the area.
Thusly, learning real guitar playing from real musicians who are actually in bands on tour, adds a certain cache to the lessons on their site.
With members of his late father's band, Egypt 80, playing alongside younger musicians and with the words "FELA LIVES" tattooed across his back, Seun Kuti made world music that completely transcended the term: utterly African, yet thoroughly cosmopolitan.
"Black musicians in New Orleans had been playing the music that would come to be called jazz as early as 1906, " said Bruce Raeburn, curator of Tulane University's Hogan Jazz Archive.
Though he was born in London, his family moved to Chicago and Styne soon found himself playing in dance bands with musicians like Bix Beiderbecke and Benny Goodman.
It is here that musicians get innovative ideas, and learn whether their playing is up to par.
And so it takes some skills that are in addition to playing your instrument well and being good musicians.
Musically the Dover Quartet, formed at the Curtis Institute in 2008, distinguished itself by playing Schubert with a level of nuance unexpected of musicians so young.
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There you would think you showed both the music lovers and professional musicians a discourtesy and dishonored the music, if you rattled playing chips and hot chocolate cups throughout.
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The team is also looking to get the thing in the hands of musicians for more feedback -- we could even see the instrument playing a role in some future hip-hop productions.
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You have to listen to other musicians and play with them even if you don't agree with what they're playing.
But with more than 2, 000 acts in town playing numerous sets over the course of five days, it's best for musicians to think of SXSW instead as a gathering of peers who have already demonstrated their quality and are willing to measure success in increments.
Clayton, the son of jazz bassist John Clayton, has been playing piano for 18 years, developing a definable improvising skill set with major West Coast musicians, including studio professionals such as his father and his uncle, saxophonist Jeff Clayton.
Palmer has gone a step farther, asking fans who are musicians to play with her during her tour in return for things like beer, food and the joy of playing.
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