{"id":5380,"date":"2015-08-08T20:29:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T00:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=5380"},"modified":"2015-08-22T03:17:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T07:17:29","slug":"does-jazz-make-you-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=5380","title":{"rendered":"Does Jazz Make You SMILE? (Week 32 &#8211; 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yay, finally caught up enough to address the SMILE topic I got a few weeks ago! The question was, &#8220;Is jazz still relevant?&#8221; Not being a big jazz person myself, I went in search of what other people have to say on the topic and came across <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Jazz\/comments\/2guekd\/can_jazz_become_culturally_relevant_again_if_so\/\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> thread on Reddit. There are a lot of good points made there, so certainly check it out if you&#8217;re curious for talking points, but this post is for the music! Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>First up is the song that was suggested to me: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gregg_Karukas\" target=\"_blank\">Gregg Karukas<\/a>&#8216; The Night Shift<\/strong> (instrumental). I found a live version of this for the video; he is just having such a good time, and the song is so smooth&#8230; it&#8217;s really hard to listen to something like this and not be relaxed. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/El--_Bq0jsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Next up is another live video, here&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Glasper\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Glasper<\/a>&#8216;s The Worst<\/strong> (instrumental). There&#8217;s something about watching musicians play&#8230; it can really amplify the feeling that the music itself is putting off. It makes everything feel that much more palpable. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2g6MsY8vD1A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Picking up the beat a little is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antibalas\" target=\"_blank\">Antibalas<\/a>&#8216; Uprising<\/strong> (instrumental). This band started in the late 90&#8217;s, but wouldn&#8217;t be out of place at the height of the jazz era. I listened to a few of their songs before settling on this one; I highly recommend you check them out!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YdRFKlFKehM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ambrose_Akinmusire\" target=\"_blank\">Ambrose Akinmusire<\/a>&#8216;s Confessions To My Unborn Daughter<\/strong> (instrumental) is the last song for this week. Aside from having a great name for a jazz musician, he definitely knows how to tell a story with his chosen instrument, the trumpet. Even at over eight minutes long, you barely notice because it&#8217;s just that captivating.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4QZ5chS_by8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What are your favorite jazz songs? Let me know in a comment below, and be sure to include any suggestions you may have for future SMILES!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yay, finally caught up enough to address the SMILE topic I got a few weeks ago! 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