Bossa Nova Jazz
The origins of Bossa Nova as a musical trend may be traced back to the late 1950s and early 1960s in Brazil. Those were the golden years of ‘The New Wave,’ defined by a flurry of artistic collaboration. On the...
Scotch vs. Whiskey
You’re not alone if you wonder what makes scotch and whiskey different. With several significant similarities, it can be challenging for the average person to distinguish between the two. Some experts say that you can tell them apart by sniffing....
The Jazz Age
Popularized by author F.Scott Fitzgerald in his book The Great Gatsby, the jazz age was a time when jazz music and dance styles gained momentum in the 1920s and 1930s in the United States. Jazz originated in New Orleans from...
Best Tequila Cocktails
Enjoy the best tequila cocktails at a speakeasy bar in New York , where ambiance and great cocktails make for a fun night. Tequila is used in a number of popular cocktails such as The Classic Margarita, Tequila Sunrise, Tequila...
Gypsy Jazz
A new genre of compact but potent chamber music was developed in the 1930s by the violinist Stéphane Grappelli and the guitarist Django Reinhardt, born in Belgium. Jazz Manouche, or Gypsy jazz, was performed by a lead guitar, violin, string...
Blues Music
What is Blues Music? Blues is a type of secular folk music created by African Americans in the early twentieth century, primarily in the South. By the 1960s, the simple but expressive forms of the blues had become one of...