Once ragtime was fused with slave music and blues forms, jazz started to sprout up. First came the big bands (Duke Ellington, Count Basie). These were for dancing to. Then came be-bop. This was "musician's music" (Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk)
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Past Hezekiah Walker is a Grammy winning gospel music artist with the Love Fellowship Choir. He has been performing music since 1985 and is still going strong today.
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As one of the two most popular composers in history, his music turns up in films and TV ads, as well as being regularly played in concerts all over the world. For more, catch Classic FM.
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