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3. Get Happy
4. Used To
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6. Tell Me
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Artist: REPRISE! WHEN JAZZ MEETS POP
Title: VOL. 2-REPRISE! WHEN JAZZ MEETS POP
UPC#: 3596971123420
Category: JAZZ COLLECTIONS
Release Date: 05/29/2007
Label: NOVA
Media Format: CD
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Jazz is an awfully diverse and far-reaching genre of dance, but if you’re going for a dance team style, It’s Raining Men is always a staple, along with Knock on Wood, Simply Irresistable, You Really Got Me, Heartbreaker and other classic, straightforward jazz songs (there must be thousands, actually!) Also some rock-jazz music such as Higher Ground can leave an impact with sharp, clean, and dynamic choreography. However, if you’re going for more of a pop-jazz feel, the Billboard charts have some decent songs to offer (I Do Not Hook Up, maybe even Poker Face or Lovegame) and it would work well with a young audience. Best of Luck!

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First let me clarify something. When I say ‘jazz CDs’ I am not referring to the jazz inflected pop played on most ’smooth jazz’ stations. I have no problems with that sort of music, but its much closer to pop and even rock than it is to jazz and its sensibilities. When I say jazz CDs I am referring to either straight ahead jazz as it has been done since Miles and Trane and Evans, or I am referring to that slight variant called Jazz Fusion. So, three of the CDs listed below are not in mode of the classic jazz of the 50s and 60s, but they do fit the categories I am referring to.

1) The Pat Metheny Group— The Way Up. This is a jazz symphony, and probably the best work of fusion jazz ever wrought. It’s a masterpiece.

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