Rapp on Jazz
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Rapp on Jazz, co-produced by South Carolina Public Radio and the ColaJazz Foundation, highlights the Palmetto State's connection to the history of jazz music and the current jazz scene. Join Mark Rapp, executive director of the foundation and host of SC Public Radio’s ColaJazz Presents, for these 60-second segments covering everything from famous South Carolinians like Dizzy Gillespie and Eartha Kitt to the “Big Apple” dance craze of the 1930s to the best clubs to experience jazz in the state.
Latest Episodes
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In jazz, the rhythm section is more than just backup—it’s the engine, the compass, and the canvas for improvisation. -
If you’re learning jazz, or want to know the tunes musicians call at every jam session, there are 10 jazz standards everyone should know.
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Improvisation may sound spontaneous, but jazz musicians spend countless hours preparing for that freedom.
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Jazz musicians continue to expand the canon with modern tunes that have become new standards.
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Jazz standards are the songs every jazz musician knows — the shared language of the genre. But those standards didn’t all come from jazz.
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From the jump, jazz and dance have been inseparable—born in the same spaces of joy, resistance, and rhythm.
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During Hollywood’s Golden Age—from the 1930s to the 1950s—jazz didn’t just play in the background. It shaped the mood, style, and swagger of American cinema.
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Jazz is alive in modern cinema—shaping stories with its soul, swing, and spontaneity.
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Jazz has always danced with mystery—on stage, in the music, and even in its history.
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If you’ve ever heard a jazz tune that sounds familiar—but not quite—there’s a good chance it’s a contrafact.