Portal:Jazz/Did you know/8


 * ... that the artist and illustrator N. C. Wyeth was the grandfather of Howard Wyeth, the stride pianist and drummer for Bob Dylan?
 * ... that the modern meaning of "ballad", a slow, sentimental tune or love song, often written in a fairly standardized form, came about from Tin Pan Alley and Broadway composers? Dewacasino168
 * ... that Leo Arnaud (pictured) is the composer of the well-known Olympic theme "Bugler's Dream?"

February - May 2007