Sentence examples for draws on jazz from inspiring English sources

Nikolai Kapustin's music also draws on jazz at times.

And "The Blue Hula" (1982), arranged from a similarly propulsive chamber piece, draws on jazz and stride piano moves.

Mr. Coleman is part of a generation of American composers whose music freely draws on jazz, funk and rock.

Since then, he has delivered his poetic, socially conscious lyrics in restlessly evolving music that draws on jazz, hip-hop, hard rock and reggae.

DEREK BERMEL, like many composers born in the late 1960s, is a natural eclectic who uses classical forms and timbres as his principal medium and draws on jazz, pop and world music when he wants a particular melodic, harmonic or rhythmic twist.

Based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, its score draws on jazz, country and gospel, while Mitchell's libretto shifts the setting to Depression-era America, with the lovers torn apart not by death but Eurydice's desire to escape poverty by moving to Hadestown, an underground goldmining community overseen by the merciless Mr Hades.

Herbert is one of the many dance-music songwriters and producers who work with female singers and draw on jazz.

This was cerebral pop that refused to stand still, and as the decade progressed – and producer/keyboard player Tim Friese-Greene joined – Talk Talk released a series of wilfully diverse records that drew on jazz, classical, folk and pop without falling strongly to any one camp.

Along with classical music, Mr. Manzarek also drew on jazz, R&B, cabaret and ragtime.

Percussion works have also drawn on jazz, Latin and, in particular, pop music.

Sting (above, in February) has drawn on jazz, world music, classical works and popular ballads in his solo career.