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In the dark alleys: five new jazz albums
April is full of intoxicating spirit of renewal. And this happens every year. And, thank God, for over a hundred years at this time there are new jazz albums. April of the 19th year of the 21st century is the return from legend of legendary figures, a bold experiment in the difficult format of a duet and something almost impossible – a solo album on a non-solitary instrument. And also a lot of interesting author compositions. A hundred years ago, probably, the label “jazz” (or “jass”, as this word was written at that time) would not have been glued to anything from this collection, but so what? Continue reading
Music helps to endure physical pain.
Psychologists from the Scottish University in Glasgow (Glasgow Caledonian University) conducted experiments on people and came to the conclusion that music can act as a painkiller.
In the course of laboratory studies, scientists asked volunteers to hold their hand in very cold water for as long as possible. Continue reading
Music therapy
I have a rare profession in our country – music therapist. I was convinced that the creators of great melodies are powerful healers who can help a person as well as any famous psychic.
With particular ecstasy, for the last 10 years I have been practicing music therapy, conducting thousands of sessions for adults and children. Music, according to L. Van Beethoven, cutting fire from the human soul, helped me to remove the tragic state, stress, attitudes towards suicide, despair. Continue reading