Essay On Jazz Music

I am doing my end of the semester paper on Jazz music. Jazz was created in the twentieth century and was said that it was, “created to bring people together.” Jazz was also known in many cities around the time of the jazz age, but the city that was known as the birthplace of jazz was New Orleans. There are many important names that people still know today from the jazz ages. One important name during the jazz age was Louis Armstrong is known for many Jazz songs like “What a Wonderful World”, “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “Go down Moses.” Another name was Billie Holiday and she was known for “God Bless the Child” and “Billie’s Blues.” The other name was Duke Ellington, who have many recordings like “Take the A Train”, “Black and Tan Fantasy”,
Louis begin playing music at the age of thirteen and by the time of his death he was known as the Father of jazz. It was also said that he recorded hit songs for five decades. Some of the hits that I have heard multiple times by him are “When the Saints Go Marching In”, “What a wonderful world”, and “Go down Moses.” The song that I like the most is “What a Wonderful World.” Reading the lyrics and listening to the lyrics it makes you feel like you have hope. The song “When the Saints Go Marching in” is a gospel song that brings the feeling of peace. As I have researched the song it was played at funerals in a slow tempo and when leaving the burial site it is played in a faster beat. “Go down Moses” is a Negro spiritual with a theme of freedom. The first time I have heard the song was in school when my teacher played it for me and I liked it then. I also remember the song from TV show Fresh Prince of Bel-Air when Will and Carlton were in Jail singing