the early 1900’s‚ swing dancing has livened up the dance floors across the United States. Many versions of swing dancing are still in existence today. Of those dances (the Lindy Hop‚ Jitterbug‚ East Coast Swing‚ West Coast Swing‚ and the Charleston)‚ the two most common amongst the social dancers are the East Coast Swing and West Coast Swing. Though they derived from the same dance‚ the Lindy Hop‚ many things set them apart from one another. The style‚ frame‚ and beat of the West Coast Swing make
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changed. The Jazz Age made a lasting impact on nearly everyone‚ either in a positive or negative way. After World War One ended‚ America wished for change. America received that change with jazz‚ and the decade was named the Jazz Age. The term “Jazz Age” was created in 1922‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ author of The Great Gatsby‚ as he wanted to “describe the flamboyant-“anything goes”-era that emerged in America after World War I”. The older adult population thought that jazz was condemned
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Reflection Activity: Expressionist Music and Jazz Expressionism is an artistic movement that stresses intense and subjective emotion. Artists that use expressionism usually focus on their inner feelings instead of depicting outward appearances. Expressionism is an art concerned with social protest. Some characteristics of expressionist music are that it is episodic with a fragmentary form. It involves a great emotional magnitude. Also‚ it is discontinuous. Most expressionist works stress harsh dissonance
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person who has died then proceed to the burial and repast. In New Orleans‚ things are done a little different and by different I mean Jazz Funerals. Jazz Funerals combines elements of African‚ French and early American funeral ceremonies that features a brass band‚ two lines of mourners which includes family and friends of the deceased‚ and many social clubs. Jazz funerals can be the total opposite of the funeral ceremony and can change the entire mood of everyone. The actual funeral service may
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Louis Armstrong‚ an influential figure in the Jazz world‚ once said‚ “If you have to ask what jazz is‚ you’ll never know.” Over time‚ jazz has kept its essential elements and original style‚ even as new styles have developed. Jazz‚ in its most basic form‚ is defined as “music that includes qualities such as swing‚ improvising‚ group interaction‚ developing an ’individual voice’‚ and being open to different musical possibilities‚” by Travis Jackson‚ a Professor of American Music. Improvisation‚ being
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Musical Performance For Morale In the early 1900’s‚ people began to explore and encounter new music with the new forms of technology. During the era of World War II‚ music began to change America. Americans were influenced positively by the musical movement. Americans encounter with jazz music during World War II led to increased nationalism‚ steps toward equality‚ and a change in culture. Before the introduction of jazz music‚ the Great Depression negatively impacted the lives of the Americans.
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Jazz Notes Exam #3 Chapter 9- The Bebop Revolution • Big Band music was on the decline at the end of WWII. • It was difficult to staff a 17 member big band • Due to the war and the economy Dance Halls began to close • A growing artistic unrest developed among some artists rejecting the commercial and repetitive big band arrangements • Bebop developed as a reaction to the swing era Bepop • Bebop‚ or bop is a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo‚ instrumental virtuosity and improvisation
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Polymodality in Jazz Polymodality is a term that has been rarely mentioned in the jazz literature‚ in the same way it has been infrequently practiced as a compositional tool by jazz arrangers and composers. Very few books mention either polymodality‚ polytonality or its related terminology‚ and when done‚ is sometimes to describe a different concept from the one discussed in this research. A clear example of this‚ is the use of the term polymodality by George Russell in his book Lydian Chromatic
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and everything in-between. Jazz is one of the few genre’s desirable to everyone despite the mood or environment and has remained so for decades while other genre’s fade over time. But what exactly is Jazz? Most genres of music have distinct sounds‚ rhythms‚ and overall feel to them. It’d almost be impossible to mistake rock for gospel or hip-hop for classical. Each has their own distinctive sound‚ as does jazz. Perhaps the most noticeable and distinctive sound about jazz is the improvisation from
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bebop is a style of jazz with its characteristics being fast tempo‚ instrumental virtuosity and improvisation founded on the mixture of harmonic structure and melody. Its origins began in the early and mid-1940’s‚ where it became synonymous with modern jazz‚ as the two of them came to a certain maturity point in the 1960’s. Its roots were from New York City. The creation of bebop began by the interest of jazz performers to create a new genre where it counters the popular swing with a type of music
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