New York City was the cultural center of the U.S. and was the jazz center as well. Most of the city’s black jazz musicians lived in Harlem‚ which had been the creative focal point of African American culture since the Harlem Renaissance. During its formative period‚ bebop’s roots in Harlem helped to preserve its connections to the African-American jazz community. That neighborhood provided an ideal environment for this musical experimentation‚ as these musicians often played together at musicians’
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Although the story is narrated by Sonny’s unnamed older brother‚ Sonny is the most important character. Sonny is described in a common stereotype of the time‚ a stereotype that his own brother holds until the end of the story: the heroin-addicted jazz musician. Sonny has just been arrested for "peddling and using heroin’’ and must do time in a prison upstate. As the story progresses‚ however‚ the reader learns more about Sonny’s life before the arrest. Other Characters: Creole Creole is a bass
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December 13‚ 2012 Jazz Music: The Back Story of a “Well Known” Era Everyone has heard or at least has heard of Jazz music. The bands‚ the singers‚ and the instruments make you want to get up and start dancing! Jazz music has been around longer than you would think and is still a very popular type of music today. But do people know of the back story? How jazz started out‚ how it matured or even how today‚ it is used in different ways in music that you might not even notice? Not really. Jazz music may be
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Big Band Jazz Across the world there are thousands of languages that we as people use to communicate with one another. Many of these languages have been developed out of others‚ therefore sharing similar dialects‚ accents‚ and in some cases even some words are very similar. Yet of all the languages that are spoken across the world‚ there is only one that is fluently spoken and understood on every continent‚ and that is the language of Music. Yet because this language is spoken in so many different
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History of Jazz Midterm 1.) Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was an American jazz composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader who has been one of the most influential musicians in jazz. The Duke has released countless albums and songs‚ but not many know of his triumph as a musical theatre composer. Duke Ellington’s 1941 Jump For Joy was the first theatre show to openly discard the African- American stereotypes which prevailed in the arts at the time. In fact Jump for Joy openly discussed these stereotypes
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Causes of the Swing Riots Economic factors played an important role in the Swing riots. The industrial revolution was also taking place at this time‚ and machinery often replaced men on the farms‚ as it was a more economically efficient way of farming. A government policy of enclosure was implemented‚ which greatly upset traditional‚ rural societies. Tenant farmers would now only employ labourers to do short term work on the farms‚ for jobs such as hedging or ditching. There was now a surplus
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Jazz Experience by Sedric Arnold My Jazz experiences‚ relaxing yet energizing. Attending two venues which had different styles and ambience showed just a brief introduction to the diversity of Jazz. The Blue Whale was the intimate‚ relaxing‚ and smooth experience while The Saugus High School Jazz night was the energizing‚ want to make you get up and move experience. I will describe each to let you get a perception of how I felt at each. On September 30‚ 2013 I attended The Blue Whale
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Jazz Music Jazz is associated with the African American people and this is an influence unequaled in the field of music. The true spirit of jazz arises from a revolt from convention‚ custom‚ authority‚ and boredom‚ even sorrow‚ from everything that would confine the soul of man. The blacks that invented it called their songs the "blues‚" and they weren’t capable of satire or deception. Jazz was their explosive attempt to cast off the blues and be happy‚ carefree happy‚ even in the midst
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at the beginning of the quarter was how much do I actually know about jazz? I have always characterized jazz music as a rhythmic and instrumental form of music. My impression on the basis of the jazz has always been portrayed with the African-American race. I think this was build up from the rhythm n’ blues era and meaning according to the dictionary ("style of music that was invented by African American musicians in the early part of the twentieth century and has very strong rhythms and often involves
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In the 1920s‚ an era called the Jazz Age‚ also known as the roaring twenties‚ came about. The Jazz Age occurred when the economy of America was in its prime‚ before the tragedy of the Stock Market Crash and Great Depression. The Jazz Age brought forth significant female suffrage leaders‚ writers‚ and musicians‚ each influencing a different class of people in society. Jazz was created in the twentieth century by a group of African American musicians from New Orleans (Teachout). They
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