What is jazz music? A single definition cannot be found. Many people try to define jazz music only to regress to trying to define what it does. Even this approach is difficult. People are only able to find things to agree on‚ such as agreeing that jazz is music. Jazz has been so many things throughout it long and illustrious history that it ’s even hard to point out its origins‚ which stem from many places‚ many styles of music‚ and many people. However‚ there is an ongoing debate as to its precise
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Jazz by Ken Burns “JAZZ” is a documentary by Ken Burns released 2001 that focuses on the creation and development of jazz‚ America’s “greatest cultural achievement.” The first episodes entitled‚ “Gumbo‚ Beginnings to 1917” and “The Gift (1917-1924)‚ explain the early growth of jazz as it originates in New Orleans and its expands to Chicago and New York during the Jazz Age. In assessing the first two episodes of Ken Burns’ 2001 documentary‚ "JAZZ‚" this essay will explore the history of jazz‚
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I saw The Santa Fe Big Band 22nd‚ Annual Evening of Jazz Concert. The band was dressed up all matching. The men were wearing black dress shirts and pants‚ with dress shoes. The women wearing black formal dresses with red shoes. They all looked very professional and when they started playing it immediately took me back to the 1930s‚ the big band era. Most of the songs were of long length and with many solos through the songs. The instruments used to create the songs were: saxophones‚ trombones‚ trumpets
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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 which is
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" "Ol’ Blue Eyes‚" "Frankie Boy‚" "Swoonatra" or simply "The Voice." But for all his aliases‚ not to mention his place in popular culture‚ Frank Sinatra’s vocal instrument left a permanent mark on 20th-century America. His versions of the country’s popular songs set a definitive standard for singers and instrumentalists alike. Born in 1915‚ Francis Albert Sinatra grew up in Hoboken‚ N.J.‚ in an age of new technology. Sound films‚ electronic recording and radio suddenly made music accessible
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Field Research Paper For this research paper‚ I chose to use the City of Miami Beach budget as an example. The annual Citywide Work Plan and budget serve as guides for how the City plans to address community priorities in each fiscal year. The Citywide work plan contains initiatives to support the Key Intended Outcomes (KIOs) in the City’s Strategic Plan. The Work Plan initiatives are updated annually based on the latest survey results‚ socioeconomic trends‚ and department workload and performance
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Jazz Concert Review [pic] The first formal small jazz concert was held at the Maum Café on Sep. 25th‚ 2008. There were many music performances have held at the Maum Café but Zino Park‚ leader of the band‚ and manager of Maum Café agreed to arrange a formal jazz concert for the first time. The main theme of this concert was “Smooth Jazz with Zino Park at Maum”. Before the concert began‚ the band members introduced themselves to the audience. The names of players were: Acoustic guitar
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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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Circle of Fifths Scale Degree Names Key Signatures and Order of Accidentals Common Notation Errors II. RHYTHM in JAZZ PERFORMANCE 10 11 12 15 18 19 21 22 28 29 38 41 42 47 48 Polyrhythms Swing Eighth Note Accents and Articulations Rhythmic Roles Harmonic Rhythm in Jazz Performance The Larger View: Form as Rhythmic Structure Placement of the Notes Syncopation Studies Syncopation in the Jazz Waltz Polyrhythms in Performance Clave Beat Odd Meters Mixed Meters Rhythmic Reading and Dictation Exercises Other
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The formal jazz concert was held at New England Conservatory- Jordan Hall Thursday‚ November 29‚ 2012. The New England Conservatory is well known for its contemporary improvisation program. The program was founded in 1972 by musical visionaries Gunther Schuller and Ran Blake‚ trains musicians to develop their composing‚ performing‚ and improvising skills. Several concerts have been held at N.E.C(New England Conservatory)‚ but the main theme of this specific one is "Rebirth of the Third Stream". "The
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