Jazz has been in the white house almost as long as it has existed‚ but on national jazz day‚ which is April 30th‚ President Obama hosted a jazz concert. This concert featured a wide variety of artists including Chick Corea‚ Robert Glasper‚ Esperanza Spalding‚ Aretha Franklin‚ Wayne Shorter‚ and many others. During this performance‚ there are thirteen different “groups” or different artists that sung at the white house for jazz day. The first performance after president Obama spoke was Aretha
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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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One of the biggest innovation created in the 1920’s was jazz. Jazz is a combination of African American rhythms and european melodies. Jazz clashed with the old mainly because it gave African Americans more acceptance. African Americans were now allowed to perform in places that only allowed white people. It also brought people of all cultures and races together. Now people of different colors‚ religion‚ etc can have a common interest. Jazz wasn’t always popular. At first the genre was looked down
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The Jazz Age was the period during the 1920’s ( ending with the great depression) when jazz music and dance became popular. The birth of jazz music is often credited to the African americans but expanded and over time was modified to become socially acceptale to middle-class white americans. Jazz music really came into its own and became the definition of music to most people. This music played an important role in peoples lives . The great gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald has many themes‚ which
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of the Growth of Jazz This music‚ first practiced by African Americans and Creoles‚ before being adopted also by Euro-American musicians‚ probably akin to archaic Jazz. We do‚ however‚ no documentation about it‚ other than oral testimony to writing. There is indeed a dimension of jazz that makes it both original and elusive in these crucial years between the last two centuries: improvisation. Before the record comes only burn the first work of Jazz in the wax‚ the music of Jazz could not hope to
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was one of the greatest and most important figures in jazz history. Miles Dewey Davis III was a musician‚ composer‚ arranger‚ producer and bandleader all in one. Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz after World War 2. He was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the twentieth century along with Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong. His versatility landed him at the forefront of bebop‚ cool jazz‚ modal‚ hard bop and fusion (Kirker‚ 2005:1). His sound
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Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Comparing and contrasting Jazz choreographers There are a variety of dancing styles in the world today. Some jazz dances originated from the African American vernacular dances in the 1950s. Some jazz dances can be traced back to the Caribbean communities. Over time‚ jazz dance has evolved and become a sophisticated type of dance that requires intensive training to attain perfection. Today‚ modern jazz choreographers‚ define the art and the genre as it exists‚ however
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Blake Lehodey‚ B00644905 MUSC 2020‚ History of Jazz Thursday‚ October 21st Writing assignment 1: Concert Report Since I have been in university‚ most talk of live music has revolved around “what club has a special on tonight?” or “which DJ is going to be in town this weekend?” I have nothing against electronic music but sitting in a packed bar near the Halifax Harbor listening to jazz and conversing in a booth with my friends‚ instead of shouting to clear the volume of dance music‚ has been one
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The purpose of this paper is to show the beginnings of Jazz and how it transformed and developed through the decades. What I needed to research‚ was how jazz all began and how it evolved. How did it start? Who were the people that were involved in the beginning? Where did it begin? How did it evolve into what jazz is today? Jazz had its beginnings in Africa. Before the slave trade‚ tribes in Africa had there own rhythms‚ instruments‚ and dances. It was the slave trade brought by ships to South America
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attended the Sac State Vocal Jazz Ensembles. The show began with special guests Christian Brothers Vocal Jazz. This young group of singers were extremely talented for their age. They held their harmonies and expressed their talents in each piece they performed. It was quite impressive and heartwarming because these students looked so into the music that it showed the passion they have for singing and vocal jazz. Following these talented young students‚ the Sac State Jazz Singers came on stage and did
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