Jazz is just one of the many genres of music in the world‚ but almost anyone can recognize a musical piece as jazz by the rhythm or the improvisation. However‚ there is more to jazz than the rhythm and improvisation; there is also the chorus structure‚ harmonic progression‚ and the instrumentation. In addition‚ an important element of jazz is the ensemble because it mixes different harmonizing instruments used in jazz to produce a singular sound as demonstrated by the UIC Jazz Ensemble. The UIC Jazz
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The Influence of 1920 Blues and Jazz on Modern Music Mark Carter The Influence of 1920 Blues and Jazz on Modern Music This paper is will try to show how the music that started with singing of old songs by the slaves to influences the music that the world listens to today. Shaping the music of Rock and Roll‚ Country and Western‚ and Easy Listening that influences every aspect of society’s everyday life are Blues and Jazz. In an interview many years ago on television‚ heard by this
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Michelle Alexander’s book‚ “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”‚ essentially analyzes the United States criminal justice system. The main thesis/argument of her analysis is that mass incarceration constitutes a new system of racial oppression that is similar to slavery and the original Jim Crow. Furthermore‚ she claims that mass incarceration has had a profound impact on how criminal justice issues are interpreted today. She also argues that individuals who have fallen
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only have a small part to do with the actual book‚ but the title Jazz by Toni Morrison is significant throughout the whole book. This is because Jazz was a very popular music style in the 1920s‚ which is around the time the book is set. During that time‚ Jazz was very popular in the African American culture‚ this is significant because the main characters of the book are African American. Toni Morrison incorporates elements of Jazz music throughout the whole book‚ she does this by using rhythmic
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The Jazz Age was a cultural movement that began around 1918‚ post WWI. It was born in New Orleans but later spread around the world‚ it was a beautiful mixture of jazz and march banding styled music and was often played by African-Americans. It was the first time that people began to move to the cities rather than in rural areas. It was the first time that African American were given the opportunity to progress in a society that failed them since the ending our slavery. After the war‚ new trends
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In the 1900s‚ the Jazz Music outbreak was in full swing. There were many Jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong‚ Kid Ory‚ and King Oliver who gave the world their soulful tunes by using musical instruments. A few years later‚ in 1920‚ the Jazz poetry movement started when several poets began to challenge each other’s rhythm and style. Both poetry and Jazz had many similarities which resulted in merging the two art forms‚ making jazz poetry. T.S. Eliot‚ E.E. Cummings‚ and Ezra Pound were just a handful
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public he is known just as another jazz musician but for those with a more in depth music appreciation he remains one of the most significant saxophonists in jazz history. John “Trane” Coltrane’s impact on the music world was quite considerable. By revolutionizing music with his own techniques Coltrane changed jazz music forever. Coltrane was a American jazz saxophonist‚ composer‚ bandleader‚ and iconic figure of the twentieth century. As a jazz singer and jazz enthusiast myself‚ Coltrane’s techniques
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kept from owning their own land. Some employers wouldn’t hire them so it was hard for them to find jobs. They were also treated poorly within their communities. There even laws enforced to keep them oppressed. The greatest example of this is the Jim Crow laws which remained in effect from 1876-1965. These laws were used and interpreted to oppress the black population in the South in legislation and custom. The African-American response to these laws and their establishment differed in idea and intensity
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The earliest times in jazz had been looked more of an art because of the new techniques more expansive harmonies‚ expansive harmonies‚ and more. Breaking through the swing era‚ modern jazz became an outbreak with its complex harmonies one would actually say that modern jazz was influenced by the drastic changes in the swing era. Expecting the role of entertainment African Americans dominated jazz even with racism boiling and hate crimes trending white bands would still manage to incorporate African
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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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