KEN BURNS: JAZZ What is Jazz? Jazz is one of the few arts that will be considered truly American. Founded primarily in the south during the 1800’s‚ this form of music was the first significant African American contribution that would be heard all around the world. Its constantly changing nature and loose rules allow it to be flexible and therefore‚ viable to audiences of all ages. Why is it unique to the American experience? Jazz is one of the few arts that will be considered truly American.
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African American literature includes spirituals ‚ gospels ‚ work songs ‚ the Blues ‚ jazz ‚ and basically just songs or stories in general that ties back to African American culture . All vernacular genres have different stories to tell as well ‚ however ‚ they all precipitate a vision or message that is being sung or told . The two genres that I would like to bring up are jazz and hip hop . Many people think that jazz and hip hop are almost identical to each other ‚ which is why it would be hard to
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Rights Movement before it existed. Jazz music brought together Black and white musicians alike‚ as well as‚ promoters‚ and performers. Many of these jazz musicians advanced the civil rights movement by their compositions and influences to decimate racial barriers and inequalities. Louis Armstrong recorded‚ “What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue" in 1929‚ and Benny Goodman bought arrangements from Fletcher Henderson and integrated black musicians into an all-white jazz band when it was illegal in many
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Effect. One program in Florida even “mandated children receiving state aid to have at least 30 minutes of music instruction daily” (Jensen 38). This program was just the beginning of the movement to shape young minds with music. Classical music and jazz aid learning‚ suggesting that music can enhance the academic potential of a student. Classical music improves a student’s relaxation and focus. Studying with music can relax both a student’s muscles and mind. Furthermore‚ listening to classical music
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5-5-13 Music H.S for health proffesions and human services Miles Davis was one of the best jazz musicians in the history of jazz. His full name is Miles Dewey Davis III and was born on May 26th‚ 1926 in Alton‚ Illinois. Unlike many other notorious musicians Miles grew up in wealth His father was a superb dental surgeon in East St. Louis. He began playing the
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Bebop music was the next evolutionary change of Jazz music that succeeded swing music. This paper’s aim is look at musicians who impacted this era‚ exploring more in depth Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. In the early 1940’s‚ the swing bands began to all sound the same as well as work along predictable chord changes.1 The music was now not used for dancing. Some people believed that this would let the music go away from the elite social groups‚ and now be for everybody. Also just because
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surrounds our lives at different moments of lives‚ whether we hear it on the radio‚ on television‚ from our car and home stereos. Different kinds of music are appropriate for different occasions. We come across it in the mellifluous tunes of a classical concert or in the devotional strains of a bhajan‚ the wedding band‚ or the reaper in the fields breaking into song to express the joys of life. Even warbling in the bathroom gives us a happy start to the day. Music has a very powerful therapeutic effect on
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Jazz dancing involves movements that are specially choreographed to West-African music compositions. The movements are termed as jazz‚ which is basically an umbrella term‚ and set to ’blues’ notes‚ polyrhythms‚ improvisations‚ the ’swung’ note‚ and syncopation. The Jazz form of dancing actually relates to several dance styles that are related‚ such as ballet‚ tap‚ and the African-American rhythms-and-dance styles. This dance form originated in the late 1800s. The trend took time to catch on‚ but
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with beautiful jazz music. He choreographed a few Russian ballets with limited success‚ but in 1933 he came to America and his career took off. Balanchine was fascinated with the American culture. He loved how so many people‚ all of different races‚ could come together and live happily. Balanchine also fell in love with African-American culture‚ specifically their jazz and dance moves. Balanchine knew that he wanted to incorporate African-American dancers‚ jazz music‚ and a jazz choreography into
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piece is Jazz and another example of Jazz is Louis Armstrong (trumpet/cornet/voice) Terrible Blues with his band the Red Onion Jazz Babies. Background Miles Davis was born in Illinois in May 1926. He knew from a very young early age that he wanted to be a musician. He started learning the trumpet at a young age‚ looking up to his heroes Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Charlie Parker‚ eventually took Davis on as his ‘sideman’‚ mentoring him and introducing him to the other big names in jazz music
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