3 July 2013 A New Jazz “Post-war America‚ Jazz and Heroin” by Zenga Longmore and James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” Life after the Second World War changed for many‚ including the previously jolly jazzmen in Harlem. Whether through conspiracy‚ a search to remedy the anxieties of a ‘struggling for image’ musician‚ or just something that was pressed as a requirement to belong‚ heroin certainly made its bleak presence known. Trumpeter Red Rodney once said‚ “Heroin became the thing that made
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Bebop: A Controversial Transition to Modern Jazz Nathan Marketich Music 0711 Professor Leon Dorsey Recitation TA: Alton Merrell 1:00 December 10‚ 2010 The decade of the 1940’s was an important era in the history of jazz. The 1940’s was a transition from traditional jazz into modern jazz. Leading this transition was the introduction of the Bebop period in Jazz. Bebop created controversy in the jazz world for being a contradiction to traditional jazz and was widely disliked by many audiences
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From Jazz to Hip Hop New genres of music often start off with an underground following. As the music evolves it eventually loses its subversive feel. It is no longer revolutionary nor a creative art form‚ thus it becomes a product of popular culture found amongst the demographics of MTV. One popular style of music that grew by countering American culture is jazz. Today jazz is often compared to hip-hop; both art forms have grown from an underground following to counter American culture. Furthermore
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music that each have a certain sound or represent a certain time period in history. The two genres that I have selected are Opera and Big-band Jazz. These are two very diverse genres that have different musical elements‚ such as melody‚ rhythm‚ etc. The Opera piece is Purcell: Dido and Aeneas‚ Act III‚ Opening and Lament by Henry Purcell and the Big-band Jazz piece is Strayhorn: Take the A Train‚ by Duke Ellington Orchestra. Opera was very popular during the Baroque Era from the 1600’s to the early
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New Orleans Jazz Band: Dag "They have a word down South to describe the way you feel when your packed into a crowded dive at 1:00 AM‚ where the cigarette smoke is so thick it makes its own weather; and the waitress is slinging bourbon and Fritos while some bad-ass Jazz Funk band rocks the house as hard as Blue Ridge granite‚ and the sweat flows down from the stage like the cloudy waters of Pamlico Sound. There’s a word for how you feel when you hear live Jazzy-funk music so sweet and hot‚ you
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Lester Young: The “Sweet” Jazz Saxophonist Influential jazz tenor saxophonist‚ Lester Young led a revolution that changed the way the saxophone is played until this very day. He Inspired through his bright and airy tunes that sharply contrasted the loud and boisterous sounds of his counterparts (Pener 121). Young was known for many of his groundbreaking tunes such as “All of Me”‚ and “Lester Leaps In”. As a result of his very different approach to playing the tenor saxophone‚ he influenced many
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Authentic jazz dance pertains to the early development of the jazz style in the 1920’s. During this time period‚ jazz dance wa influenced by African American cultures that were introduced in different dance movements. Some dances introduced to the population during this time includes the Lindy Hop and the Charleston. These movements included swing dance and flapper movements that were expressed in ballrooms and social settings. These elements were the original forms of jazz dance that influenced
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Charles Mingus‚ an icon in the Jazz world “only second to Duke Ellington (CHARLES MINGUS BIO). Mingus played a very important role in the development of jazz music‚ he left his mark on the world that got him a lot of recognition. Along with a plethora of grants that were donated to him and the different organizations that were centered on him. He was also honored in New York City by having a “Charles Mingus Day” dedicated to him and many other dedications and assortments of honoring’s (CHARLES MINGUS
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Classical Music and Jazz Music Music has always been an important element for the humanity. Exist many different kinds of music. For purpose of this paper I’m going to compare classical music with jazz music. This two types of music belong to the category of complex art music. A comparison of classical and jazz music yield some similarities and different and could also lead to an appreciation of this two important category of music. The music called classical‚ was found in stores and performed
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In the film‚ The Jazz Singer‚ the protagonist‚ Jakie Rabinowitz‚ goes through a major character change in becoming Americanized. That is‚ in leaving his family’s Jewish faith‚ he adopts the attitude and culture of the American way of life. However‚ there are many phases and steps he takes in doing this along the way. The first signs are the feud between Jakie and his father and goes as far as his name changing and meeting with a Gentile. Because of these changes he chooses to make‚ his Jewish way
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