Defining Jazz Music Grade Levels: 9 - 12 Estimated Time This lesson is composed of four integrated teaching sessions designed for 45-55 minute class periods. Taught as a complete unit‚ the lesson may span two to three weeks‚ depending on the amount of time allowed for in-class sharing and writing. The objectives and materials are listed in individual sections. Overview Louis Armstrong said‚ "Jazz is music that’s never played the same way once." Ralph Ellison said‚ "Jazz is an art of individual
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Jazz began when WWI had just ended and a social revolution was coming. Life was to be lived to the fullest extent. People during this time had just gotten out from the worst war that the world had ever seen‚ up to that point in time. The country had also just hit the depression; folks were trying to make the best of their lives. People were depressed with financial issues following such a terrible war. Jazz helped to bring the light into some of those people’s lives. The first place of jazz is normally
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On September 3‚ my boyfriend and I attended the 38th Chicago Jazz Festival in Millennium Park. This was my first jazz concert. My boyfriend and I headed towards the Jay Pritzker Pavilion; its stage looked like a steel version of the Sydney Opera House. As we looked for a place to sit‚ I noticed that the audience’s demographics consisted of Indian‚ Asian‚ some African Americans‚ and Caucasians. We sat near the stage in the plastic orange seats because the grass area was extremely packed. However‚
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the musical forms developed in this process was jazz--one of the major American contributions to world culture. Each of these forms of music made essential contributions to the development of jazz itself but each‚ more or less‚ retained its own integrity and none could be said to have been transformed into jazz. What differentiated Jazz from these earlier styles was the widespread use of improvisation‚ often by more than one player at a time. Jazz represented a break from Western musical traditions
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29‚ 1899 – May 24‚ 1974) was an American writer‚ piano player‚ and bandleader of a jazz symphony‚ which he drove from 1923 until his demise in a vocation traversing more than fifty years.[1] Conceived in Washington‚ D.C.‚ Ellington was situated in New York City from the mid-1920s ahead‚ and picked up a national profile through his ensemble’s appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. In the 1930s‚ his symphony visited in Europe. In spite of the fact that broadly
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Culture: Jazz Dance Jazz dance‚ is defined as any dance to jazz accompaniments‚ composed of a profusion of forms. Jazz dance paralleled the birth and spread of jazz itself from roots in black American society and was popularized in ballrooms by the big bands of the swing era (1930s and ’40s). It radically altered the style of American and European stage and social dance in the 20th century. The term is sometimes used more narrowly to describe popular stage dance (except tap dance) and jazz-derived
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Michael Jackson‚ who the artist or performer has contributed toward the development of jazz dance because his all dance is like the jazz dance‚ tap dance and hip hop dance. I have been watching many jazz dance for this class and Michael Jackson dance. The movement of Michael Jackson dances are looking like the jazz dance like his feet and arm are dancing. Michael Jackson is very famous because he was young and he can move or dance very fast with his music. Especially‚ he inspires young people so
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Study The National Jazz Hall of Fame Cornelis A. de Kluyver‚ J. Giuliano‚ J. Milford‚ and B. Cauthen Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Problem Statement 3. Project Implementation & Objectives 4. Case Study Questions Executive Summary: This report is to analyze the creation of a Jazz Hall of Fame in Charlottesville‚ VA‚ which was initiated by Mr. Robert Rutland‚ a history professor‚ and jazz enthusiast. Mr. Rutland believes he can create a Jazz Hall of Fame and is
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Born in Hamlet‚ North Carolina on September 23‚ 1926‚ American Jazz saxophonist‚ John Coltrane‚ had transformed the world of Jazz with his unique style and ability to play numerous notes at one time (“John William”). Coltrane was enveloped with music his entire life as he performed in nightclubs and band halls with various well-known musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie‚ Duke Ellington‚ and Miles Davis. Although his experience in Jazz eventually led Coltrane to create his own band‚ his drug addiction
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Jazz and World War II: Reciprocal Effects and Relationships Both Jazz music and World War II had a significant impact on each other. Jazz music boosted the morale of soldiers fighting abroad and also lifted the spirits of their loved ones back at home. Many jazz musicians were soldiers‚ and several others traveled overseas or across the country to entertain U.S. troops. Among these performers were Bing Crosby‚ Artie Shaw‚ and Benny Carter. Jazz music was not only evident in American culture‚ but
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