expository writing. Jazz sure is cool! What is Jazz? Well it depends on who you are asking. Where you come from‚ and believe it or not‚ what kind of culture you are raised in. “Jazz is a type of music of Black American origin characterized by improvisation‚ syncopation‚ and usually a regular or forceful rhythm‚ emerging at the beginning of the 20th century.” Now‚ you would think Jazz is a very fundamental genre to obtain but‚ that is not the case. Being a “Vocal Jazz Studies Major”‚ I observe
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pants. When I think of Jazz I think of a small group of performers usually consisting of a trumpet‚ saxophone‚ and a small drum normally‚ enacting on the sidewalk or small building. It also brings to mind a poetry slam where everyone is snapping their fingers and there is a drum accompanying the one who is sharing poetry. The Swinging River Jazz band is a more modern jazz performance and was a little different than what I expected as far as the size and the arrangement. Jazz it a lot more classical
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Another way this was made popular was by cutting contests. These contests would allow “professors” to outplay one another by adding embellishments that were improvised on spot reflecting on what was later made known as jazz. A solo pianist‚ to this day‚ still uses this technique in the jazz culture. Scott Joplin is one of the major creators who is given almost sole credit for the then new music but was also overlooked due to his color by biased white scholars limiting him as “only” a ragtime composer
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It took the establishment of a new country‚ the United States‚ for all of the ideas from different lands to immigrate to and then have those ideas fused together. Consequently‚ most of the elements of Jazz Swing are so bonded together that experts are unable trace them back to just one culture‚ race‚ country‚ or peoples; therefore‚ Swing has generally been known and accepted as a worldwide phenomenon born in America. Roughly two hundred and thirty-nine
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Louis Armstrong is recognized for his amazing performance with his raspy scat singing and outstanding showmanship with his trumpet. His journey pays tribute to people and events that have shaped many human lives to make them become who they are today or what they will become in the future. Musical genius‚ Armstrong‚ overcame from hard work and poverty to become Jazz’s greatest shining star. Before Louis Armstrong can become a star he had to go through some hardships. Armstrong was born
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Over the years jazz music has gone through many musical evolutions throughout its history. At its height in the 20s and through the 40s‚ jazz big bands were one of the most popular forms of musical entertainment in America. After World War II‚ there seem to be a shift within the jazz community as more and more jazz musician broke away from the big band genre. Many of them created smaller more intimate groups that wanted to put more of an emphasis on solo improvisation‚ instrumental virtuosity‚ and
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throughout the song is as recognizable to the jazz world as Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony’s “da-da-da-DUM” is to the classical world. It is a supreme love for Coltrane’s biggest influence: his creator. Born and raised in the Southeast during the height of the segregation era‚ Coltrane sought comfort and unity in his local church. He expressed his love for the church by taking up clarinet for the community band. Coltrane shifted his interests towards jazz in high school thanks to the musicality of Lester
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Afrobeat music was originated by Fela Anikulapo Kuti which became a unique popular kind of music emanating from Africa. Afrobeat is the fusion of different western stylistic elements including jazz with the with traditional Yoruba music. Afrobeat music by Fela Anikulapo Kuti is characterised by his distinct personality. A SHORT BACKGROUND ON FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born on October 15‚1938 to the family of Reverend Israel Ransome Kuti at Abeokuta in Ogun State‚ Nigeria. At
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MUSIC THEORY 3 6 10 13 16 HANDBOOK VOL 1 “ “ “ “ “ Getting Started with Counterpoint” by BETH DENISCH FROM THE ONLINE COURSE COUNTERPOINT Understanding Reharmonization” by STEVE ROCHINSKI FROM THE ONLINE COURSE REHARMONIZATION TECHNIQUES Master the Basics of Rhythm” FROM THE ONLINE COURSE MUSIC THEORY 101 by PAUL SCHMELING Learn the Intricacies of the Seventh Chord” by MICHAEL RENDISH FROM THE ONLINE COURSE GETTING INSIDE HARMONY 1 Examining the Theory Behind
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In “What is Jazz Part 1”‚ I heard “Tom Vaguely”‚ “Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child”‚ “St. Louis Blues”‚ and “Picture This”. Listening to the first piece‚ “Tow Vaguely”‚ I saw a busy Monday morning in the city. People in suits and hats carried their business bags‚ passing each other by on the sidewalk. The brief bass solo in the middle of the piece gave me the image of cars crossing the streets along side the pedestrians. The short clip of the sorrow song‚ “I Feel like a Motherless Child”
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