Florida’s “Jazz Combo Night” in the Fine Arts Center’s Robinson Theatre. I had never been to a Jazz concert before and I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect since I haven’t really given much attention to jazz or jazz concerts before. I ended up having such a great experience and I even found myself mesmerized at times by the instruments and how beautiful they sounded being played. I am really grateful I attended the concert because I know have a much greater appreciation for live jazz music and even
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to as the ‘new face of jazz’; the thirty-eight year old jazz/pop sensation has won three Grammy awards as well as multiple Juno awards. Bublé has had ten albums‚ which have all been great hits. Bublé’s 2009 album Crazy Love debuted at number one after only three days of sales. Bublé is a Canadian who was born September 9th‚ 1975. Bublé claims‚ in an Oprah interview‚ he slept with a bible and prayed every night to become a singer. He grew up listening to his grandfather’s jazz music‚ and credits him
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MUS 110 Short Answer Questions over Jazz Fall 2010 Mai Nguyen 2. Explain why jazz would be considered the first truly American art form. Present two music compositions and discuss geographic location‚ famous proponent of the style and give at least two musical characteristics that define the style. Select from the following compositions: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Armstrong) In the Mood (Miller) Ko-Ko (Ellington) Koko (Parker) So What (Davis) Take Five (Brubeck) Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin)
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Jazz: The History The music called Jazz was born sometime around 1895 in New Orleans. It combined elements of Ragtime‚ marching band music and Blues. What made Jazz such a different perspective of traditional music was its act of improvising. There was a widespread use of improvisation often by more than one player at a time. Songwriters would write the music down on a piece of paper‚ and then the Jazz musicians would try their best to play the music. Usually in a Jazz piece‚ musicians would
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Jazz Music in The Great Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the reader sees a common theme of corruption of the American Dream. In the 1920’s‚ the times are changing in America and morals are becoming looser and the lifestyle of the wealthy is more careless. New fashion‚ attitude‚ and music is what nicknamed this era the “Jazz Age‚” greatly influencing Fitzgerald’s writing. He created similarities between many things in pop culture and the journey his characters Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ Tom
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Jazz is one of the more wide known forms of music around the world -- it is all around us whether we realize it or not. Jazz styles are in songs throughout many time periods ranging from around 1895 to present day. When we break down a song into its simplest forms‚ there are certain common jazz styles that are present. Most listeners do not realize that what they are hearing is some form of jazz in one way or another. There have been many influential artists who played an influential role in jazz’s
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" The Jazz Age in France" was a decade where many artists that weren’t getting recognition for their work‚ came to France and exposed their talent to the western powers. Among the artists were Picasso‚ Ernest Hemingway‚ E.E Cummings and Josephine Baker. Josephine Baker was an African-American jazz performance artist who sang‚ danced and acted. The fact that she was African-American gave people a different
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The end of jazz? How and why has jazz declined in popularity in the 21st century? Introduction Jazz is a genre that was born in America during around the early 20th century. It is a combination of music of white European settlers and African music. My project will be based on whether the musical genre‚ jazz‚ is losing popularity and if so‚ exploring the reasons for why this is happening. Referring to my question some people say jazz is “dying”‚ the most common use of the word ‘death’ is the state
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the Ball State School of Music presented a Christmas themed jazz concert at Sursa Hall. The concert cost five dollars for students and ten dollars for general admission. The show was performed by the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra and they created a fantastic jazz performance with elements of Christmas. The crowd in attendance was a mixture of students from the University and High schools throughout the state‚ natives of Muncie and jazz enthusiast. The performance drew a diverse crowd of people
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"Different Drummers: Jazz in the Culture of Nazi Germany" by Michael Kater There has only been one moment in history when jazz was synonymous with popular music in the country of its origin. During the years of‚ and immediately prior to World War II‚ a subgenre of jazz commonly referred to as swing was playing on all American radio stations and attracting throngs of young people to dancehalls for live shows. But it wasn’t only popular amongst Americans; historian Michael H. Kater‚ in his book
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