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    Student Jazz Combos filled Choral Hall on Tuesday‚ March 29‚ 2016. The show started around 5:30 p.m. with the Monday at 9 p.m. combo directed by Cecily Terhune. The second combo was the Tuesday at 3:30 combo directed by Scott Routenberg. The show concluded with the Wednesday at 5 p.m. combo that is also directed by Scott Routenberg. Each combo left the audience in awe after each piece. The show started with the Monday at 9 p.m. combo that is directed by Cecily Terhune. The concert started off

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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 Influence of Jazz on Twentieth-Cantury Music Many people in today’s society don’t realize how much of an influence has been transpired throughout history overtime. We tend to overlook all the influences on today’s music and don’t actually appreciate history’s influences in our everyday lives. I would like to focus on the twentieth-century and how the visual arts influenced the time period. Hopefully this essay can spread knowledge and awareness on how much history has to do with influences

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    Jazz History in 1920

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    Jazz Poetry in the 1920’s Jazz Poetry can be defined as poetry that demonstrates jazz-like rhythm or the feeling of improvisation. During the 1920’s many poets began to experiment with the conventional forms of writing with rhythm which led to the invention of Jazz Poetry. Poetry and Jazz seemed to both evolve into each other which led to the merge that became known as "Jazz Poetry". Jazz poetry has been an unorthodox style of writing since it was invented in the 1920’s

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    The Influence of 1920 Blues and Jazz on Modern Music Mark Carter The Influence of 1920 Blues and Jazz on Modern Music This paper is will try to show how the music that started with singing of old songs by the slaves to influences the music that the world listens to today. Shaping the music of Rock and Roll‚ Country and Western‚ and Easy Listening that influences every aspect of society’s everyday life are Blues and Jazz. In an interview many years ago on television‚ heard by this

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    only have a small part to do with the actual book‚ but the title Jazz by Toni Morrison is significant throughout the whole book. This is because Jazz was a very popular music style in the 1920s‚ which is around the time the book is set. During that time‚ Jazz was very popular in the African American culture‚ this is significant because the main characters of the book are African American. Toni Morrison incorporates elements of Jazz music throughout the whole book‚ she does this by using rhythmic

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    Jazz Concert Review

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    Jazz Concert Review [pic] The first formal small jazz concert was held at the Maum Café on Sep. 25th‚ 2008. There were many music performances have held at the Maum Café but Zino Park‚ leader of the band‚ and manager of Maum Café agreed to arrange a formal jazz concert for the first time. The main theme of this concert was “Smooth Jazz with Zino Park at Maum”. Before the concert began‚ the band members introduced themselves to the audience. The names of players were: Acoustic guitar

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    Reading the book “Jazz Anecdotes‚” by Bill Crow; it really gives the picture of what some of the first jazz musicians went through. This book introduces the jazz world as it really is. Throughout the book the stories reveal struggles‚ learning and teaching from one musician to another‚ discrimination‚ life on the road‚ and success. The different kind of characters and personalities is what makes this book interesting and come alive. In some of the stories of the book you sense personal and career

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    Jazz Age Essay

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    The words that describe the Jazz Age are that it is “associated with sophistication‚ modernism‚ exuberance‚ consumerism and decadence‚ and the introduction of jazz music.” Jazz music originated in New Orleans. Louis Armstrong is believed to have put Jazz on the musical map. Developing in speakeasy cellars‚ not everyone approved of or appreciated Jazz. Ragtime‚ Jazz and music from Broadway musicals dominated the Jazz Age. Jelly Roll Morton‚ King Oliver‚ Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong

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    Jazz & Blues Concert Tickets‚ Schedule & Tour Dates As a particular complex term‚ Jazz Blues can allude either to a blues artist who utilizes more propelled harmonies or potentially rhythms which break out of customary‚ direct blues designs. The outcomes may sound more like one side of the condition with a touch of the other blended in‚ or even approach R&B. Blues and jazz were established in a similar African-American melodic customs in any case‚ and they have dependably sufficiently crossed that

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