a better understanding of jazz as not only an art form‚ but as a culture. The audience was the first thing I noticed when entering the venue. Most of the attendees were middle-aged and Caucasian. They were dressed in casual but nice clothing. It was not a formal event but no one was wearing tennis shoes are gym clothes. I also noticed that alcohol was being served with light refreshments. This contributed to the relaxed and casual environment that I expected of a jazz concert. I also spoke with
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Jazz Concert Reflection Jazz is a musical style that began in African American communities in the southern United States around the beginning of the twentieth century. It was a new style of music that brought together music traditions from West Africa and Europe. Some of its West African musical influences give jazz its unique sound. Jazz has many different elements‚ which are improvisations‚ swinging‚ using blue notes‚ and combining different
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I am doing my end of the semester paper on Jazz music. Jazz was created in the twentieth century and was said that it was‚ “created to bring people together.” Jazz was also known in many cities around the time of the jazz age‚ but the city that was known as the birthplace of jazz was New Orleans. There are many important names that people still know today from the jazz ages. One important name during the jazz age was Louis Armstrong is known for many Jazz songs like “What a Wonderful World”‚ “When
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What is jazz music? A single definition cannot be found. Many people try to define jazz music only to regress to trying to define what it does. Even this approach is difficult. People are only able to find things to agree on‚ such as agreeing that jazz is music. Jazz has been so many things throughout it long and illustrious history that it ’s even hard to point out its origins‚ which stem from many places‚ many styles of music‚ and many people. However‚ there is an ongoing debate as to its precise
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For the second time in my life I attended another jazz concert. On Wednesday‚ November 30‚ 2016 I went to the Morgy Craig Annual Memorial Jazz Scholarship Award Concert and it was put on by the Ball State Jazz Ensembles. The setting of the concert was at Sursa Hall‚ which sits on the corner of Riverside and McKinley Avenues‚ and is a beautiful concert hall that is brick on the outside and on the inside has wood paneling. The concert I found to be very incredible overall and twice as better as the
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Gershwin biographer Isaac Goldberg wrote in 1931 that with the Rhapsody in Blue‚ George Gershwin "fired the jazz shot heard round the world." This symphonic jazz concerto may be the most famous piece of American classical music. Undoubtedly the most famous classical work of its own time‚ it was a serious concert work that contained elements of popular music in the 1920s including the style of jazz. Gershwin’s Rhapsody even remains a part of American popular culture today; its famous themes are heard
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The formal jazz concert was held at New England Conservatory- Jordan Hall Thursday‚ November 29‚ 2012. The New England Conservatory is well known for its contemporary improvisation program. The program was founded in 1972 by musical visionaries Gunther Schuller and Ran Blake‚ trains musicians to develop their composing‚ performing‚ and improvising skills. Several concerts have been held at N.E.C(New England Conservatory)‚ but the main theme of this specific one is "Rebirth of the Third Stream". "The
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The theme of food and the different representations that they carry are imbued into Toni Morrison’s work. In an interview Morrison explains the constructions of blackness and white‚ and states‚ "there is a lot of juice to be extracted from plumy reminiscences of ’individual’ and ’freedom’ if the tree upon which such fruit hangs is a black population forced to polar opposites"(Parker 622). Her use of imagery surrounding the issues of black oppression with the use of food speaks to the greater connotation
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Jazz has been called‚ among other things‚ America’s "only original form‚" showing it’s clear cultural roots in America. In addition‚ jazz historians have touted jazz’s pedigree as "American’s Classical Music." An appreciation and analysis of jazz history forces one to question both the "American" and "Classical" descriptors that past historians have used to label jazz music. Using primarily sources such as "From Somewhere in France" by Charles Delaunay and "An Interview with Wynton Marsalis" by Lolis
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Instrumentation: 4-5 trumpets‚ 4 trombones‚ 5 saxophones (woodwinds)‚ piano‚ bass‚ drums‚ guitar • Arranger becomes much more important • Written out arrangements with less‚ or little‚ improvisation • Some up-tempo tunes • Many more ballads with jazz interpretation • Music often for dancing Music become a big business • Recordings were now very important • Recording companies now exercised control over music • Record salesbecame the determining factor of success‚ (popularity vs. quality
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