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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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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In Langston Hughes’s poem titled “The Weary Blues”‚ the speaker describes an evening spent listening to a blues musician in Lenox Avenue‚ Harlem. With the help of certain poetic and acoustic techniques‚ the poem manages to evoke the same lamenting and woeful tone and mood of blues music. This essay will be a critical appreciation of this poem in which I will discuss it in the context of the Harlem Renaissance as well as examine how the Blues music functions as a means of articulating personal and
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that would fall in line with the Tango would be the Charleston and jitterbug. Both were inspired from jazz music however‚ it was recognized then as music and dancing that inspired unrestrained dances. Again these dances and music now are ever so accepted within the American culture. Jazz was only a segment of it as later‚ other genre came into light such as rock-n-roll. A combination of blues music‚ and traditional pop (both vocal and instrumental) combined to bring us a new sound entitled Rock
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T. It is a seven lettered word that has a powerful meaning. Respect can be shown in many different ways. Respect is a really important thing people need to know about. Respect means how you feel about someone and how you treat them. When you have respect for someone‚ you think about the good ways they act‚ think‚ treat others‚ and themselves. When you respect others‚ you are liking the person for who they are. Also‚ when you respect others‚ you also respect their personal property
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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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Smooth Jazz is a genre of music. As you can tell by its name‚ the music is quite smooth‚ cool. You can also tell that it doesn’t really use swingy rhythms. Some people call it Cool Jazz and it can also be called Contemporary Jazz‚ they’re all the same thing. Smooth Jazz started in 1985. It lost its popularity in 2008. People changed their tastes in music. They got more interested into more new and modern music. Smooth Jazz is like a combination of jazz and smooth R&B. In Smooth Jazz‚ the piano
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Jazz I chose the form of dance called Jazz because it is the most fun to work with. Jazz dance is more of my style because it isn’t slow‚ it’s more of an upbeat exciting dance to learn. I’m more interested in hip-hop instead of slow boring dances. Jazz can really keep you entertained also. Jazz is much different from any other dance you’ll learn‚ and in my opinion the best dance. Instead of learning one dance‚ Jazz is all the dances put together‚ and that is why it is the most fun of all. Jazz
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Jazz concerts feature some of the most talented artists of the trade‚ banded together in harmony to create one musical piece. Most concerts feature a combination of singing and instrumentals to make long‚ flowing pieces of music. I had the treat to watch a Jazz concert streamed live online from Quinnipac University in Hamden‚ CT‚ and I definitely wasn’t disappointed. Many jazz concerts feature a wide range of instruments which complement and highlight each other. This band was no different. It
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Jazz was born in New Orleans through the rich diversity of the people that populated the state. New Orleans had a spectrum of races like mention in lecture “White men and women‚ and of all hues of brown‚ and of all Classes of faces‚ from round Yankees to grisly and lean Spaniards‚ black Negroes and negresses‚ curly and straight-haired‚ Quadroons of all shades…) The spectrum of races allowed for the blending of cultures which lead to the creation new music. The music in new Orleans originated in slaves
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