October 14‚ 2011 Seeing Ragtime and Blues as Parents of Jazz Jazz is a music genre that has complex characteristics and history of development and thus many musicians and scholars face troubles in defining what jazz is. In general‚ jazz is believed to have born in New Orleans. Jazz developed for the pleasure of the social dancers. According to the “Understanding Jazz: What Is Jazz?” of John F. Kennedy center for the Performing Arts‚ Jazz was created mainly by Afro-Americans‚ and had elements of
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For my second listening report‚ I chose to go see Miroslava Katzarova Jazz Quartet at Upstairs club on Mckay street in downtown Montreal. It was a fantastic performance that consisted style Jazz music. Since this was a high-end jazz club‚ the cover was fifteen dollars‚ So I was expecting a really good show. Much to my satisfaction that is exactly what I got. The players were outstanding and all the show was very short‚ they certainly were able to fully express their talent as a group. The only downside
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Jazz Funk Dance: Soul Jazz Aka Funk Jazz When soul jazz was the beat of Hearts in the 1960s‚ somewhere in the disco at the mid-1970s‚ Jazz funk dance born. Soul Jazz was the need of the hour but people also wanted a rock touch in it to groove so Funk Jazz was introduced with a dashing inject of Rock sense with the similar taste of Jazz. Actually‚ Funk Jazz means making your soul dance on the beats that are truly meant to shock and rock you. What is Jazz Funk Dance? Jazz Funk Dance is a subcategory
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In Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man Ellison makes strong connections between the musical jazz elements and the Battle Royal excerpt of the novel. The jazz element of improvisation is described to be spontaneous‚ on the spot‚ composing to come up with different melodies and is the prominent element used by Ellison in the Battle Royal excerpt of the novel. Ellison uses these spontaneous moments like that of the jazz element of improvisation to allow our narrator‚ the invisible man to take control‚ while
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Lester Young: The “Sweet” Jazz Saxophonist Influential jazz tenor saxophonist‚ Lester Young led a revolution that changed the way the saxophone is played until this very day. He Inspired through his bright and airy tunes that sharply contrasted the loud and boisterous sounds of his counterparts (Pener 121). Young was known for many of his groundbreaking tunes such as “All of Me”‚ and “Lester Leaps In”. As a result of his very different approach to playing the tenor saxophone‚ he influenced many
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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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Chapter 1 Listening to Jazz McGraw-Hill/Irwin © 2013 McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. Overview Jazz has been described as “America’s Classical Music” - the first musical style to have a specific American Identity. 1-2 Jazz developed out of many diverse musical and cultural influences at the beginning of the 20th century. 19th century photo of a group of African American Minstrels 1-3 The absence of recordings or written examples of the earliest jazz results in subjective historical
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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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