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    Millennium Jazz Music has released another outstanding compilation entitled Fifth Element to celebrate the label’s five year lifespan. As to be expected with any release from the British indie gem, the album uses hip hop as a vehicle to explore the sounds of classic jazz. This new one however is a cut above many of the other selections in MJMs catalogue because of the new elements it adds into the mix. Veterans like Es-K, Stay Classy, Bones the Beat Head, Smokedbeat, and mastermind Gadget all make

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    Music is a common thread and form of expression throughout all cultures. In every country the world over you will find a different style or genre of music with a unique sound. Each original style stems from the different kinds people and their cultures. The music industry has a major influence in our society. As of 2014, America had the world’s largest music market with a retail value of almost 5,000.5 million dollars, and it continues to grow. American music has many different influences, since

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    Jazz music is a very influential genre of music. It was originated it only one city, and was quickly able to spread all around the country, and later all around the world. Louis Armstrong was on of the most well known jazz musicians, and shaped it for many others to follow. To start off, the history of jazz music first started off in New Orleans. It was created by african americans in the city. The music was a mix of African rhythms, and European folk songs. Most of the time it was instrumental

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    American Literature 1 April 2015 America’s Original Music Form: The Influence of Jazz The creation of jazz at face value is normally credited to the minorities in the United States, mainly the African Americans, but was modified and adapted to be culturally and socially acceptable to the middle and upper classes of white Americans. While the jazz movement was eventually dominated by the middle class white population in the US, the conception of this music form was influenced and inspired by African traditions

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    Live Music Experience Paper When a genre of music becomes mainstream, its creation is no longer dictated by art and the need to create art, but instead, for commercial gain. Thus the music loses its originality, it loses its authenticity, and worst of all it loses its culture, without culture, the music can be likened to a BLT sandwich without bacon, for no matter how skillfully prepared, it lacks an integral part of itself, and cannot possibly be whole. This is exactly the phenomenon I observed

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    (Cowley,)” The 1920s was known as the roaring twenties or as the jazz age. The 1920’s, with it’s new inventions and a booming economy, gave people optimism due to all the new jobs opening up .By the late 1920s, hardships and troublesome times known as the Great Depression.The stock market crash of 1929 resulted in hard times that were yet to come.The 1920s was an era of change such things occurring like the development of the jazz music,Immigration towards the 1920 was an issue,racism in America was

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    Chapter 1 Extra Credit Questions 1. Why is jazz hard to define? Describe some of the reasons why it is sometimes difficult to determine if a musical recording or a performance qualifies as jazz. Jazz does not have one set style, but rather many styles which leaves the definition of jazz hard to define. A jazz player can play any style they want and there aren’t really set rules they have to follow to be considered jazz, just a few guidelines that are taken into consideration. It can sometimes

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    more resonant jazz and this is when the white people (the ones who had scoffed at jazz previously) began to want more. Neither blacks nor whites had to play in the shadows any more (for a time, years ago, it was forbidden for whites to play jazz). Their music was out in the light and loved by many people. When the white people were able to come out of the dark and play, it made jazz much more famous and sought after. No longer considered the Devil’s music, whites accepted jazz and the popularity

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    Before the jazz era erupted, classical music was the common music people listened to. In the early 1900’s many people were religious and enjoyed the classical composers. As Jazz came along, it differed in many ways compared to classical music. Jazz was more upbeat and appealed to more party goers than classical music did. Jazz was generally looked down upon by the religious community due to their “vulgar and ungodly” lyrics and the lifestyle that came with it. Many women and men who enjoyed jazz were stereotyped

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    Jazz music has been one of America's most creative forms of music, and has been influenced in many different ways throughout the U.S.A.. Jazz music is a type of music that features lots of different instruments including brass instruments, reed instruments, piano, drums, guitar, and bass.These instruments work together and create very distinct and unique music that has sparks creativity all over. Jazz music evolves and progresses more and more each day as there are no limits or rules to jazz. Jazz

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