Why Jazz Is Important To Me

However, jazz musicians are expected to find their own sound, which makes even the same melodies sound different. Even though both Classical and Jazz music have similarities, they are extremely

Every admirer of jazz loves to hear compositions from the olden days. Depending on your mood, you might like to have a variety to choose from. The following compositions offer you jazzy compositions played as solos or with bands with some of the top composers of all times. Whether you feel down and out of the weather or want to relax and listen to something romantic you will find the right piece of music amongst these compositions.

On May 4th, I attended a jazz band concert at Consumes River College in the recital hall. The performances consisted of ten jazz songs and one funky song.

Jazz and the culture surrounding its history has evolved into one of the worlds most widely known art forms and eras of American music. It is distinguished by its variety of musical characteristics; as well as its evolution in New Orleans, its early performers, the instruments that make it, where it was performed, and the infusion of African and European musical elements. This paper will examine the origins of this unique musical identity along with its characteristics and the cultural history surrounding it.

The mystery of Jazz and its powerful impact on the music community can be explained largely by the context of it’s creation. Jazz was born in the United States, and because of this, many have referred to Jazz as “America’s music.” Like America, Jazz has a balance between structure and spontaneity. It capitalizes on the fluidity of the musicians, having several different instruments with independent spirits, coming together as one to form a great piece of music. Unlike other styles of music, Jazz has a certain way about it that makes it stand-alone in the world of genres. It improvises, moves, and transforms itself in a moment’s notice based on the musician’s intuition. Just as America harbors democracy, so too does a jazz ensemble, showing both the responsibility to a larger group, yet still allowing room for individual freedom. It all comes down to how well others can respect the overall framework and structure of the jingle.

As jazz turned out to be well known amid the 1920s and '30s, these new repertoire were appropriated into the standard collection. Famous jazz artist like Louis

I used to always go over to my grandparent’s house and watch my grandfather go crazy over this “Jazz” music. He explained to me that it wasn’t Jazz unless it swung like the greats. I listened to a song “Sing Sing Sing” the other day from one of my Jazz collections that my grandpa gave to me and realized that their was so much energy and pizzazz in this music. He explained to me that it was all put together by a guy named Benny, and I understood why.

Throughout history, jazz started to become very well known among diverse groups of individuals Jazz began developing in New Orleans and thoroughly established at the beginning of the 1920s. A plethora amount of slaves were Africans when imported into the new world which was New Orleans. However, they were not allowed to bring their musical instruments. Indeed, they didn’t leave behind their musical tastes and rhythmic sensibilities. There was an area in New Orleans where slaves would unite to make music, practice their religious beliefs, and communicate which was known as Congo Square. African slaves would add their taste in jazz changing European Church Hymns, folk songs, and dance music. In effect, causing the blending of African aspects

Ever wonder how an author can use elements of jazz in their novel. According to Toni Morrison novel “Jazz” it’s possible. The novel contains many jazz element to show her understanding of Jazz music like melodies, breaks, cutting contest, soloists, composers, musical language and even improvisation which are very important elements in Jazz music. The first two elements of jazz that shows her understand of jazz music in the novel is the basic melody of Morrison’s novel Jazz is when she introduces a girl named violet who attends a funeral of a dead girl, but just to cut her face of the corpse because she found out that her husband betrayed her (Morrison 11).

The sound of Louis Armstrong and and people dancing could be heard throughout the old jazz hall. The smell of hard work and cigar smoke is very potent. These are the very few things that make retro jazz important. People would fill theatres and music halls to see the all time great jazz musicians for just an hour. Today however, Jazz is not thriving as well as it used to back in the early 1900s.

Jazz music as we know it today has evolved since the early twentieth century. Its’ evolution is due to the influence of many different players who have added their own styles, interpretations and techniques. Two masters of Jazz who have been a big influence on the music are cornet and trumpet player, Louis Armstrong, and piano player, band leader and arranger, Duke Ellington. Each came from different socio-economic and geographical backgrounds, but both became masters of their trade, reached worldwide fame and became legends of the music.

Famous jazz saxophonist and educator Ahmad Alaadeen once said “Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world.” Jazz is a style of music that everyone knows and loves. It is a style that’s both smooth and sharp, a style that created words such as “cool” and “nice”. A style who has roots as old as time, and helps shape music we love and here today. Jazz draws form styles such as blues, folk, marches, ragtime. From contributors such as Scott Joplin, Charles “Buddy” Bolder, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong. To more modern contributors such as John Pizzarelli, Tom Waits and Elvis Costello. These are only a few modern Jazz performers who help shape the genre jazz we all love. But what is it about jazz that makes people like it and what are its origins. Jazz music has life and has evolved from slave folk songs and spirituals.

Make America great again! As Donald Trump’s slogan goes on to say; but what does it mean to make America great again? Does it mean we need to deport all the immigrants back to their country? Seems like Donald Trump has an idea about what can be done to improve our country. Trump has to be the most controversial presidential candidate running in the 2016 election, and his opinion about the immigration policy is his most talked about issue that continues to be involved in his campaign. Throughout the presidential campaign, Donald Trump has been the center of attention when it comes to the topic of immigration. The media has clamped onto the talk of Trump wanting to build a wall between the U.S and Mexico, all while having the immigrants build it. With the use of media, Trump has been able to create a sense of fear that the immigrants bring violence and crime to our country, as well as his intention of wanting to create a whole new system and to create a secure country.

     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 use the song as a starting point to improvise around. Jazz musicians would play a familiar song to the audience, and by the time they were done with the piece they would stir up a totally different feeling away from the

The word “jazz” did not become commonplace until around 1920 even though it had spent the preceding decade establishing itself as a musical genre. A mix of European harmony and African rhythm, blended with the current styles of the time such as ragtime and rhythm and blues, Jazz can be seen as an amalgamation of different cultures and has had huge influences on, and evolved concurrently with, American society in the past century. The birthplace of jazz is the subject of much more controversy than its undoubted influence on society. The most commonly reported and, in my view, logical birthplace of jazz is New Orleans. Being a port city (with people migrating from all over the world), it was a melting pot of diverse racial