According to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Jazz is “a type of music with
strong rhythms, in which the players often improvise (= make up the music as they are playing),
originally created by African American musicians.” Jazz music is regarded as unique by Jazz
musicians and listeners. While some may be skeptical, in fact, Jazz is very different from other
styles of music and it has had a big influence on popular music.
An extremely relevant feature that makes Jazz so different is that unlike other styles of
music such as classical music, where knowing all the rules is crucial to efficiency, success and
crew’s cohesion and musicians have to strictly follow the notes, Jazz does not need script nor
trial performance. As a …show more content…
As a result, a large number of American
musicians have adopted a theme-and-variations model when improvising. A compelling
evidence of it is Louis Armstrong, besides of making up on the tune and musical accordance of
popular songs, he also improvised on their sentiments. Just as it was said in the book, “He
showed jazz musicians all around the world how to improvise on the most universal of human
themes, taking us through spontaneous ruminations on a startling range of human responses to
the idea of romance, from heartbreak to absurd humor to excruciating tenderness.” Armstrong 's
efficiency on popular tunes and his stirring and exciting songs demonstrated that extemporized
music could have the weight and strength of written music, which changed completely the
traditional idea of popular music by moving another era of artists, both black and whites, who
were willing to improvise. This generation that has made jazz as one of the well-known popular
songs. Jazz that once was only played in bars, clubs, cafes and similar places, nowadays, it can
be played in many other places such as on the streets, festivals, and there are schools that teach
strong rhythms, in which the players often improvise (= make up the music as they are playing),
originally created by African American musicians.” Jazz music is regarded as unique by Jazz
musicians and listeners. While some may be skeptical, in fact, Jazz is very different from other
styles of music and it has had a big influence on popular music.
An extremely relevant feature that makes Jazz so different is that unlike other styles of
music such as classical music, where knowing all the rules is crucial to efficiency, success and
crew’s cohesion and musicians have to strictly follow the notes, Jazz does not need script nor
trial performance. As a …show more content…
As a result, a large number of American
musicians have adopted a theme-and-variations model when improvising. A compelling
evidence of it is Louis Armstrong, besides of making up on the tune and musical accordance of
popular songs, he also improvised on their sentiments. Just as it was said in the book, “He
showed jazz musicians all around the world how to improvise on the most universal of human
themes, taking us through spontaneous ruminations on a startling range of human responses to
the idea of romance, from heartbreak to absurd humor to excruciating tenderness.” Armstrong 's
efficiency on popular tunes and his stirring and exciting songs demonstrated that extemporized
music could have the weight and strength of written music, which changed completely the
traditional idea of popular music by moving another era of artists, both black and whites, who
were willing to improvise. This generation that has made jazz as one of the well-known popular
songs. Jazz that once was only played in bars, clubs, cafes and similar places, nowadays, it can
be played in many other places such as on the streets, festivals, and there are schools that teach