Jazz Essay

Latin and jazz music comes from the history of the minority, grew into the industry with their rhythm from the home land, and vocals created with passion of the voice being heard. In the United States Jazz grew in New Orleans, while Latin, Tejano music came from the southern part of Texas and eastern Latin countries. Both genres come from different origins and place in times. Still Latin and Jazz genre are very compatible. Before the 1900’s, it was said a musician named Buddy Bolden played a…

The Jazz Age was a post World War 1 movement and a very important time in America during the 1920s & 30s, impacting music, economy, and warfare. Music and dancing grew rapidly around the nation and gained a lot of popularity, specifically jazz. Economically, the Great War happened, which led to the Wall Street Stock Market Crash and eventually led to the Great Depression. People needed something to do to get through the Crash and the War so jazz music was a getaway for some people. Many liked…

The Blues, Jazz, Ragtime and Negro Spiritual music had a big influence and affected the American society in a good way. The music allowed people to express their feelings and was able to share great talent without feeling discriminated. The music was heard everywhere and many artists tried to follow or create new music using the four genres of music. We’re still enjoying the music of that era today. With the spiritual music, the African American expressed the pain of slaves for spiritual and…

For my concert report I attended the Mile High Jazz Festival presented by Flesher Hinton Co. on February 16, 2017. The event took place in Macky Auditorium at the University of Colorado Boulder at 7:30 pm. The concert consisted of a student ensemble and then after a short intermission a faculty ensemble. I decided for this report to select the most impactful song from each ensemble and write about their musical components. The student ensemble consisted of: a piano, a bass, drums, a guitar, 4…

that have been created, including Jazz and Trap music. Jazz music, which has come about in the late 1800s, is a genre that was created by African Americans in New Orleans. It grew its popularity in the 1920s when Louis Armstrong first introduce the early form of Jazz which was influenced by Ragtime and Blues. Others perceive Jazz as a collaboration of African and European styles of music. Armstrong evolved jazz music into a rapid rhythmic style and called it Hot Jazz. After musicians such as…

famous jazz musician. In the story, both the narrator and Sonny (his younger brother), grow up the same way, yet have opposite views on what determines future success and how they get there. While the narrator seeks to find a lifestyle that fits the general idea of an American family, Sonny seeks to live a life led by his own ambitions in a field where there is only high risk with little reward. In “The Lost Years”, Paul Adams, gives insight to the history of jazz and how substance abuse and…

For my jazz performance event, I had the opportunity to attend the Club Heritage Faculty Showcase. This showcase was a part of the jazz series. The group that performed was called Jeremy Long Quartet. At the concert, Jeremy Long Quartet preformed some Jazz classics as well as some original songs. The concert showcase was on Tuesday, October 2016 at 7:30pm Shriver Center, Heritage Room. There were several performers that participated in the showcase. One of the performers, Jeremy Long,…

the most since its a music event plus it something different compared to the kind of music I grow up with. Jazz is not a popular music where I am from However with the internet as well as the tv I had the chance to introduced to this style of music. I find jazz music different than any other music its very relaxing as well as enjoyable. I was expecting to listen to a typical american jazz with the common typical instrument such as Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Clarinet and Flute. However I was…

Corbusier, visiting New York City. Le Corbusier marveled both the city and the musical culture of African-Americans. He believed, “jazz is an event representing the forces of today” (p. 3). The forces of today are the industrialization and mass production of American society. He even goes on to state that American society is a “machine for living” (p. 3). Le Corbusier believed jazz reflected and contained chaotic yet continuous rhythmic flow that normal observers would view as primitive.…

going to be completely bored. I thought that since it was a silent film with music, I would not be able to understand what was going on and for a while I was right but as I continued to view the film, I completely understood what was going on. The Jazz Singer sparked a revolution by the film industry to have synchronized speech, singing, and music using the vitaphone. Even though the film only had two senses where the characters actually spoke and the rest of the dialogue was presented through…