Bebop

Musicians played a tough role during the modern civil rights movement. Musicians at the time were more focused on making sure their political views were heard then putting out music that appealed to everyone. Black music was a way to express the struggle of freedom and pursuit of equality. The Albany movement help to put forth songs that’s help people get through there tough times. The Albany movement consisted of gospel hymns many of these same songs are used today during protest. Songs like…

In John L. Jackson’s book Harlemworld, he explains how Harlem was “made black”, both literally and figuratively, and he also describes how Harlem became, historically, a sort of epicenter of African-American culture; or as he puts it, the “black Mecca”. As for how Harlem came to be populated by a larger concentration of African-Americans than almost anywhere else, Jackson describes a brief history of the geographical location in northern Manhattan that was once known as Nieuw Haarlem, which…

songs, dancing, and performances. Swing music gained popularity in the 1930’s and “helped boost the careers of black and white bandleaders, but it also led to a creative slump that disheartened many younger black musicians” (pg. 425). Eventually bebop would become the music of the war decade and create or lead to more transformation of music including Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop or rap became widely known towards the end of the 20th century, speaking in rhyme, musicians sing about life stories, unlawful…

After listening and reading about the different styles of jazz, I found they did infact have distinct difference. The first example provided in the module was "Tiger Rag" by La Rocca. This Dixieland jazz song provided an example of the techniques used in this type of jazz. I really enjoyed the upbeat feeling of this song. Listening to the notes played, they appeared to play a rather large scale from high to low. When the music cuts out to focus one instrument it really creates a unique sound.…

The article Hip-hop Samples Jazz was one of the most interesting articles that I read this semester. The information was topical, engaging and interesting to me because the author provided for me the perfect blend for me. The blend created authentic clarity of the genre (hip-hop) I am most familiar with the genre (jazz) that I am now becoming more accustomed. I use the word authentic in my description of the article because it has become clear to as I progressed through this course that Jazz is…

Theory and harmony In order to play your music, jazz performer needs to have a series of theoretical and harmonic knowledge that is often the result of a long period of self-whether training in schools is a jazz or practical experience in jam sessions. The basic theory in jazz theory begins with the formation of intervals and triads that derives from it, and their inputs. The major scale and its seven modes-the Ionic, Doric, Phrygian, Lydian , Mixolydian, wind and locrio- are also part of the…

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On November 12, 2015 I attended the Veterans Day Jazz free form concert held at CBC’s choir room. This was the first time I ever went through the music/art building and it was pretty cool. The choir room looked, well like a choir room; inspirational posters on the wall, instruments, sound system, etc. When I first walked into the room I was bit overwhelmed with the amount of people in the small to medium sized room. There was a total of three high schools performing and of course CBC. The high…

charlie finley became the letter of a group but he still was performing with dilly gillespie. The end of that year both of them launched a 6 week hollywood tour while working together they managed to invent an entirely new style of jazz it was known as bebop. While parker stayed in Los angeles to perform till the end of the summer. After being hospitalization, he returned to New york in january and made one of his best songs called cool…

bright timbre with great deals of harmonic frequencies that dominated the tune. Between the first and the second music, the conductor gave an introductory speech and announcement that the concert was dedicated to Phil Woods, a famous American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer who passed away recently in September 2015. The second music was Hello, Young Lovers was Corey Wilcox, one of Jamey Aerbersold Visiting Jazz Artists from Jacksonville, Florida, solo trombone performance.…