Jazz fusion

positive energy for blacks (Dawson, 2001). Jazz music was created from Afro –American such as; spiritual music and work songs. In today’s music, the social conditions facing American popular music, especially rap, were those of the same that were faced by jazz music, and many musicians have similar experiences. Jazz music has created some positive social effects, it has also created more negative ones for black jazz musicians, such as exploitation and jazz appropriation, some of which are still…

each period. During the 1600 – 1700’s was a particularly hard time for the African Slaves. They struggled through inhumane conditions to survive, but they still wanted to express their feelings through dancing during this time. This was the birth of jazz dance and only the start. The style was a collaboration of European dance that highlighted the harmonies and social dance, combine with African styled dance that emphasized the rhythm and torso movement as well as integrated low movements, bent…

from African American influence brought new styles and freedom in the arts. Historians dubbed the period as the Harlem Renaissance, seeing the upheaval of African American culture and civil rights and the introduction of new artistic styles such as Jazz and Negro Literature. Therefore, which poet represents the ideology of the Harlem Renaissance? One name comes to mind, Langston Hughes, from his beginnings in a low-class black background to the prolific poet that lays in the forefront of such a…

Jazz, one of America’s original art forms, was created in America during the late 18th and early 19th century. During this time, African people were forced to work in large plantations and after a hard day of labour, these people would gather together to sing and play music. By singing these songs, the children would learn more about the land and culture and also help them forget about their worries and struggles. The call and response technique was used in these songs meaning the leader would…

presentation of his music. Jazz music had a specific standard to it, Davis ignored that standard symbolizing that it was time for change and equality for all in the United States of America. By standing up for what was right and innovating his music, he was able to become a influential musician of the twentieth century and an iconic…

and a respected educator, exhibited his impressive skills side by side with jazz luminaries such as Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Dave Liebman, Miroslav Vitous, and Dave Douglas. Now, leading an elastic quartet whose reliable rhythm section includes Dave Kikoski on piano, James Genus on bass, and Clarence Penn on drums, Zilber prepared “Originals for the Originals”, a beautiful 11-track album that homages several jazz saxophone masters. Here, he explores boundaries beyond those traditional…

Originally from London, the saxophonist Will Vinson is a frequent presence in the fervent New York jazz clubs like the Smalls, where he recorded a live album in 2012 with a quintet that included the guitarist Lage Lund, pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Matt Brewer, and drummer Marcus Gilmore. For his latest release, “Perfectly Out of Place”, Vinson not only convenes a new quintet but also extends it by adding a few guests for the strings, vocals, and percussion. The cats that follow him are also…

Without African music we would not have some of the most popular genres of music that we have today. African music influence helped create genres like jazz, gospel, blues, soul and even hip hop and reggae. The traditional song and dance created by native Africans spread all over the world as its fusion with other type of song helped create the music we all know and love today. The spread of the African music can be traced to the slave trade that shipped Africans all over the world. The one thing…

For this first review I attended the Jazz Improvisation Ensemble concert here at the University of Redlands on Monday, November the 30th at eight in the evening in the Frederick Lowe Recital Hall. The concert featured two groups: the Eleven O’clock Jazz Improvisation Ensemble with charts that included “Sugar” by Stanley Turrentine, “Moon Alley” by Tom Harrell, and “Chicken Dog” by John Scofield; and the One O’clock Jazz Improvisation with charts that included “Joy Spring” by Clifford Brown,…

Jazz Music What is Jazz Music and A Brief History About It “Jazz is considered an American art form and an international phenomenon! Jazz music is considered a rich artistic heritage, a result of cultural collaboration and a universal language of tolerance and freedom.” Jazz is called "America's Classical Music" and is considered America's only true art form, jazz materialized in the United States in the early 1900s in New Orleans specially. The city's diversified population included people of…