Jazz

experience a live Jazz concert at Medgar Evers College on Saturday May 6, 2017, the title of the concert was JAZZ! The women’s viewpoint. What made this performance unique and special that it consisted of all female orchestra, who shined individually and together produce a chemistry hypnotizing the assembly? The audience were mainly older ladies and gentlemen. Whereas, I was the only youthful, and most likely student there. It was obvious that the audience was passionate about Jazz music. Many…

department’s Jazz band held a concert at Reynolds Recital Hall on campus. The music was surprisingly quite varied compared to what I had expected and the musicians were clearly talented. The entire performance was very impressive and it was neat to see fellow students performing and displaying such skill. Ultimately, I was glad to have attended the concert, despite the fact that I don’t particularly enjoy jazz music. The entire concert consisted of three different groups, the full jazz band and…

Listening to a composed jazz band is very entertaining. When members are well practiced, it obviously shows in their performance. However, a “ jazz performance” is composed of many different aspects including: accuracy of written sheet music, tone, articulation of notes, interaction with audience, and especially improvisation skills. Jazz improvisation is one of most important aspects of jazz. It is incredible to hear a musician composing on the spot. Creating quality self-made melodies based…

Jazz Style Globalization is strongly impacting the connections for social and cultural levels. There are distinctive differences among the global, national and local communities. For example, the economic migration has led to rapid social changes at local and national level that also impact globally. The music changes are also linked to the ambiguity regarding the sense and identity of a place. The most directly affected by the commercial music trends are the young people. They experience global…

became the jazz age. In this paper I will cover the history of jazz and feminism, and how they came together to give women a sense of empowerment through the medium of…

I, Luzinda Dominguez, attended a jazz concert at the University of Texas at San Antonio on February 16, 2017. The performance was begin put on by the music department of the UTSA, the title of the performance was named “UTSA Jazz Ensemble”. The director of this performance was Dr. Adrian Ruiz. Being that I am new to jazz music it really became an eye opener for me. Going into the performance it was a real eye opener for me. I wasn’t sure if I was going to enjoy it or not. As soon as the first…

Jazz is comprised of many different elements of dance, like African, concert, ballroom and street dance. Jazz became a melting pot and people have strayed from jazz in exchange for new types of dance. In my opinion, that is why jazz does not get the respect it deserves sometimes in comparison to other dances. I believe, however, that people should respect the roots where most modern day dances came from, jazz. Although jazz is more of a tradition dance, people can still learn a bunch of…

Gus Giordano is known for his amazing choreography in Jazz dance. He was born on July 10, 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri. Giordano was introduced to Jazz dance when he was 5 while on a trip to New Orleans to visit family. His cousin had taught him the Charleston dance step and he was hooked. When he returned home he soon began to study dance with a local dance teacher. Minette Buchman is whom Giordano credits his early training to. Giordano took ballet and theater dance classes as well as vocal…

2015 I had the pleasure of watching the University Jazz Ensemble II at the University of Louisville in Comstock. I have now been to a handful of jazz performances and I would have to say that this is my favorite. In this jazz ensemble, Jerry stated this particular ensemble was full of music majors, jazz majors, music educators, and graduates. I like seeing jazz ensembles that are mixed up with young and old, male and female. The University Jazz Ensemble II is directed by Jerry Tolson. The…

this concert, however, I had never seen a Jazz concert performed by other musicians. In approximately the 6th grade, however, I preformed a blues piece in the exact room the Introduction to jazz class takes place. This had been my foundation for Jazz up until this point in time. One could say that I had no experience when it came to the concepts of Jazz in its entirety. This meant that not only attending a Jazz concert, nevertheless an Introduction to Jazz class, that I had no clue what to…