Smooth jazz

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…

Beginning in the seventeenth century, the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia to aid in the production of profitable crops is where a soon to be flourishing slave trade witnesses Africans being snatched and carried to America in bondage, separating them from their families, leaving them with no sense of familiarity. Although, unfortunate, out of this state of anguish and distress came the development of a new culture. Vast generations of Africans…

area during the 1960s. It is a subgenre of funk music which is a compromised of soul, jazz, and R&B music. Funk at the time was new form style of music creating a danceable form of music. Much of Go-go is African-inspired music consisting of very rhythmic based instruments. Unlike funk, go-go music focuses more on having the audience participating…

Although one cannot pinpoint exactly where the term “hipster” originated, the most common knowledge is that the word “hipster” was used first in the 1940s used to describe jazz music enthusiasts. The link between white middle-class American youth and black urban working-class during this era is heavily grounded in the jazz music scene, and black culture is a major determining influence in a large amount of subcultures in America, particularly…

The Harlem Renaissance was a very important time period in America. The Harlem Renaissance somehow affected utterly any and every sector of life in America. The Harlem Renaissance was a movement that took place from the early 1920’s until roughly around the mid-1930’s. The Harlem Renaissance was a movement that introduced the America to new African-American cultural expressions that were affected by the African-American Great Migration of America. The Harlem Renaissance was a period of rebirth…

The year is 1955, in the middle of the Eisenhower administration; rock music is replacing the jazz based aesthetic in American popular music (Peterson). 1955 was not just the birth of a new genre of music, but it was the birth of an extremely controversial genre of music; rock music. Rock music has been criticized by everybody but the devout listeners. Despite the occasional fads rock music is the most popular choice of America’s youth (Leming 365). Music is a way of reflecting feelings, values…

During this time in Harlem jazz was coming up as a big cultural music movement. The importance of jazz is that it wasn’t classical music, and that is the beauty of it. At the time what was known as “classical” music was of European traditions (Thomas 237). According to what Wilder Hobson stated in his article in The Musical Times, “jazz is not a collection of tricks, but a language.” We see this same concept in the narrator’s reaction during Sonny’s performance. Jazz was something created by…

On October 16, 2015, I attended a concert called An American in Paris. The orchestra contained woodwinds, strings, percussion, and brass instruments. The concert began at 10:30 am and ended around 12:30 pm. Furthermore, it was located at Powell Symphony Hall. At this concert, I listened to professional musicians perform music that was composed by Bernstein, Copland, and Gershwin. Three Dance episodes from On the Town, Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront, Piano Concerto, and An American in…

A lot of times, fast paced music makes me more motivated to do things. So, I guess it depends on what is going on. I know Kelly Clarkson has some songs that I really liked and make a person feel empowered when down. My mother passed away last year and to this day I still think of her everytime I hear certain songs. Some of these songs we chose to have played at her funeral. For example, Martina McBride’s “In My Daughter’s Eyes” was a song that always reminded me of my mom and I thought it…

To millions of Americans, jazz was the most notable part of the Harlem Renaissance. Borrowing from blues, ragtime, and other popular forms, jazz musicians developed an ensemble style in which individual performers, keeping a rapid ragtime beat, improvised over and around a basic melodic line (Henretta 674). Such as all good music it has a way of bringing people together. Most of the early jazz musicians were black, but white performers, some of whom had more…