The Jazz Singer

variations of sounds that incorporate elements such as rhythm or pattern. It’s a popular music genre that originated in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It combines elements of African American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz. Soul music became popular for dancing and listening in the United States as where record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential in the civil rights era. Soul also became popular around the world, directly influencing rock…

and the emigration of black Americans from the rural South to the urban North. Many of the earliest black American recording stars were blues singers. The first blues songs to be recorded, often called “classic blues,” were jazz-influenced songs in a vaudeville style, sung by the great blueswomen: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, and others. These singers were often accompanied by pianists,…

music. For example, Wynton and Branford Marsalis was train in jazz by their father, the great pianist Ellis Marsalis. Both of the sons has became successful classical artists. Bran- ford’s saxophone captures the richness of pieces by Ravel and Stravinsky. Wynton’s albums of classical trumpet music from the Baroque period has brung him many awards. Still, if he was to choose which kind of music he likes best, Wynton would probable choose jazz. In contrast to the Marsalises, violinist Nigel…

On May 26, 2016, the Jazz Ensemble at Cal State La decided to have a concert called Jazz combos. The meaning behind the name was the fact that there wasn't only one Jazz band performing but in fact four groups getting to show the students including outside people their talent. The jazz ensemble combos consisted of : Faith +1, Los Nombres, Alt+f4, Something Really Meta. Each group collectively performed three to four song, 14 all together. You would think that since all of these groups would…

Certain music genres have been associated with particular ethnic groups. This is the case of Jazz and African-Americans as well as Tejano and Mexica- Americans. In the article Tejanos and the Making of the Texas Jazz Festival, 1959-2013, Guadalupe San Miguel Jr. describes how minority ethnic groups influence one each other and how such influence is seen through music, especially jazz and Tejano music. During the historical study, San Miguel Jr. attempts to analyze the tendency Mexican Americans…

Rock Time frame history Nowadays, rock is a very popular music. It have a short history about it. It is from the USA and the UK in early 1950s. It derives from rock and roll in 1940s and 1950s. The style attracts many African-American genres of blues and rhythm and blues. Its development is in the UK and the USB in1960s and later. In 1960s and later, different styles of rock music appear. Like blues rock, folk rock, country rock and raga rock. Between 1960s and 1970s, rock became a trend. And it…

Early jazz is a combination of different musical styles, most of which are associated with African-Americans. The central figures were Early Blues Singers (Robert Johnson), Jazz moved "up the river" to Chicago (Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton), and Dixieland - New Orleans (King Oliver). The blues, which had influenced jazz from the beginning, became increasingly popular due to singers like Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith and Bessie Smith---the latter selling thousands of discs, including a national…

In New Orleans the origin of black population was diverse, being most of the time the western part of Africa or the Caribbean. It is in this diverse cultural context in which originated the appearance of musical styles as diverse as Jazz, Cajun music, Zydeco and blues. In many areas of the South of America the drumbeat was prohibited by law, in places like Georgia and it was forbidden the use of any musical instrument for part of the slaves. However in the early 19th century music festivals…

Billie Holiday is considered one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. Holiday was born on April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia and died on July 17, 1959. Billie Holiday struggled in her early life which was why she moved to New York and began her career, but she encountered problems even though she was successful. Billie Holiday did not live in a peaceful home while growing up. Born in Philadelphia, her birth name was Eleanor Fagan. She spent much of her childhood in Baltimore with her…

The BBC film documentary The Swing Thing, discusses the history of the Swing era and its process of inspiration among the music industry, American culture, and the revolution of the youth culture; along with stories of how this style of jazz became the first and most globally popular form of music in history. The film also depicts the overall development Swing had towards dance and the elements of music, such as creating a compelling rhythmic feel to the melody, for instance, “The riffs starts…