Year 10 elective music - Assessment task No.
When I first got this assignment, there are many types of music that I could have chosen to do. Church music, brass bands, Australian music, baroque, pop music and all the other ones out there. But I wanted to do something that would be more interesting to define. When asked what the real meaning of jazz was, Louis Armstrong's famous reply was "if you had to ask, you"ll never know". Whatever else he meant, he was at least saying that jazz is knowable, but not necessarily explainable in words, and true enough, jazz resists definition like no other music.
Beginnings of Jazz.
Consider the usual definitions: jazz is said to be an African American music, originated by black people for black people; an improvised music; a music characterized by arrhythmic feel called swing; and a music influenced by the blues. But race and ethnicity are not as clear as what the American myths would say. Throughout the history of jazz, there have been people of other races and religions - whites of several nationalities, Cubans, Mexicans, native Americans, Haitians and overseas Europeans of all sorts involved in its creation. The first problem with doing a history of a music that has its roots entangled among so many different cultures is how to go about determining sources and origins. That's why jazz is so interesting to so many.
Forms Of Jazz.
There are many forms of Jazz, and to list them all would take me well over triple my word limit. So I have decided just to list 2 different forms.
Swing: .
This jazz style appeared in the thirties. It is qualify by elaborated orchestration, nice rhythm, and great melody. This music is really energetic and makes this type of jazz accessible to a larger public. With swing, jazz quit his origin to be really popular in Europe. The most famous artists in this style are Duke Ellington, Count Bosie, Fats Waller, Gene Krupuk and Benny Goodman.
The evolution of jazz aroused the curiosity of the nation. ... Certain blacks contributed immensely to the era of jazz, for example, Duke Ellington. ... During the Jazz years, people thought the party would never stop. ... Actually Ellington disliked the term "jazz". ... He quotes: "I am not playing jazz. ...
Jazz is an art form born in the United States of America. Jazz is the heartbeat for a nation in transition; Jazz is the fuel that keeps society going. ... The principles of Jazz read like the royalty of England. ... So, let us take a ride and enjoy some Jazz. ... This evolution of jazz aroused the curiosity of the nation. ...
I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Pacific Lutheran University to attend their University Jazz Ensemble's final performance of the semester. ... PLU's Professor of Music and Director of JAzz studies, David Deacon-Joyner was directing the jazz ensemble with one performance being guest conducted by incoming Professor, Dr. ... This is a song you just want to jam to and it almost doesn't even feel like a jazz song with the electric guitar riffs and funky bass line. ... After the intermission, the next two songs were performed by a smaller group of students from the Jazz Ensemb...
Place: Jazz "I'm crazy about this City. ... -Narrator Place in Jazz is described very well from this quote taken from the narrator. She carefully describes how she feels about the city, which is where much of the story takes place, and the quote also paints a picture of how alive the city is with the angles and colors that exist in the early twentieth century during the jazz movement. ... Even the title "Jazz- signifies a little about the African American culture in the city. Jazz music was very big back then and the way that Morrison writes often times emulates Jazz music the way ...
Before taking History of Jazz, I personally was not a fan of jazz concerts or jazz music overall. ... However, after taking this course my view of Jazz took a 180. ... Because of this course, I attended my first jazz concert at the University Auditorium on the University of Florida campus. ... I would say that this song is what completely changed my impression of jazz music. ... It completely changed my view of jazz. ...
JAZZ Jazz is the art of expression set to music! ... Recordings of Jazz did not begin until 1917. ... Playing jazz influenced dance music, was billed as the King of Jazz (History of Jazz 2001). ... This music became known as "Hot Jazz". ... Jazz is a kind of music. ...
Jazz music is a musically composed story. ... The terms "Jazz" and "Jazz Band" first surfaced in the year 1900. ... The popularity of jazz music became so huge that jazz clubs all about the states starting to open. ... It became known as jazz/rock or fusion. ... As a result, Jazz/rock did not have the classic jazz swing feel. ...
The terms "Jazz" and "Jazz Band" first surfaced in the year 1900. ... This modern Jazz music has been called "Fusion." ... Jazz groups rarely use conductors. ... This has been an important element of Jazz from its inception. ... Early Jazz was improvised, using ragtime and blues as a loose structure. ...
