Comparative Analysis
Throughout Jazz history there has never been an artist that it has changed the sound of jazz several times. He challenged himself and encouraged others to go on diverse paths to create sounds and rhythmic patterns. This distinct musical innovator that influenced jazz beyond its limits is the great Miles Davis. Davis was born on May 25, 1926, in Alton, Illinois. But, he grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois. His father was dental surgeon, therefore they never had any financial need or any challenge that could disturb Davis’ life. During his childhood he received music lesson and by the age of thirteen he got his first trumpet. One of the most significant teacher he had was a trumpeter Elwood Buchanon*.
At the age of 16
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One year later while he was touring in Paris, he fell into heroin addiction; which destroyed his marriage. The beginning of his career start with third stream music follow by three periods of bebop: cool, modal, and electric. On September, 1991 he died of a stroke and respiratory failure in Santa Monica, California*.
Davis transformed jazz music into the third stream, cool, modal, electric, and beyond its parameters. The bebop revolution was taking place towards the end of Davis’ adolescence. The first years of his career, he get involve in the bebop style. However, he wants to experience new paths and face challenges to succeed. Therefore, he took jazz to new directions introducing different sounds and tones.
Initially, Davis take jazz to the third stream; which is a blend of jazz and classical music. Third stream not only use elements of the classical music; but also it try to imitate it. The reason for this could be, that at this time many American classical composers were using many elements of jazz in their arrangements*. As a result Davis introduces new musical instruments to his arrangements, such bass clarinet, flutes, bass trombones, tuba, and muted trumpet; also one orchestral instrument, a French horn. Third stream is alike with cool jazz, since Davis uses a French horn and a tuba in both periods of jazz. The first three periods of Davis’ career are very similar because he uses an unaggressive sounds, and deliberate rhythmic
The second generations of Jazz musicians were some like Joe “King” Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton. These people formed a small band and started to reshape the way the original Jazz music was played. They have made it into a different style with more complications and twists and turns. And so it became known as “Hot Jazz”. King Oliver found a young artist by the name of Louis Armstrong. He soon grew to become the greatest Jazz musician anyone has known. He is still a big star in the world today. By the 20th Century, African-American musical styles became the dominant force.
Thesis: Although Jazz music was first introduced over 80 years ago, the genre still influences artists and the new music they make to this day.
The person whom invented Jazz was born in uptown New Orleans on September 6, 1877 to Alice and Westmore Bolden. Charles “Buddy” Bolden grew up in one of the most musically rich cities in all of the United States during the time, and it would have great influence in his life. As a young man, Buddy made money as a barber, however his heart was truly in his music. The cornet was his instrument, and he could play like nobody else. He was famously known as “The King” because of how well he played the cornet, as well as his public demand and popularity.
Louis was born in New Orleans where he grew up and learned to play the trumpet. He also learned to sing. Because of his long improvised solos, he inspired jazz so that long solos became an important part of jazz pieces and performances. (Cayton, 462) Armstrong was the king of jazz trumpet players. The new style that he created gave a voice-like quality to his horn. (Hakim, 58) Although Jazz was very popular itself, a majority of the fans and listeners were younger people. Flappers were commonly known during this time. They danced to the jazz music with a whole new style.
As we all know that over the years the music genre Jazz has changed dramatically. With all the changes that has happened some aspects of the genre remained or endured little change. One trait in jazz that remained throughout all the success of the genre is certain composers. The instruments had a slight change through the years but it still continue to be tight throughout.
Born in Alton, Illinois, Miles Davis grew up in a middle-class family in East St. Louis. Miles Davis took up the trumpet at the age of 13 and was playing professionally two years later. Some of his first gigs included performances with his high school bandand playing with Eddie Randall and the blue Devils. Miles Davis has said that the greatest musical experience of his life was hearing the Billy Eckstine orchestra when it passed through St. Louis. In September 1944 Davis went to New York to study at Juilliard but spend much more time hanging out on 52nd Street and eventually dropped out of school. He moved from his home in East St. Louis to New York primarily to enter school but also to locate his musical idol,
Born on May 26, 1926, Miles Davis is considered to be one of the most influential jazz musicians in history. Being a trumpeter, keyboardist, composer, and band-leader, Miles is responsible for the popularization of many styles of jazz throughout his long and prolific career.
Who was Miles Davis and why was he such an important element in the music of Jazz? Miles Davis, as we would know him, was born Miles Dewey Davis in Alton, Illinois on the 25th of May 1926 to a middle-class black family.. A couple of years later, Miles went on to St. Louis where he grew up. Since he was a youngster, Miles' hobby was to collect records and play them over without getting tired of them. Since his family knew Miles was so interested in the music of his time, primarily Jazz, for his thirteenth birthday Miles received his first trumpet, although he had been playing since the age of nine. With this Miles began to practice and play his trumpet along with his records. Who would have known that just three years later, at the
Jazz is a style of music that began and has been revolutionized within the United States. Jazz music first appeared in the city of New Orleans and eventually moved onto Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, and New York City. Jazz unites different elements of African, African- American, religious, brass brand, and blues style of music. The music of Jazz, and its changes through the years, is now a form of music that is known and respected throughout this nation and the world.
In the world of Jazz there are known to be only two time periods in jazz: before Charlie Parker and after Charlie Parker. Charlie Parker has become an American icon and extremely important to the world of jazz. He had many successes throughout his life, but I want to find; how did Charlie Parker’s fast pace improvisation solo style effect the creation of bebop? Carlie Parker’s complex harmony and rhythms he integrated into his improvisation solo style laid the groundwork for the creation of a new jazz style known today as bebop.
Cool Jazz originated in the late 1940 's. It was created from the mix of classical music and jazz music. Miles Davis is known as the creator of cool jazz and his most important album was "Birth of Cool". People also say that cool jazz was a smoother style of bebop. The rhythm of cool jazz is more of a melodic flow. Cool jazz also originated in New York
Miles Davis was one of the greatest and most important figures in jazz history. Miles Dewey Davis III was a musician, composer, arranger, producer and bandleader all in one. Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz after World War 2. He was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the twentieth century along with Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong. His versatility landed him at the forefront of bebop, cool jazz, modal, hard bop and fusion (Kirker, 2005:1). His sound went on to influence many other newer forms of music today such as pop, soul, R&B, funk and rap. As one of the last trumpet players, Davis employed a lyrical, melodic style that was known for its minimalism as well
My all time favorite Jazz artist emerged in this particular era, both John Coltrane and Miles Davis. This particular era of cool Jazz introduced a variety of sound patterns and rhythms I never heard before. The flow and sound coordination is unmatched in song like “So What”, which in my opinion is the epitome of being cool and smooth. After Miles Davis lays the mood for the listener, that is when Mr. John Coltrane elevates it to another dimension. Every morning I listen to a playlist when getting ready for work and Miles Davis and John Coltrane are about 80% of the content. Another great song to wake too in the morning is John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps”, there is so much energy being produce in less than three minutes. John Coltrane seems to
Kind of Blue inspired a whole new style of jazz, modal jazz (Urness). Along with many other styles of jazz that Davis pioneered, including hard bop and cool jazz, Davis inspired other artists to play jazz like this and develop new creative works. Davis was the original creator, the original dreamer. Jazz and blues have been around for about a century, aging back to the 1900’s, and yet Davis was still able to create a whole new type of jazz (Urness). Kind of Blue was the first of its kind, but it inspired more and more artists to try out the same style of jazz, most notably Woody Shaw, Herbie Hancock, and Bobby Hutcherson.
Miles Davis loved the "new" Coltrane, and hired him back into his band for a third time. Davis came up with a new jazz concept, modal improvisation.