Early Jazz Influences On The 1965 Recording Of ' Feelin ' Good ' Recorded By Cy Grant Featuring Bill

Jazz is considered America’s gift to the world. Throughout all of America’s history jazz has been there to accompany and reflect it. But jazz has had its own history that is often underappreciated and hidden from the general public. There is evidence of this covering up of the history of jazz for example in the civil rights movement. The roots of jazz started with the bringing of African slaves to the Americas. While many do not know this origin of jazz even fewer would know about the involvement of jazz in the Civil Rights movement. For the entirety of America’s history jazz has reflected the political and social climate of the current state of the country.

Through an analysis of the Harlem Renaissance, the Depression, and World War II, I will discuss the influence politics has had on the production of Jazz and also how politics shapes

Often labeled as America’s classical music, jazz has spread like wild fire since it’s origin in the early 20th century. Jazz was birthed by post Civil War African-Americans that finally had the freedom to express their African heritage combined with their new American culture. Initially, jazz was seen as inferior music in America and it was only played and heard in heavily African-American communities. However, the reach of jazz has grown to an international scale. This global outreach has musically connected cultures that now have a common ground where they can allocate ideas and traditions.

Eight weeks ago, thinking about jazz conceptually was foreign to me. I had never heard about Charles Olson or the democracy thesis. My biggest exposure to jazz music was listening to it on radio stations that I didn’t typically listen to. Over the course of the last eight weeks, my understanding of jazz music has been completely revolutionized. I have incorporated this understanding into my portion of our jazz aesthetic film project.

The creation of jazz at face value is normally credited to the minorities in the United States, mainly the African Americans, but was modified and adapted to be culturally and socially acceptable to the middle and upper classes of white Americans. While the jazz movement was eventually dominated by the middle class white population in the US, the conception of this music form was influenced and inspired by African traditions and the ideals of the Europeans. How did factors such as socioeconomic status, race, and gender contribute to the creation of Jazz? Why was the era of the Roaring Twenties crucial to the development of Jazz as a mainstream art form in America? These are two of the many questions historians and music theorists have brainstormed while studying the creation period and golden age of Jazz in America.

Of all the arts that took place in the United States, Jazz is well thought out as America's first original art form. Since its beginning in the 20th century, Jazz music is defined by chronicle changes. Almost every decade a new essence enhanced the movement, and by the 1940’s jazz had developed into a mature, complex form of music, with many nuances and avenues for unceasing changes.

Jazz is by far one of the most prominent types of music in American History. Some of the greatest artist in the world have contributed to the success jazz have had not only on America history, but throughout the world. In this paper I will be discussing Jazz legend Louis Armstrong, his contributing to Big band Jazz and our personal experience with jazz as a genre of music.

While largely chronicling the lead up to, and during Goodman’s heyday, Giddins’ bias become particularly evident as the line between what swing is and what jazz is becomes blurred. Giddins defines him as ‘more than a jazz player’, but then in equal measure judges Goodman against jazz. This theme of duality in Goodman’s life and critique crops up a lot – considered an American icon, but not quite American himself in heritage; ‘murdered’ Mozart, but couldn’t improvise to save his life. Goodman walked a new, fine line between the largely white youth of 1930’s America craving new music, and the dominant Black and Creole culture in jazz itself – creating a fusion of musical cultures that would help break down racial barriers well into the late

One of the greatest tragedies in the 20th century can be seen in the debasing of the Jazz genre as a unworthy equal to it’s predecessor, European Classical music. This can be seen in various statements about Jazz, such as Boris Gibalin commit, “The “Jazz Mania” has taken on the character of a lingering illness and must be cured by means of forceful intervention.”1 This conflict can be traced through out the history of Jazz, as Classical composers have relatively disregarded this new type of music. Before Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club performances, Jazz play on the radio was delegated for late night audience only. This sub-culture treatment has led many critics to disregard the Jazz movement as a dance craze, or unsuccessful

“It is only in his music [ ... ] that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story.” James Baldwin.

Jazz was an art form that differed significantly from all of its predecessors. It began the new era that was able to fuel folk, punk, hip hop and many other groundbreaking American genres. Part of the reason for America’s success in music, could be the country’s consistent output of new sounds and genres. For instance, Hip-Hop took its mark on a new American genre and now it has gained huge success around the

Duke Ellington, one of the most influential musicians in jazz, was known to have described his own unique brand of the genre as American Music. While the reach of jazz ended up breaking past the western hemisphere, it was a definitively American phenomenon (Dyas). The style of the jazz-age, exemplified notably by Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, described perfectly the commercial birth of jazz and the spontaneous lifestyle of the 20’s. However, the commercial styles of jazz such as the Dixieland of the 20’s and swing of the 30’s and 40’s could be viewed as an introductory phase in the evolution of jazz (Scaruffi). If people were to look past the commercial styles of jazz, they would find a performance-art full of impulse

This week’s lecture on jazz music was both informative and interesting. Dr Louise Jenson raised many thought-provoking topics, that both built on and challenged my understanding of the genre. Prior to the lecture, I had my own preconceptions of what jazz is and isn’t, and I am pleased to say that my mindset has broadened after listening to Louise speak. The examples that were shown and referred to in the lecture immediately painted a picture of just how comprehensive the jazz genre can be, and demonstrated the current challenges of defining jazz. Based on the content of both the lecture and the reading, I think that the history of jazz is relevant to understanding jazz as a genre, however I believe that it is also important to acknowledge that

Music has an acute effect on people. It has the power and versatility to make people feel contempt and miserable. This versatility makes it popular among people, as there are a wide variety of moods displayed in music that can reflect the listeners well being. Jazz has been an extremely popular form of music throughout time. Its interesting melodies and meaningful lyrics give voice to artists to display their emotions through beauteous music. During its heyday in the 1920’s, jazz singing was a landscape of the American sound (Carr 9). Being a jazz singer, Billie Holiday deserves to be put on the list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Not only for her being in the general population of influential jazz musicians, but

On October 26, 2017, in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall at the University of South Alabama, there was Jazz Ensemble Concert directed by Tracy Heavner. The night was filled with the rhythmic groove of jazz. By writing this report I hope to show you, the reader, a new perspective of Jazz Music.