History of jazz

Investigating modern jazz dance and the Samba no pé Introduction: Many interesting comparisons may be drawn between both the samba and jazz dance: not only are their historical contexts highly comparable, as they both set against the background of imperialism and oppression, but are extremely popular in their respective cultures, today. Moreover, both dances are very similar in respect to their movement and music, in which either one may be performed to music or to no music. Similarly, improvisation

genres like swing, jazz, and country/western. The exciting sound of swing music is portrayed from its strong rhythm section of double bass and drums. This is used as the anchor for a lead section of brass instruments, woodwinds, and sometimes stringed instruments. Swing often uses medium to fast tempos and a swing time rhythm (“Music

Helen wills Moody, a well-known American woman tennis player, “she won the Girl’s National Championship in 1921 and 1922, and then won her first U.S. Open at just 17 years old in 1923.”(history.com) She is one of the greatest tennis player in the history. Helen was born in October 6 1905, her father is a surgeon, and mother is a teacher. When her family live in California, tennis is most popular sport over their. When Helen was 8 years old, her father gave her a tennis racket, took her to the hospital

joined my high school’s jazz band during my sophomore year which was long ago and it gave me a greater appreciation for the genre of jazz and my love for music as a whole. I stopped playing altogether once I entered college and I missed playing music. I play the trumpet that I personally own from time to time and it brings back so many good memories. I am curious to how the trumpet became very popular during the past and modern jazz bands of today. I knew trumpeters of jazz back then with the likes

one must first define the blues, where the blues originated, and how it is related to suffering and how it is communicated in music. The American Heritage Dictionary defines blues as (1) a state of depression or melancholy, and (2) a style of jazz evolved from southern American Negro secular songs. It is also inclusive of pensive reflection and contemplation which is descriptive of Baldwin's writing of Sonny's Blues. It is very difficult to determine the exact origin of the blues. Although

Jazz and Culture Never is the inadequacy of language more apparent than when trying to discuss or describe music. There is a colloquial axiom that suggests that talking about music is like dancing about literature. What words are sufficient to explain your favorite album to a person who cannot hear? There are none. James Baldwin, in his story “Sonny’s Blues,” does as well as anyone can: “Creole began to tell us what the blues were all about. They were not about anything very

of the first big movements in music was jazz. Jazz is a evolution of music, which brings together traditional european harmonies with blue notes and improvisation with are usually associated with traditional african music. This music, in its early and most basic forms, was played and personalized all over the world, but there are places in the United States that are generally considered the “birthplace” of jazz, more specifically the south. Since then, Jazz has become one of the most popular and widely

Jazz Giant---John Coltrane John William Coltrane,(1926 – 1967), also known as "Trane" was an African American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is a the saga of jazz legend, or we can say a jazz giant in global music. The thesis contains two parts, the first part will illustrate the whole life of John Coltrane, and the second part will state the influence which he gave on. He has affected the jazz in his short life, and even his influence continues today. John Coltrane is the most influential African

CultureTopic: Jazz: Urban and Rural Reactions in the 1920sIn parallel with the uproar of jazz during the 1920s came the commotion of different critics from various geographical settings. Many of the white people living in rural areas disliked and rejected jazz as a musical genre. However, the urban city-dwellers were more fond of it; therefore, it was more generally accepted and frequently found in city nightclubs and radio stations. Several characteristics of cities also allowed jazz to survive in

would regularly wear makeup (Flappers). Flappers were a new type of woman that society was not used to. Flappers did not stay at home and rely on a man anymore; they would go out and find jobs to support themselves. At night, Flappers could be seen at “jazz clubs, vaudeville shows, and speakeasies” (Flappers). Flappers wanted to live by their own rules, and were not afraid of what society thought about them. “New woman of the twenties adopted the same carefree attitude toward prohibition as her male counterpart