History of jazz

Langston Hughes Jazz Poetry and Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes was an African American poet who was born on 01 February 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. His parents separated and later divorced during his childhood. Subsequently he was raised predominantly by his maternal grandmother. His grandparents were politically active and supporters of the abolition of slavery. They were activists in the movement for voting rights for African Americans. Through their active involvement in his upbringing

At the beginning of the 20th century, background music had a significant impact on the film industry. Before, dialogue was introduced to the motion picture, all films were silent. Back at that time, silent films were very popular. This type of film is recognized for not having any sound nor music but, “Silent movies were never silent, and the early projectors were always noisy. Music was a necessary mask and accompaniment to the enjoyment of the early films” (Chihara). However, the actors expressed

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story takes place in a fictional town in New York called West Egg in the prospective of the novel’s main character, Nick Carraway. Nick tells about his recollections in the summer of 1920 of man by the name of Jay Gatsby and his love, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was written during the twenties, one of the most developmental periods in America. Several factors in the 1920s influenced The Great Gatsby’s theme, such as

The culture of the 1920s was unlike anything seen before. With newly found freedoms and booming industries, the 1920s were a time of prosperity where life was energetic and thriving. Evidence of this unique time in American history can be found in the artwork of the decade. The social changes of America in the 1920s are displayed in John Held’s magazine advertisement for Arrow shirts. There were many social changes during the 1920s, especially changes to the arts. One major social change of the

to explain to you how the African American culture has done just that! For centuries, the color blue has been associated with sadness. By the mid- nineteenth century the expression “the blues,” was commonly known in this way. Throughout history, the blues was a regular feeling that African Americans experienced. The Blues arose out of slavery. Through slavery, they were confronted with racism, violence, and poverty. Around the 20th century, African Americans expressed

Duke Ellington: 1899-1974 Edward “Duke” Kennedy Ellington was born April 29, 1899 in Washington, D.C. Duke Ellington was born into a typical family with average income and growing up, the future musician was home-schooled by his parents. His father James Edward Ellington and mother Daisy Kennedy Ellington were both pianist. His father played operatic arias while parlor songs were his mother’s first choice. It is an interesting fact that Duke is not actually Ellington’s name, but it is only his

F. Scott Fitzgerald was deeply intrigued and impacted by the jazz age, also known as the Roaring twenties. He represented the Jazz era through the razzle dazzle in his famous novel The Great Gatsby by using his unique style with beautifully worded colorful imagery. It brought his stories to life and let all of his readers get a taste of what its like to live in this famous sparkling era. (Oxford 21) Fitzgerald went to prep schools in St. Paul and also in New Jersey, he utilized his literary knowledge

In February 1915, the New York magazine, The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, featured a piece called, The Flapper. This was the first time a magazine had ever shown the rebellious young girl who wore short dresses and skirts in the 1920’s. The magazine described the flapper as “A charming creature!” (The Smart Set : A Magazine of Cleverness) and continued to boast the reputation of the flapper by portraying her as educated and mysterious. The magazine Vanity Fair soon followed in September of

Returning to Normalcy America was changing during the 1920’s, so much that most of that generation was heading to one of the most challenging times, the government and its citizens would share this alike. The Red scare Most americans coming back from the harshness of world war 1 faced a problem that would strike fear into the hearts of the american people. The Red scare was after the bolshevik revolution, which led many americans to believe that immigrants fleeing from the revolution were spies

coming in affect. This came back into jazz in the 1970’s. I think it is interesting that this is in regards to the “free” jazz. I enjoy reading about this because this is something that I can relate back to what we have learned in class about this topic. This is all in link to how these artists are involved in the Eurological and Afrological part of jazz. I find it interesting that in the article they mention that no matter what an artist’s viewpoint is on “free” jazz, when they are being asked about