History of jazz

In this essay I will be discussing five key points throughout Post Production history between the 1900s-1960s. Post Production is seen as a vital component in the cinematic industry as it essentially finalises the final products. Techniques that have been developed over the years are incredibly important, but they all have an origin. Although these techniques started out without overwhelming effect, they are now unbelievably crucial to how films are constructed. The five points I wish to discuss

Harlem Renaissance, the time when African-American starts to make their own culture in America. A lot of artworks are done in this period of time, authors express their feelings by doing poems. Poets wrote a different kind of poems, a poem about love, struggle, and racial inequality. Countee Cullen is a famous African-American author, he wrote a lot of poems including “Incident” he said in his line that, “And so I smiled, but he poked out his tongue, and called me Nigger,” his telling how the white

Progressive, and so inadequately described. It’s no wonder that with his transformation into electric experiment, Miles lost a huge share of the loyal audience who had been following his earlier career. This new electric music dared to shed a "jazz" sound to integrate the highly charged, youthful raw power from rock and funk. Ignoring barriers, this music refuses to stay in any "proper" place. Besides being multicultural, it makes an even bigger transgression: it is

Langston Hughes is arguably one of the best known American writers of the twentieth century. He played an important influential part in the Harlem Renaissance, his poetry and other literary works helped pave way to a new wave of African American culture and literature. Hughes had a wide variety of works, he was much more than just a poet; he was a short-story writer, novelist, and playwright (Brucker). He was also very involved in the Black Arts Movement, and had works published in “The Crisis” the

revolutionised jazz music in the early 1920’s, Piano has played a vital role in the development of Jazz music with greats such as Duke Ellington influencing jazz from the start of the swing era (Gioia, 2011). Jazz Pianists were often on the forefront of the ongoing development of jazz music. However, when the bebop era dawned, piano seemed to move into the background, with people like John Coltrane and Miles Davis leading the charge. However, this did not mean the piano disappeared, far from it; Jazz music

Twenties forth. The American people hungered for change, and the new music of the era, jazz, satisfied their great hunger (100 Favourite Songs). Jazz was a brand new type of music drastically different from anything the American people had heard before. Unfortunately, the Great Depression, which occurred in the thirties, brought forth an aroma of sadness and despair in the lives of the American people. Would jazz also cave into the Depression? Or fight back? Although the mood of the American people

In 1951, Alan Freed, a European American disc jockey for a Cleveland radio station, first coined the term rock’n roll. Fifty years later, if you were to poll the general public on which race would dominate that genre of music, the response would be overwhelmingly whites. But rock’n roll is not a white mans music. African American’s were and still are an essential cornerstone of the genre known as rock’n roll. But rock’n roll simply would not exist if it weren't for African Americans. Their presence

The genre of blues originated in the 19th century South America African American Communities. African slaves that were brought during the 17th and 18th centuries, also brought their differing musical traditions with them. After they assimilated, they began to blend the juxtaposing music types of America and Africa. This resulted in blues coming from a mix of European folk music, spirituals, music of Africa, and slave work songs. Work songs were sung in time with the task at hand using “call and response

Jazz influence on the 1920/30’s The Jazz Age was a cultural tectonic shift that took place in America during the 1920’s, or "the Roaring Twenties”, from which both jazz music and dance emerged. This movement was coupled with both the equally phenomenal introduction of mainstream radio and the conclusion of World War I. Although the era ended as the Great Depression victimised America in the 1930's, jazz has lived on in American pop culture. The birth of jazz music is often credited to African

1920-1924: A Booming Nation The years between 1920 and 1924 were the beginning of a new era in American History. The early 1920s are remembered for the new freedoms and prosperity of a rising nation. America took on a new morale, and life was slowly but surely getting easier. This period of history introduced new technologies, scientific advancements, and the new laws of a changing government. Also, entertainment, especially music and arts, were ever changing. Imagine life without a car. For America