Vocal jazz

Strange Fruit The song Strange Fruit was first recorded by the famous jazz singer Billie Holiday and release in 1939. The genre of the song was blues and jazz. Strange Fruit was an early cry for the Civil Rights Movement, exposed racism, and performed the practice o hanging. The song has simple lyrics, that carry a huge strength, and haunt you even when the song is over. The juxtaposition of the beautiful landscape, the scent of flowers, with the blood of human beings brutally beaten, gives a powerful

at low moments, which slowly evolves into an absolute power, intensity and spontaneity at its climaxes. Though this dramatic and beautiful musical journey, Kamasi pushes the boundaries of the genre by combining several different jazz styles, including vocal jazz, soul jazz,

life of slavery. Before the time era of the 20th century began, blues music was spreading very rapidly throughout. “Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants.” (Twentieth-century music, n.d.) Blues was a way for people to sing about their hardships as a way of venting. “The origins of Jazz during

The art of improvisation traces back to early African and European roots which eventually influenced jazz musicians to produce what we hear today. We cannot know for sure where the early African traditions for improvisations spawned from, but we do know that African traditions heavily influenced the blues and jazz. Some of the earliest examples of improvisation come from a drum ensemble of Ghana and the Mandinka tribe. African singing was among the most influential for its improvisations which helped

report will go into great detail regarding the performance that I witnessed, as well as the genre of Jazz that was played, the artist, and the techniques that were used. I will start with my personal experience of the concert that I attended. This will focus on the details of the performance, as well as my mindset before and after the show. Next, this paper will research the origins of the genre of Jazz that was played, which is Funk and has been supported by several scholarly sources. Then I will look

earlier albums, Worrisome Heart and My One and Only Thrill were within the core of vocal jazz, she really branched out in The Absence to different and more experimental sounds. The Absence grew on me over time but it didn’t resonate immediately as did the earlier two. Now comes, Currency of Man which still has the stamp of experimentation and an almost playful quality to it while bringing it more into the heart of vocal jazz and making it

Bessie Smith Bessie Smith is an American Jazz musician in the genre of blues. She was born on the date of 15th April 1894. She is known to well for her dominance in the blues genre music in the span of around 1920s and 1930s. Bessie attributes her success, by working continuously with Louis Armstrong. Research indicates that Louis was a key inspiration when it comes to the perfection of jazz vocals. In her time, Bessie Smith proudly boasts as one of the best Blues musicians both in the US and the

The relation between Blues and Jazz music can be discovered if we look closely and scrutinize the origins of both the music genres. How one developed can be found out from the roots of the other as both the separate genres use similar sound patterns. Both of these genres belong to a different decade/era however, are closely linked to one another. In this essay I will deliver a brief history of both Blues and Jazz, their similarities, and also discuss how the advancement of technology has affected

Jazz has been a part of American culture throughout history that is still being explored today. Jazz has a rich history that goes back many years. Jazz has also developed into many different styles that trace to places all around the world. There have been many jazz musicians throughout the years. Jazz music has a very complex, but good musical tune and instrumentation to it. Jazz had started, when musicians came to New Orleans to play, most of the people that came to play were former slaves of

Research shows that listening to music can improve your mood. Music has been used as a therapy for centuries, especially in the 1930s ("How Music Changes Your Mood"). Popular music during the 1930s included many upbeat and fun 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.