Mus1104 Concert Review A Night of Jazz with the University Jazz Bands The concert I chose to attend was the University Jazz Bands’ Student Ensemble Concert on Wednesday‚ March 6‚ 2013. The concert featured two ensembles‚ both the Virginia Tech Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Lab Band. At this concert‚ I was both a perceptive listener due to my knowledge of music and music performance‚ and a casual listener enjoying my friends performing a great concert. I enjoy my nature of listening because I can
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encounter with jazz music during World War II led to increased nationalism‚ steps toward equality‚ and a change in culture. Before the introduction of jazz music‚ the Great Depression negatively impacted the lives of the Americans. With the Great Depression‚ there was a major decline in America’s economy‚ which also led to the decline in social stability. Many Americans lived a life in poverty and faced many struggles. The Americans were living their lives in hardships‚ which
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a better understanding of jazz as not only an art form‚ but as a culture. The audience was the first thing I noticed when entering the venue. Most of the attendees were middle-aged and Caucasian. They were dressed in casual but nice clothing. It was not a formal event but no one was wearing tennis shoes are gym clothes. I also noticed that alcohol was being served with light refreshments. This contributed to the relaxed and casual environment that I expected of a jazz concert. I also spoke with
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Wei-Hsiang Wang What do you think art is? In my opinion‚ the major purpose of art is to influence someone. Some of the most common types of art in public are paintings‚ photos‚ and sculptures. When I go to the library‚ I would see photos of intellectual people‚ such as Gandhi‚ and Albert Einstein. These photos on the wall can greatly influence my mood and efficiency on studying. When I go to a hospital‚ I would see paintings and pictures that show life. Most of these paintings would have the
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Jazz I chose the form of dance called Jazz because it is the most fun to work with. Jazz dance is more of my style because it isn’t slow‚ it’s more of an upbeat exciting dance to learn. I’m more interested in hip-hop instead of slow boring dances. Jazz can really keep you entertained also. Jazz is much different from any other dance you’ll learn‚ and in my opinion the best dance. Instead of learning one dance‚ Jazz is all the dances put together‚ and that is why it is the most fun of all. Jazz
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Butts Jazz Concert Report The concert I decided to go to was held in Valley Brewing Company. The event was called “Take 5‚ Jazz at the Brew”. I went to the show July 11‚ 2013. The group I saw didn’t have a name. It was just a group of people performing together. The concert hall was a very nice venue. It was on an extended closed off area past the common area at the bar. The area was very dim lit and was decorated very fancy and elaborate. The music that was played that night was Jazz. The group
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Smooth Jazz is a genre of music. As you can tell by its name‚ the music is quite smooth‚ cool. You can also tell that it doesn’t really use swingy rhythms. Some people call it Cool Jazz and it can also be called Contemporary Jazz‚ they’re all the same thing. Smooth Jazz started in 1985. It lost its popularity in 2008. People changed their tastes in music. They got more interested into more new and modern music. Smooth Jazz is like a combination of jazz and smooth R&B. In Smooth Jazz‚ the piano
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Blue Like Jazz Blue Like Jazz is a semi autobiography that heavily includes the spiritual realm. The main religion mentioned within the movie is that of Christianity‚ and the idea of following God. Donald Miller’s journey from being a stereo-typical Southern Baptist to a crazy partier and on to what he feels is appropriate is seen and includes all ends of extremes of Christianity‚ atheism‚ and paganism. The supernatural is a major component of life throughout the entire movie. In the beginning
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vii INTRODUCTION I. REVIEW of BASIC THEORY MATERIALS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Chromatic Scale Intervals and Inversions Major Scale Construction Minor Scale Construction Circle of Fifths Scale Degree Names Key Signatures and Order of Accidentals Common Notation Errors II. RHYTHM in JAZZ PERFORMANCE 10 11 12 15 18 19 21 22 28 29 38 41 42 47 48 Polyrhythms Swing Eighth Note Accents and Articulations Rhythmic Roles Harmonic Rhythm in Jazz Performance The Larger View: Form as Rhythmic Structure Placement of the
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Jazz has been in the white house almost as long as it has existed‚ but on national jazz day‚ which is April 30th‚ President Obama hosted a jazz concert. This concert featured a wide variety of artists including Chick Corea‚ Robert Glasper‚ Esperanza Spalding‚ Aretha Franklin‚ Wayne Shorter‚ and many others. During this performance‚ there are thirteen different “groups” or different artists that sung at the white house for jazz day. The first performance after president Obama spoke was Aretha
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