Jazz Essay

The Jazz Anecdotes by Bill Crow covers in detail about the History, definition, figures and in general in depth understanding of Jazz music. It's Impossible to describe and name all the figures in a two page short essay, but I'll do my best to fit as much as possible. According to the book: at first, the idea of pep and having a good time which was a Victorian morality against rebellion mentality shaped the idea of jazz. It became a rich and formal tradition of American music. Ragtime which was an African style of music and was played by piano influenced the creation of jazz by African American. The first group ever to play jazz were; Tom browns band from Dixie land in South in 1916. Their Idea was just Musical literacy, they couldn't read music, but they were so talented that they would only play by ear. For this particular reason many other musicians would call them negative names. After a decade, Jazz became more popular, but it never became Americas favorite music. However, popular music generated from jazz. This fact made jazz more of a life style( partying, having a good time). At that point in time any music that wasn't religious or classical was mostly referred to Jazz ( in the 20's). Jazz musicians were often so talented that pop music producers would depend on Jazz musicians for their creativity to make money for themselves. Therefore, Jazz became the musicians "Music". Their honest desire and artistic creativity made them very proud. So, it wasn't just because of money. It was a unique way of life that they believed not everyone understands.

There were 2 very common vehicles for jazz songs. One was the cords to the 12 bar (blues). two was the cords to "I got rhythem' which emphasized many song forms. The formats were mostly consists of head solos head. The book explains about the six very important characteristics of jazz which were; Improvisation, Syncopation, Swing, Jazz instrument technic, Influence of the Blues and rhythm section and front