era. Jazz became the cornerstone of popular culture during the period known as the swing era. The swing era influenced clothing styles‚ retail marketing‚ fashion‚ dance‚ and even language. Swing fans had their own clothing style and built a social phenomenon around it. With many dances coming and going the swing fans kept on dancing. 3. Name some of the specific innovations Duke Ellington brought to jazz in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Duke Ellington brought some specific innovations to jazz in the
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learned various styles of jazz with the explanation of different singers’ jazz songs. Before taking this class‚ I just thought the jazz was all about swing style; which is from New Orleans Jazz style with big bands and collective sounds. However‚ through this class‚ I realized that there is more than swing style‚ which are bebop‚ cool‚ hard bop‚ Chicago style and so on. It was interesting to see how different types there are inside one genre called ‘jazz’‚ when I thought jazz was already just one genre
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should focus on the widespread and create individual “Negro” art. He famously wrote about the period that “the negro was in vogue”. Considered among the greatest poets in U.S. history‚ Hughes was one of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry‚ poetry that “demonstrates jazz-like rhythm”. His works often portrayed the lives of middle class African Americans. Hughes was a proponent of creating distinctive “Negro” art and not falling for the “urge within the race toward whiteness”
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Entertainer Analysis Scott Joplin was most well known throughout his career for writing unique Jazz compositions and was known as the “King of Ragtime." During his brief career‚ Joplin wrote 44 original ragtime pieces‚ one ragtime ballet‚ and two operas. One of his most well known and popular pieces today is The entertainer which has gone down as one of the all time classics of ragtime and indeed in Jazz. The entertainer was written in 1902 while Scott Joplin was in St Louis and was intended as a
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that is originally from America which is Jazz. According to Christopher Wilkinson‚ Jazz is a creation of African - American culture which emerged from American musical traditions around the beginning of twentieth century. Characteristics of Jazz music are improvised‚ rhythmic complexity and related to dance. There are period Jazz as functionality which is for dance and period Jazz as quasi art which is to be listened rather than to be enjoyed. Although Jazz music emerged around beginning of twentieth
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Music Appreciation April 29‚ 2015 Concert Review Essay: Jazz Band‚ Pop Singers‚ Steel Band I enjoy and listen to variety of music from classical music to rap music. I have attended many concerts‚ mostly symphony bands concerts. I have attended many of my sisters’ honor band concerts. However‚ interestingly‚ through whole my life‚ I have never experienced jazz music and I have never been to jazz concert. This was my first time attending a Jazz concert. Therefore‚ I didn’t know what kind of music to
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advertisements‚ making it likely as recognizable as Chopin’s Funeral March or Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. But unlike these two pieces of iconic classical music‚ Rhapsody in Blue “resists classification.”1 In it are elements of classical music‚ blues and jazz‚ making it at once “Gershwin’s most famous piece” but also “possibly his least understood composition.”2 Indeed‚ while Rhapsody became a popular hit in the 1920s‚ the reception from critics was mixed at best – even worse were the many critics who dismissed
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Ellington was born April 29‚ 1899‚ in Washington‚ D.C. He was a famous jazz composer that played an important role in jazz history. He composed many songs on stage and performed at many night clubs. During the Harlem Renaissance African expressed themselves for the first time and Ellington helped in the music area. “Ellington created a blend of melodies‚ rhythms‚ and subtle sonic movements it was a complex yet accessible jazz.” As Ellington was conveying his own culture he was putting his own twist
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in the 1940s with the jazz age alongside the genre of cool jazz‚ in which‚ “Jazz aficionados used the term to distinguish this style from the hot jazz…”(Quinion). Those who follow the idea that the term was first coined in Beowulf will agree with the popularity and increase of use during the 1940s‚ but will also say that the term had changed several times before‚ and is a cumulative result of those changes. While those supporting the belief that cool was born during the jazz age will reject the claims
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Glen Pearson Music 015B 29 September 2012 57th Street Gallery – Jam Session What is Jazz Music? “An academic definition of jazz would be: A genre of American music that originated in New Orleans circa 1900 characterized by strong‚ prominent meter‚ improvisation‚ distinctive tone colors & performance techniques‚ and dotted or syncopated rhythmic patterns.” To me jazz is so much more. I personally feel jazz is an expression of the an artist’s deep emotional connection to the rhythms of life and
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