Sun Ra: Alternative Jazz
/*! elementor – v3.6.4 – 13-04-2022 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} Sun Ra; an out of this world approach to jazz music /*! elementor – v3.6.4 – 13-04-2022 */ .elementor-widget-divider{–divider-border-style:none;–divider-border-width:1px;–divider-color:#2c2c2c;–divider-icon-size:20px;–divider-element-spacing:10px;–divider-pattern-height:24px;–divider-pattern-size:20px;–divider-pattern-url:none;–divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider{display:-webkit-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{font-size:15px;line-height:1;max-width:95%}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__element{margin:0 var(–divider-element-spacing);-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-icon{font-size:var(–divider-icon-size)}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider-separator{display:-webkit-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin:0;direction:ltr}.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator{-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center}.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:before,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:before{display:block;content:””;border-bottom:0;-webkit-box-flex:1;-ms-flex-positive:1;flex-grow:1;border-top:var(–divider-border-width) var(–divider-border-style) var(–divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{-webkit-box-flex:0;-ms-flex-positive:0;flex-grow:0;-ms-flex-negative:100;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-left .elementor-divider__element{margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{-webkit-box-flex:0;-ms-flex-positive:0;flex-grow:0;-ms-flex-negative:100;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider–element-align-right .elementor-divider__element{margin-right:0}.elementor-widget-divider:not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_text):not(.elementor-widget-divider–view-line_icon) […]
“The Story of Jazz” Documentary Notes by Asha St. Louis
/*! elementor – v3.4.4 – 13-09-2021 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} The Story of Jazz Documentary mainly talks about the history of jazz and very important people in the jazz industry. Billy Baldwin was the “first” Jazz musician who became very popular among the general public Louis Armstrong contributed to Jazz music in many […]
The Infinite Sounds of Jazz: 30s & 40s
/*! elementor – v3.6.5 – 27-04-2022 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} Jazz is an upbeat, melodic genre of music that embodies characteristics seen in genres like Blues, Ragtime, African classical, and Eurocentric music, Making it the first genre to properly represent the cross-culture of music while accrediting the black roots within Jazz. […]
History of Jazz Notes- Christine Bynum
All About Jazz
By Nelly Ruach Jazz is by far one of the most prominent and well respected forms of music to have ever been created. This form of music is heavily popular throughout the south with its origins tracing to New Orleans. With its transition from the blues and rag time, African Americans began the transition to […]
Bringin’ Back Jazz and Funk: Tank and the Bangas
Introduction There are many genres that are popular in today’s music scene. From hip hop to country, most music on today’s charts have a very normal appeal to them and have been a continuation from the genres’ earliest stages. Two genres that has not really been explored in music today is jazz and funk. Even […]
The Birth of Jazz Fusion
The Birth of Jazz Fusion By Camille Adams-Lonzer Fusion Jazz or Jazz Fusion is something that old school jazz aficionados might not care for. Known for it’s electric beats and funky undertones, this sub genre opened jazz up to those who may have never given it a try. Back in the late 60’s in the […]
Jazz Fusion and Its Influence
Jazz fusion is a genre of music that was fueled by its advancements in music technology. It was a combination of the jazz of its time along with latin, funk, and rock sounds. Jazz fusion served as a new chapter for the jazz legacy. Because musicians then wanted to embrace amateur musicianship and be apart […]
Jazz it up!
Music with a soul. Where it’s felt, it’s sung and experienced.
Jazz Fusion: A Beautiful Blend
What is To begin, Jazz Fusion is a genre of music that not only combines jazz’s harmonic qualities but, rhythm and blues, rock & roll, and funk. Compared to traditional jazz, also known as trad jazz, jazz fusion primarily focuses on electric and electronic instruments as its developmental sound, which was something that was more […]
Wayne Shorter and the Fusion Revolution
The Life of Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter is an American Jazz Composer and Saxophonist. Born August 25th, 1933 in Newark, NJ, Wayne Shorter helped pioneer the Jazz fusion genre. When they say ‘jazz,’ I’m thinking of a word called ‘the creative process.’ It intersects every vein and tributary, avenue, path, that everyone’s living. It crosses […]
What is Jazz Fusion?
WHAT IS JAZZ FUSION? Jazz-rock, or more commonly known as Jazz fusion, is the combination of the rough staccato style of jazz in the smooth legato style of modern-day rock. Although it may seem this combination considering these styles of music are opposites, great artists such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock developed this style […]
Jorge Pardo
Jazz Fusion: Latin Style Early Life Born December 1956 in Madrid Studied at the Conservatory of Madrid at the age of 14 Started out playing the Guitar but later picked up wind instruments- Saxophone and flute Discography 1982: Jorge Pardo (Blau) 1984: El canto de los Guerreros (Linterna) 1991: In a Minute (Milestone) 1991: Las […]
Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters Herbie Hancock was born in Chicago 1940, He was a piano prodigy and started playing jazz in high school. He then attended Grinnell College and majored in music and electrical engineering. In 1960 Donald Byrd, trumpeter discovered Hancock. After working with Byrd, Phil Woods and Oliver Nelson, Hancock signed to Blue […]
Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew: The Unconventional and Experimental Album that Exposed Jazz Fusion
Jazz Fusion was a popular type of jazz that became known and popular in the 60s and 70s. It forever changed the way that many looked at jazz music as a genre. Jazz fusion is exactly what it sounds like, a fusion of musicians combining jazz harmonic improvisations with rock music, funk, and rhythm and […]
Donald Byrd
Ethiopian Knights Who, What, When, Where Donaldson Toussaintt L’Overture Byrd II Born December 9th 1932 Accomplished trumpeter and performed with Lionel Hampton in his high school years went to Wayne State University for undergrad. Got his masters at the Manhattan School of Music. 1958 signed an exclusive recording contract with Blue Note. Got into fusion […]
Jazz Fusion
Jazz Fusion Jazz Fusion originated in the 1970s from the release of Miles Davis’ “Bitches Brew” in 1969 which used eighth note time feels and production of techniques used in popular music such as, overdubbing and looping. This paved the way for jazz to go in a new direction, Jazz Rock. Instruments used in Jazz […]
Fusion Jazz
Jazz Fusion Jazz Fusion is a genre of music that combined jazz with other genres of music. Some also call it psychedelic jazz. Other genres included funk, blues, rock, and R&B. This genre within was first highlighted in the 1960’s by Jazz artists that were doing something more complex and bring jazz to other genres […]
Jazz Hands
Jazz And Black Intellectualism Jazz is a form of music created in the early 20th century that originated in the United States in New Orleans, Louisiana. The fusion of many cultures, French, African, Caribbean, Latin American, European, and the list goes on, led the intellectuals within the population to develop a culture of their own […]
Jazz Fusion and Black Intellectualism- Alana Edmond
What is Jazz Fusion? Jazz Fusion, or “Jazz Rock,” is a subgenre of Jazz developed in the late 1960s that blends traditional sounds of jazz with rock, funk, and R&B. Jazz Fusion Characteristics Jazz fusion incorporates traditional jazz instruments such as the trumpet, saxophone, however, Jazz Fusion is less likely to use a piano found […]
