1930s-50s: The era of Jazz-Trinity Seegars
/*! elementor – v3.4.5 – 12-10-2021 */ .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} /*! elementor – v3.4.5 – 12-10-2021 */ .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} The Origins of Jazz The art of jazz, distinguished by the originality of its improvisation, the virtuosity and erudition of its performers and composers, and its professionalism and artistry, […]
Negro spirituals and their remnants within the modern black population. By:Rebekah Glover and Trinity Seegars
The History of negro spirituals Negro spirituals proliferated in the last few decades of the eighteenth century, leading up to abolishing legalized slavery in the 1860s. A type of music that emerged during slavery, it embodied the slave population’s unique expression of Christian religious values and ideals. This music was said to have been ” […]
Jay Z : The Greatest Rapper Alive
This post discusses the musical career and life of Shawn “Jay Z” Carter.
New Orleans Jazz
Traditional New Orleans Jazz Traditional New Orleans jazz is a musical genre with distinguishing poetic features that within a discrete, social framework, are connected to festival traditions and is very huge in the development of jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SS9EnD_-_Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUALSF5luTUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTHVqkK2JSc By passing strict segregation legislation in 1894 that reclassified the “gens de couleur” as Black, New Orleans […]
Dive into Ragtime
Brief History of Ragtime Ragtime was around but the name came along much later. The name was given to the style of music towards the end of the 1890’s. This style of music consisted of both written music and oral tradition with being known for its “ragged” rhythm. Ragtime can be described as an in […]
Blues
Blues music was known to break down the stereotypes of Black people and play a role in the fight for justice and equality during the Jim Crow and racial segregation period of time. Historically, blues music was sung solo by a male artist that play instruments like the piano or the guitar. In the instance […]
Ragtime
Ragtime defines a performance style and practices like composing and dance. Ben Harvey claimed to be its inventor. It is a duality between oral and written music, between early jazz and classical music, and between African American and European American music. The words “ragtime” and “jazz” were used synonymously. Rag, or ragging, consisted of syncopated […]
Sue Keller
Women in Ragtime: Sue Keller Born on July 7, 1952, Sue Keller is a ragtime pianist who has served as the music director of the Scott Joplin Festival for 7 seven years and director and officer of the Word Old-Time Piano Championship for 14 years. Her musical intelligence was prompted from her many vocal, flute […]