JAZZ

INTRODUCTION

 

Jazz is considered a broad music style that is characterized by an emphasis on improvisation, complex harmony, and syncopated rhythms. Jazz is considered to hold all elements of other music that include melody, rhythm, and harmony. Historically the music style features specific equipment’ i.e. trumpet, clarinet, trombone, drums, and saxophone. 

ORIGIN

Jazz is a music genre that was mainly introduced in the African-American community of Louisiana during the early 20th Century. The major evolution within the genre occurred during the 1920s when it started being recognized as popular and traditional music. Jazz is characterized by complex chords, polyrhythms, blues, ragtime, and call-and-response vocals. Jazz also contains some roots in African rhythmic rituals and European harmony.

MUSIC STYLES

 

Jazz music style spread on an international level and raised distinct music styles in the 1930s gypsy jazz, Kansas City jazz, and Swing big bands were the trending music styles. Cool Jazz is another Jazz type that was introduced by the end of the 1940s that involves smoother sound, linear melodic, long, and calmer lines. During 1950-60, Jazz-fusion was high in use but in the 1980s smooth Jazz became globally successful. During the 2000s, other styles and genres such as Latin and Afro-Cuban Jazz were introduced within the industry. 

JAZZ ARTISTS

The famous artists that often perform jazz music are Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, and Duke Ellington. In research performed, it is identified that around 185 million adults in America like Jazz music.

CONCLUSION

The introduction of the music style has greatly influenced global culture as even fashion and poetry touched by its influence. Jazz music has developed its own culture as it developed clothing that makes it easier to dance along to jazz tunes. Jazz poetry was introduced as one of the emerging genres of the era.    

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