Essays on Jazz Music

Have you ever wonder what kind styles of music people would listen to back in the good ol’ days? Before pop and rap even existed? There were alot of popular music styles listened to during that time period but of all the most popular types of music styles people would listen to in the 1920s had to have definitely been the up beat and loved styles of jazz and ragtime, these styles had even been a big part of what had helped inspire and create the popular music styles of today.Music in the 1920s ...

The in-class jazz concert was a delightful experience. I enjoyed seeing how much fun the students were having while playing music. The instruments which took part of it were the bass, drums, piano, trombone, and tenor saxophone. The drums mostly caught my attention, the drummer was good at keeping a steady beat, and his solos were very rhythmic. The swing syncopation, and improvisation, helped to keep a great rhythm during the performance. The name of the first song was “I’ve Got Rhythm,” ...

For the Jazz/World concert, I went to the one here at FHSU on November 21st. It was an easy choice, since I live near campus and my roommate actually plays in the Jazz band. The wardrobe choice is much different than the typical formal wear for a classical concert. Before the concert, the Graduate Jazz Quartet was playing some quiet, slow jazz as a precursor to the performance as people filtered in. I was able to get a good seat, and it was fun to just start “vibing” with them and getting into ...

Between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the African-American communities which resided in New Orleans, United States were passionate about music such that they developed a unique music genre popularly known as Jazz (Blumenthal & Hasse, 2011). The musical and cultural expressions of West Africa also influenced the emergence of the genre. As the classical music in America's music scene, Jazz enables artists to express themselves soulfully and eccentrically through its ragtime and ...

New Orleans has long been honored with the title of the birthplace of jazz music. Of course that makes sense because when someone mentions the city, thoughts of flavor, music, and soul generally come to mind. So why New Orleans? It all started with the slaves’ influence and sound being brought to life in Congo Square in the early 1800’s (Jelly Roll). Every Sunday slaves and free African American’s alike would gather to celebrate a day off from the “man” and they would perform a mix of songs ...

The concert that I watched on YouTube is a metal music festival called Wacken Open Air and it takes place every summer in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The festival that I saw is from 2016 and it had big performers such as Iron Maiden, Blind Guardian, Testament, and many more. The specific band that I decided to watch is Panzerballett, a Jazz-Metal band that originated from Munich, Germany. They were one of the most unique bands that performed at the festival mainly because of their ...

In the book titled America’s Musical Landscape, chapter 16 is about the popular music since the 1970’s. During the 1970’s, it was a year of devastating social and political significance in the United States, frustrated protesters against the war in Vietnam, most notably on college campuses around the country provoked hostility throughout other strata of society. Rockers were deeply affected by the mood of the time, further darkened by the deaths of several prominent rock figures-Jimi Hendrix ...

Throughout history, a multitude of defining courses have shaped the way the world perceives specific circumstances and items; war, famine, death, rebirth, and a myriad of other general things. Among those general things, is music. Music has been a way of emphasizing and defining the time period of when it was written and composed. A song from the twentieth century would be so uncharacteristically different and contrasting compared to a song from the era of the Crusades. Take for instance, ...

Benny Goodman’s commissioned piece Derivations for Clarinet and Band by Morton Gould combines classical and jazz worlds of music in a well orchestrated piece. Gould was directly influenced by Goodman in this work from their friendship, understanding of what jazz is really about and he knew how to get a horn section to play jazz in a classical composition. Because of the friendship Goodman and Gould had outside of work, Gould’s musical influences will also be explored with the analysis of jazz ...

In this essay I will be talking about the origins of Jazz. This will include what influenced it, its major artists, who were the major influencers in the genre, its developments, as well as some of the sub-genres that came with Jazz. I will also be discussing some of the politics of the genre too. As well as the things listed above I will also talk about instrumentation, the ‘Jazz community’ from its origins and where it stands now and how it is still influential. Amongst the many artists I ...

Jazz music was historically a transformative and iconic type of music which had the capacity to restructure the way artists approached developing their sounds. The African American culture thrived off of the success of jazz music in the 1920s and it helped to completely alter the course of music and the appreciation of music for generations to come. (Floyd, 1995, 29) Yet, as jazz became more successful and more openly commercialized, the culture surrounding jazz music became more appropriated ...

The late 19th century and early 20th century was an era that the American popular music was able to achieve a much greater international acclaim. Minstrel songs, ragtime songs and the African American songs of the 19th century played a major role in shaping the American Music scene and influencing the American culture especially that of the Black minorities. The Jazz of the black urbanites and the rural blues of the poor black Southerners are some of the initial America popular music. During ...

Upon looking at the list of videos to choose from for this paper, a few stood out to me, but I was very intrigued by Wynton Marsalis performing at the Jazz in Marciac festival in 2009. There were a few reasons as to why this piece jumped out at me. First off, Wynton Marsalis himself drew me in because I really haven’t listened to much of his music at all. He is one of the greatest musicians of all time, winning Grammys in both jazz and classical music for a grand total of nine to date. The ...

On August 24, 2019, after I visited my cousin at Houston, I attended my first Jazz concert with my cousin at Rice University as the Painted Band had their first concert of the fall semester with particular guest trumpeter player Kenneth Easton. The Painted band performed twelve pieces during the show. "Ancient Memories", "Fly Me to the Moon", and "Waltz for Debby" was the most amazing songs that permitted the listeners to enjoy the diverse resonances of Jazz music. Like every song tells a ...

Jazz is a type of music of created by Black Americans characterized by improvisation, and syncopation. Jazz music usually entails brass and woodwind instruments and piano and sometimes the guitar and the violin; styles include Dixieland, swing, bebop, and free jazz. It has evolved from other different types of music that range from blues, Church music, traditional African drumming along with other varying sounds and techniques from both African and European descent. By 1866 the Atlantic ...