Essays on Jazz Music

Wynton Marsalis – Jazz in Marciac 2009 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…

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…

Introduction 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…