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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

Introduction 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…

Introduction The Jazz Age had a very positive effect on American society during the 1920s. Post-WWI, many jazz musicians left the south and moved north sparking the flame of the jazz age. The Jazz Age was such an essential part of history because it helped…

The Beginning of Jazz Music Life is like Jazz music, it’s best when you improvise. Jazz music is not very common in some places, but in the 1920’s it was the most popular form of music. The way Jazz music started is really interesting.There are…

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…

My First Jazz Concert 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…

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…

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…