R. Matzen Is Jazz Dead, Or Has It Just Moved Across The Pond? Jazz may appear to be dead, but only at first glance. The era in which jazz first launched and gained massive pop culture status in the United States has come and gone by more than 80 years. Even so, the improvisational genre continues to thrive outside its birthplace with great enthusiasm in the countries of Europe. All it takes is a jump across the ocean to realize that jazz is very much alive and growing thanks to the talent
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The History of Jazz and Reggae In the history of music the smooth sounds of jazz and reggae has influenced listeners all over the country for many years. Although some prefer to listen to Hip Hop and R & B the genuine sounds of Jazz and Reggae is some of the most delightful music to listen to. Jazz and Reggae has been two of the most popular and unique musical categories with similar styles but different in their own way. When these particular styles of music was introduced they made great
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A Jazz Summit Jordan Barrack November 28, 2011 A variety of opinions are mentioned in this extensive interview of the jazz greats. Some are similar and others are complete opposites of one another. The topic of whether or not jazz is in a state of decline is quite simple to me. It’s not in decline, just changing. According to the article, almost all of the musicians interviewed had a consensus that it is true that it is not the most popular genre of music and some night clubs are shutting down
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The group Juan-Carlos Formell y Son Radical performed Sunday at Guantanamera, a Cuban restaurant near Columbus Circle. The venue of Guantanamera provided Juan-Carlos Formell y Son Radical with a setting not unlike a typical New York jazz and dinner club; the audience members sat at the bar or a table eating dinner. A trio of musicians made up the band: the Cuban bandleader, Juan-Carlos Formell, played an electric-accoustic guitar and also provided lead vocals; Gustavo
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Everyone has a favorite singer or maybe a favorite genre of music that they may listen to or be interested in. The many genres of music are R&B, classical, jazz, and also pop music. My favorite singer is named Jazmine Marie Sullivan. Jazmine Sullivan is a African-American R&B singer/songwriter. She liked to do a mixture of many kinds of music such as R&B, reggae, and pop. She has a total of 3 wonderful and overpowering albums titled as Fearless, Love Me Back and also Reality Show, all of these albums
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Copland was a great American composer during the 20th century, the compositions often incorporated different aspects of popular American music. For example, he often utilized forms such as Jazz and folk music into the works that he created. Copland aimed to create and develope something that could be distinctively called American music so that American music and culture could free itself from European influence (pbs). Later on in his career he became known as a Dean of American Music , which is a
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My concert review is on Dave Scott Jazz Ensemble. They perform regularly on Mondays at Croce’s Restaurant & Jazz Bar down in The Gas Lamp Quarter on 5th and F Street. If you’re a native to San Diego, you will know who Dave Scott is. You can see Dave on KUSI-TV news as the weekend meteorologist. Dave is also a well respected jazz musician and songwriter. He plays the trombone and studied under Bill Watrous, a Grammy Award winner who has worked with the likes of Quincy Jones, Maynard Ferguson
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Jazz was one of the styles of music that spread tremendously from the streets of Harlem to all over the nation. This time was known as the “jazz age”, a time when innovative ideas and modernism with rapid cultural and social changes took place (Achlin). Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Bessie Smith had a huge impact on Jazz and swing music from the blues and gospel slave (“The Harlem Renaissance”). Duke Ellington, a renowned jazz artist, began to reflect the "New
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Form- Richard Middleton Pages 141-155 Lecture 1 * Form and contrast discussion of works of art * Form is the shape or structure of work * Content is it's substance, meaning, ideas or expressive effects * T.W Adorns argued popular music deficient because its forms predictable and schematic * In "serious music" the form of a piece is individual- worked out afresh so all details interrelate and cohere * This Process emphasizes the internal qualities and music flow *
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Alonzo Sandoval is a Cuban-American jazz and classical trumpeter born on November 6, 1949. Granted political asylum in July 1990 and became a US citizen in 1999, Sandoval and his family Miami, Florida home. A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November 6, 1949, just two years after Gillespie became the first musician to bring Latin influences into American Jazz. Sandoval began studying classical trumpet
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