Essays on Jazz Page 3

Throughout the history of this state, the music of African-Americans has remained a strong influence upon our society and civilization. Get downing with the music carried over from Africa with the slaves, up until now, with the new manners created by urban young person today, African-Americans have retained certain elements within their music which makes…

 Christenson & Walker (2004, p. 39-40) define project vision as the ability of a leader to get teams to work towards common team goals. This involves the communication of credible but reasonable goals in a way that is easy to understand, and compelling to follow. A successful project manager will be able to inspire teammates…

Clifford Brown was born in Wilmington, Delaware on the 30th of October 1930. Brown began playing a trumpet his father gave him in early high school, and by his late teens was playing in collage and other youth bands. Throughout high school he studied jazz harmony and theory, trumpet, vibes, piano, and bass with Robert…

Before taking Jazz class, my knowledge of this genre was minimal. During the class, six bands performed a total of fifteen pieces. Most of these compositions were by renowned Jazz composers like Herbie Hancock’s “Cantaloupe Island” and Charlie Parker’s “Donna Lee.” However, one band stood out as they played original pieces written by their own…

Jazz music originated from the African American origin, and is done through improvisation, syncopation, and usually either a forceful or regular rhythm. Jazz happens to have many styles. Some of those different styles are; smooth, contemporary, Latin and trad. Smooth Jazz has a bit of a pop feel to it but has little to no…

In his Jazz Age novel, The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald portrayssociety as snobs who bask in the wealth of the age. The novel was written in theheart of the Jazz Age and depicts it flawlessly. After World War I, manycompanies that had been making war supplies returned to creating their uniqueproducts. (ELCO) “The…

In Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man Ellison makes strong connections between the musical jazz elements and the Battle Royal excerpt of the novel. The jazz element of improvisation is described to be spontaneous, on the spot, composing to come up with different melodies and is the prominent element used by Ellison in the Battle Royal excerpt…

The roots of Jazz music and the blues, being intertwined with each other, are as colorful as their names, literally, because it is the music of colored people, African-American slaves, who toiled in the fields of the Southern plantations.  The blues were generally believed to be songs sang by the workers while working in the…

On November 23rd, I had the pleasure of attending my first ever jazz jam session at the Schorr Family Firehouse Stage and Goodwill Theater. The “Jazz Jam” took place from 7pm- 9pm and it was full house with an audience of at least fifty people. There were people of all ages and ethnicities showing how…

The “Jingle Jazz Jam” at the Lost Dog Café on Wednesday, December 2nd, from 8pm- 10pm, featuring the band Miles Ahead was a very intimate and open jam session that really seemed to be open to anyone who came prepared to jam alongside the musicians. Everyone who performed was a of a high caliber, setting…