The term "jazz" (early on often spelled "jass") did not become popular until the mid and late 1910s, when New Orleans musicians first rose to prominence in other parts of the USA and the New Orleans style needed a new name to differentiate it from the nationally popular ragtime. Before then, the New Orleans style was frequently simply called "ragtime" (Sidney Bechet continued to call his music "ragtime" throughout his life), along with such local terms as "hot music" and "ratty music". The local New Orleans dance music style was already distinctive in the 19th century. When this style became what was later known as "jazz" remains a matter of debate and definition, although most New Orleans music historians believe what became known as New
Jazz Jazz is an American music style which originated around the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the south from a mix of African and European music traditions. The word jazz began as a West Coast slang term of uncertain origin and was first used to refer to music in Chicago in about 1915. “The word may have originally been spelled “jass, or jast”. Jazz has branched out into a variety of styles, from the early 1910s to the ‘60s, jazz rock fusion from the ‘70s and later developments such as acid jazz, and it continues, (like all forms of music), to be in a constant state of evolution; New Orleans Dixieland, Chicago Dixieland, Swing, Ragtime, etc…” Dixieland is an umbrella to indicate musical styles of the
From the early 20th century to present 21st, much has changed for blacks; including music. This will be an attempt to analyze the conditions facing blacks in the early 1900s and their response to them with the genre of jazz music; and the same with the more recent genre of hip-hop. During the great migration of the early 20th century; in-between the years of 1916 to 1930, approximately one million blacks left the South in search of better employment opportunities, as well as improved social and political conditions. The migration gave way to the large portion of the African-American population from the South into cities such as Chicago and New York City. By 1930 more than 200,000 African-Americans had moved to New York City and about 180,000 to Chicago as well as a number of other destinations in the north.
Case Study: Change and Continuity of Jazz Music in Post-war Japan Introduction Jazz is a genre of music that originated in African-American communities during the late 19th and early 20th century. In early 1920s, Jazz music was popularized in Japan and local jazz practice began to emerge thanks to the overseas trips of foreign jazz bands [] and nationals returned from the States with Jazz recordings, sheet music, or any information about Jazz. [] Despite dance halls were banned by ordinance issued by municipal officials in 1927 [] and Jazz was considered “enemy music” during World War II, the mass appeal of the music has make it impossible to be banned completely. This has marked the beginning of the development of Jazz tribes in Postwar Japan. Allied Occupation (1945–1952) The arrival of the Americans with strong ideas about transforming Japan into a peaceful democracy had a major long-term impact, and pursued a policy of coerced Americanization.
The host of the show, Ed Sullivan, was one of the first (if not the first) TV presenters to invite black musicians to their shows. That helped a lot to raise people's consciousness that it was the blacks who invented rock'n'roll. Ultimately, this fact is a milestone in terms of popular culture. Sullivan broke the boundaries dividing 'black' and 'white' music, making them appear on one screen. The impact of blacks on the music business has been enormous.
The European part being mainly the melodies and harmony of the Andalucia region of Spain (the homeland of the Conquistadors), while the African part in Salsa is mainly from the western coast of Africa where the slave trade was most prevalent.” ("Justsalsa.com," n.d, p. 1) It is said that “Between 1930 and 1960 there were musicians from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico and South America coming to New York to perform. They brought their own native rhythms and musical forms with them, but as they listened to each other and played music together, the musical influences mixed, fused and evolved.” (latinmusic.about.com, Lilich, n.d, p. 1) “This type of musical hybridization gave birth to the 1950s creation of the mambo from son, conjunto and jazz traditions. Continuing musical fusion went on to include what we know today as the cha cha cha, rhumba, conga and, in the 1960s, salsa.” (latinmusic.about.com, Lilich, n.d, p. 1) The type of instruments used in salsa music is what makes salsa music so unique. Salsa music has a heavy use of percussion (clave, maracas, conga, bongo, tambora, bato, cowbell.) Other salsa instruments include
Cultural Contact in the Cradle of Jazz: A Brief History............................................ Cultural Remnants Made Visible: The New Orleans Jazz Festival........................... The Mardi Gras Indians ............................................................................................. CHAPTER V. UNRAVELING MUSICAL AND CULTURAL ELEMENTS: ... Common Ground: African and Native American Musical Compatibility................. Unification in Sound: Vocables in Native American Music ..................................... All in the Stomp Dance: Dance as an Intrinsic Element of Music ............................ From Parker to Pullen: The Heritage of Some Jazz Greats ....................................... CHAPTER VI. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................... REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................... 23 27 28 30 34 35 38 39 42 49
\ Founded on Jan. 12, 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, Motown assembled the soul and pop classics that changed America. Arriving at the height of the civil rights movement, Motown was a black-owned, black-centered business that gave white America something they just could not get enough of. Motown Records released dozens of number-one songs during the 1960s and early 1970s, making it for a time the largest U.S. business owned by an African American. The Motown sound also helped break down a musical wall that kept most African American artists from being played on radio stations that targeted white listeners. The driving force behind Motown was its founder, songwriter-turned-music producer Berry Gordy.
Intro to Jazz In the Early Jazz period during 1900 and 1922, bands took place in New Orleans. Included in these bands were Joe “King” Oliver, Louis Armstrong, and Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton who all played a style of music that would later become known as Dixieland. It was not until the early 1920’ that many black New Orleans musicians were first recorded. Among the first was the Original Dixieland Jazz Band with a collective of white New Orleans musicians who organized their band during 1916 and played in New York during 1917. The earliest forms of Jazz featured collective improvisation.
For example Chuck Berry (1926-) and Little Richard (1932-) transformed urban blues into what we know as rock ‘n' roll; rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) began his career in a rhythm and blues band; and Stevie Wonder (1951-) and Marvin Gaye (1940-1984), transformed the sound of Motown into soul music. As time goes on we can see that the social mobility of African Americans in society continues to progress with an undeniable possibility of never