Both of these poems were written around the same time. It was a political time of social unrest but, it was a pivotal time for this country. “We Real Cool” is truly musical almost comparable to jazz or even the beat generation’s poetry or prose. Jazz has an unmistakable syncopated beat or rather off the beat. I listen to this one musician, and he raps over live jazz in the studio.
This was just the grip that Armstrong had on the jazz game. Jazz took America by storm .It was much different from the traditional l notation and basic composed sequences . Jazz was improvisation from the mind body and soul. Louis Armstrong was said to be one of the best to ever play jazz. Duke elleghton was quoted saying "I want Armstrong on every instrument", This just goes to show his tremendous skill when it comes to
Dixieland jazz began in New Orleans and spread throughout the United States from 1917 to 1930. Dixieland is upbeat and loud with many jazz rhythms. Dixieland usually consisted of a lead trumpet, a clarinet, a saxophone, a trombone, a string bass, a piano and a drum. The bass and drum play on the down beats of one and three, while the piano plays fast chords and the clarinet, trumpet play melody and the saxophone and trombone play countermelody. Dixieland doesn’t generally use vocals, but is expressed through dynamics and rhythms.
As it started spreading around the world, Jazz made an amazing impression on national, regional and local cultures forming many distinctive styles of jazz. Some of the most famous styles/genres of jazz includes Afro-Cuban jazz, Ska jazz, Indo jazz, soul jazz, Latin jazz, jazz fusion, punk jazz and bebop. The style of Bebop jazz is characterized by its fast tempos, instrumental brilliance and improvisation that’s based on a combination of harmonic organization and melody. The bebop style of jazz began at the beginning of World War two and right after the end of the swing jazz era. The music of the swing era was popular from the 1930’s to around the beginning of World War two when most of the Jazz musicians went off to fight in the war.
The author’s purpose in writing this selection is to a. explain the history of jazz in the twentieth century b. entertain the reader with anecdotes about Louis Armstrong. c. persuade us to listen to more jazz music in the future d. inform us of Louis Armstrong’s contribution to jazz _____ 3. The tone of the selection could best be described as a. ambivalent b. objective c. admiring d. irreverent _____ 4. The transition word however in paragraph two indicates a. cause and effect b. steps in a process c. contrast d. chronological order _____ 5. The organizational structure of paragraphs two, three, and four could be described as a. definition b. chronological order c. listing d. example _____ 6.
The African American traditions of signifyin' (an early form of wordplay), the dozens (game of spoken words between two communities) and jazz poetry all had an influence on rap music. DJ Kool Herc and Coke La Rock provided an influence on the vocal style of rapping by delivering simple verse from poetry over funk music breaks, after noticing that party-goers showed little interest in their attempts to infuse reggae into their musical sets as DJs. MCs later became more varied in their vocal and rhythmic delivery, with brief rhymes and often including themes to differentiate themselves and entertain the
Hard Bop Hard bop is a style of modern jazz developed by musicians in the late 1950’s. It is a very heavy, dark, and impassioned form of bebop and focuses mostly on the saxophone and drums who play in a more leading style. The foundation for this music was “bebop,” a style that became famous in the late 1940’s, which was known for its fast tempo, instrumental skill and improvisation. Hard bop was a type of music played mostly by town musicians originally from Detroit, Philadelphia and New York, which reflected an East Coast background. Hard bop differentiated with the West Coast's cooler, calmer response.
The music that played in African American clubs was faster and wilder than the jazz played by the white dance halls, but even the jazz in the African American clubs was tame in comparison to the jazz of New Orleans. King Oliver is the best example of the shift in style that occurred when musicians moved from New Orleans to Chicago. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band was highly successful in New Orleans. The early New York Jazz music was influenced by ragtime music, which had been popular there in the early 1900s. Scott Joplin had played in New York, and other great musicians followed in his footsteps.
The danceable swing style of big bands and bandleaders such as Benny Goodman was the dominant form of American popular music from 1935 to 1946, a period known as the Swing Era. The verb "to swing" is also used as a term of praise for playing that has a strong rhythmic "groove" or drive. History: 1920s: Origins The styles of jazz that were popular from the late teens through the late 1920s were usually played with rhythms with a two beat feel, and often attempted to reproduce the style of contrapuntal improvisation developed by the first generation of jazz musicians in New Orleans. In the late 1920s, however, larger ensembles using written arrangements became the norm, and a subtle stylistic shift took place in the rhythm, which developed a four beat feel with a smoothly syncopated style of playing the melody, while the rhythm section supported it with a steady four to the bar. Like jazz, swing was created by African Americans, and its impact on the overall American culture was such that it marked and named an entire era of the USA, the swing era – as the 1920s had been termed "The Jazz Age".
Louie Armstrong and Charlie Parker came along and helped introduce the world to Scatting. Big Band style came along in the 1930’s, and was lead by amazing artists such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, and Artie Shaw. Kansas City Jazz transformed the music from swing to bebop. From then on, jazz had no limitations. When Prohibition came in 1920, jazz was thought of as immoral.