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What is Jazz?

Jazz is a style of music that involves theory and experience. It originated as an American music and then later played as latin jazz, African jazz, samba jazz, Brazillian jazz… (MORE)

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How do I do a Jazz Waltz?

Answer The November 2007 edition of Keyboard Player explains how to approach it in its Classnotes section.

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Why is the Utah Jazz called the Jazz?

They are originally from New Orleans, Home of jazz music. They moved to Utah sometime in the 80's.

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What is the difference betweenbebop jazz and jazz?

Be-Bop is a STYLE of Jazz which began in the early forties. During WWII Big Bands (who played a style of Jazz called "SWING") lost many members to the draft, and a shrinking n…umber of venues could afford to pay large ensembles. A small coterie of young players (including trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, saxophonist Charlie Parker, pianist Thelonious Monk, guitarist Charlie Christian, drummer Kenny Clarke and bassist Oscar Pettiford) began experimenting together with new musical ideas. They, and other like-minded individuals (mostly young, but including some progressive elder statesmen like Coleman Hawkins) included complex harmonies of the sort used by Ravel and Debussy as well as virtuosic technique which they developed on their own. While the discipline of highly-arranged big-bands required restrictions of every sort, the small form factor of be-bop groups allowed for a great deal of interplay and freedom of communications among the rhythm section and soloists. Drummers now "dropped bombs" accenting and inspiring horn soloists, and pianists or guitarists were relieved of timekeeping duties. Instead of complicated arrangements, be-bop musicians primarily improvised on variations of the 12-bar blues form or well-known popular "tin-pan-alley"show tunes (especially Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm") with absurdly complicated melodies superimposed over those structures. Extreme tempos were also the norm, elevating be-bop Jazz from dancing music to "art" music. because arrangements (and the original melody of the tune) were now superfluous, soloists would "stretch out" improvising much longer over several choruses of a tune's structure. The ability to spontaneously invent creative new melodies became far more important than beautiful tone, hitting high notes, or other important attributes for "swing" players. Charlie Parker arguably contributed the most to the genre, innovating at every harmonic, melodic and rhythmic level. A genius akin to Mozart "Bird" was widely imitated both for his musical contributions and hedonistic lifestyle (as an alcoholic and heroin addict.) Unfortunately, many "hero-worshipers" followed his example, leading to a near-epidemic of heroin addicts among be-bop musicians. Bebop has since been absorbed into modern jazz, and what was once considered wild and revolutionary is now heard everyday on car commercials. Branches of be-bop known as 'hard-bop" which absorbed more bluesy gospel elements and "cool jazz" where bebop was interpreted by mostly white West-Coast musicians have both been accepted as "mainstream Jazz" by the '70s. (MORE)

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In Cats (Felines)

What is a jazz cat?

aha. a jazz cat it another way of saying a jazz musician. for example "I was playing with a bunch of jazz cats man, we were sheddin at charlie parkers house."

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What are facts about Jazz?

Scott joplin is the king of ragtime. Mary Lou is the first lady of jazz in the 1920's

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What are features of jazz?

The main features of jazz are the instruments such as trumpets and saxophones and maybe clarinets.

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Is jazz happy?

Jazz is a happy and fun to try and experience, my friends taken it on and she really likes it!

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What is pop jazz?

Pop is just what is popular by the general audience. Jazz used to be "pop music" in the 1930's to the 1960's, but these days has lost its popularity and is no longer "pop musi… (MORE)

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What makes Jazz music jazz?

The spirit of spontaneous creation, of multiple musicians on a master level entering a metaphysical zone where the music seems to be playing them and they all know what the ot… (MORE)