African slaves contributed to jazz through the songs that were sung during that time. The songs and dances were passed down and artists drew from that to create a new genre of music.
jazz wasn't introduced to America. jazz IS America! The logical idea is to try to link jazz back to African music somehow. But, for many reasons, this turns out not to be so straightforward. Perhaps the most potent denial of this direct African connection is the fact that in 1808 the US federal gov't declared the slave trade to be illegal. So after 1808, very few new slaves were arriving in America directly from Africa. To put this date into perspective: the first known appearance of the word "jazz" in print didn't arrive until 1913. That's leaves a period of ~100 years for American slaves to evolve away from authentic African music forms! However, there are clearly some ties that can be made back to West African music from jazz. But this is the sort of stuff that music historians argue about. You've asked a very simple question and it deserves a simple answer... If you had a gun to my head, I would say that "jazz" was first cultivated as an independent musical form in the first decade of the 20th century. But keep in mind that the actual origin of jazz is anything but simple.
He was an American jazz composer, trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist and was one of the most influential, innovative and original musicians of the twentieth century. He contributed to the history of jazz by his innovations in the bebop, cool jazz, modal jazz and jazz-rock fusion categories of jazz.
The ethnic group that is credited for creating jazz music and maintaing its strong presence in American life is....African Americans.
it started through African slaves, on ships. They would sing songs together from Africa and the American masters would here them singing and copy their ideas in America. They would mix together African music and Jazz music that was fashionable in America at that particular time.
well the first jazz came from African slave trade. The jazz then ,which was the first jazz, was either Spiritual, Work Songs or Blues. I hope this answered your question.
The African slaves contributed largely to jazz. This is a music that the African slaves and their ancestors brought and developed from their native land.
their greatest contribution was their labor.
Jazz was actually developed when the slave trade started bringing slaves to America from Africa. As they had to work all day and they didn't have any electricity, they sang. They used the songs sung from Africa. The Americans listened to the slaves and dveloped their music and their rhythms and developed them into jazz!
African slaves were stripped, in a large degree, of their home cultures. As a group, they started making a new culture of their own. They made songs for work, for codes to meet, and for entertainment. As slaves were not formally educated in the arts, there was no training in music technique. They would often bend or slur the notes being played, and there was a fair amount of falsetto in the singing. These things all lent themselves to the later traditions of Jazz Music.
African Americans originated jazz
The music of the slaves is called blues. The rhythm patterns of jazz is similar to the rhythm patterns of the blues.
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A calypsonian is a musician who sings song that belong to the calypso genre. This a musical rendition of jazz beats infused with West African beats introduced by slaves in the Caribbean.
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All of the above. APEX
jazz wasn't introduced to America. jazz IS America! The logical idea is to try to link jazz back to African music somehow. But, for many reasons, this turns out not to be so straightforward. Perhaps the most potent denial of this direct African connection is the fact that in 1808 the US federal gov't declared the slave trade to be illegal. So after 1808, very few new slaves were arriving in America directly from Africa. To put this date into perspective: the first known appearance of the word "jazz" in print didn't arrive until 1913. That's leaves a period of ~100 years for American slaves to evolve away from authentic African music forms! However, there are clearly some ties that can be made back to West African music from jazz. But this is the sort of stuff that music historians argue about. You've asked a very simple question and it deserves a simple answer... If you had a gun to my head, I would say that "jazz" was first cultivated as an independent musical form in the first decade of the 20th century. But keep in mind that the actual origin of jazz is anything but simple.