What is jazz music?

Answer 1

Jazz improvisation is playing relevant scales that fit in the written chord sequences or just playing a tune created on the spot by ear.

It is combination of intuition and tone sensitive ears.

Some techniques for jazz improvisation include playing modes of a major or minor scale, pentatonic scales, and blues scales.

Answer 2

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 etc. It includes dixie, swing, blues, New Orleans style, and some forms of rock.

Some jazz musicians include, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorias, Chick Corea

Answer 3

Jazz is a music genre that originated at the beginning of the 20th century, possibly earlier, within the African-American communities of the Southern United States. Its roots lie in the combining by African-Americans of certain European harmony and form elements, with their existing African-based music.

Jazz spans a range of music from ragtime to the present day and has proved to be very difficult to define.

"If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know."

-Louis Armstrong

Answer 4

Jazz Music is somewhat like blues but more instrumental like; drums, trumpets, saxophones and without lyrics.

Answer 5

well, cool jazz is when someone is called jazz, and they are cool.

or the music, itz jazz music with a cool jazzy beat. obv.

Answer 6

an American blend of African American and European music forms-gp