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  Jazz
Jazz is a musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
At the root of jazz is the blues, the folk music of former African slaves in the American South and their descendants, heavily influenced by West African cultural and musical traditions, that evolved as fl musicians migrated to the cities -- most notably, the Storyville district of New Orleans -- in the late 19th century.
Early jazz influences found their first mainstream expression in the marching band music of the day, which was the standard form of popular concert music at the turn of century.
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/j/ja/jazz.html   (2615 words)

  
  jazz - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
At the root of jazz is the blues, the folk music of former African slaves in the U.S. South and their descendants, heavily influenced by West African cultural and musical traditions that evolved as fl musicians migrated to the cities.
Early jazz influences found their first mainstream expression in the marching band and dance band music of the day, which was the standard form of popular concert music at the turn of century.
Free jazz's greatest departure from other styles is in the use of harmony and a regular, swinging tempo: Both are often implied, utilized loosely, or abandoned altogether.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/jazz   (4990 words)

  
 jazz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
One of the key influences on jazz was blues, a rural folk art that changed as fl musicians migrated to the cities in the late 19th century.
The early development of jazz was racially segregated, reflecting the culture of the United States at the time, with the innovation of mainly fl club musicians being taken onto bandstands by white band leaders, who tended to mould the music more to orthodox rhythms and harmony.
Jazz at this stage was no longer in the center stage of popular music but was still breaking new ground and combining and recombining in different forms.
www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/topic.aspx?cur_title=jazz   (1846 words)

  
 Jazz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
At the root of Jazz is the blues, the folk music of former African slaves in the U.S. South and their descendants, heavily influenced by West African cultural and musical traditions that evolved as fl musicians migrated to the cities.
Early Jazz influences found their first mainstream expression in the marching band and dance band music of the day, which was the standard form of popular concert music at the turn of century.
Free jazz's greatest departure from other styles is in the use of harmony and a regular, swinging tempo: Both are often implied, utilized loosely, or abandoned altogether.
jazz.iqnaut.net   (5090 words)

  
 Jazz
Jazz is a musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
At the root of jazz is the blues, the folk music of former African slaves in the American South and their descendants, heavily influenced by West African cultural and musical traditions, that evolved as fl musicians migrated to the cities -- most notably, the Storyville district of New Orleans -- in the late 19th century.
Early jazz influences found their first mainstream expression in the marching band music of the day, which was the standard form of popular concert music at the turn of century.
publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/j/ja/jazz.html   (2650 words)

  
 Clarinet - MarchingWiki
Jazz clarinetists often remain on softer reeds, as they are easy for bending pitch.
In classical music, clarinets are part of standard orchestral instrumentation, which frequently includes two clarinetists playing individual parts — each player usually equipped with a pair of standard clarinets in B♭ and A. Clarinet sections grew larger during the 19th century, employing a third clarinetist or a bass clarinet.
Shackleton lists this and the D clarinet, along with obsolete instruments in G, F, and E as sopranino clarinets, but this terminology is not commonly used.
www.marchingwiki.com /wiki/index.php?title=Clarinet   (4086 words)

  
 List of Musicians By Genre Encyclopedia Article @ Practised.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
List of early European musique concrète experimentalists (1950s-1960s)
List of musicians in the first wave of punk music (ca.
List of musicians in the second wave of punk music (ca.
www.practised.org /encyclopedia/List_of_musicians_by_genre   (352 words)

  
 sociology - Jazz
The music of the time was not jazz, though some of it was a was among jazz's precursors along the blues-ragtime continuum of musical experimentation and innovation that soon would blossom into jazz.
Free jazz, or avant-garde jazz, is a subgenre that, while rooted in bebop, typically uses less compositional material and allows performers more latitude in what they choose to play.
As previously noted, later styles of jazz, such as modal jazz, abandoned the strict notion of a chord progression, allowing the individual musicians to improvise more freely within the context of a given scale or mode.
www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Jazz   (5083 words)

  
 The Classical Clarinet Information Page on Classic Cat
Jazz clarinetists often remain on softer reeds, as they are more suitable for bending pitch.
It is not uncommon for clarinetists to employ methods to soften the pressure on both the upper teeth and inner lower lip by attaching pads to the top of the mouthpiece or putting (temporary) padding on the front lower teeth, commonly from folded paper.
The clarinet was a central instrument in early jazz starting in the 1910s and remaining popular in the United States through the big band era into the 1940s.
www.classiccat.net /iv/clarinet.info.htm   (4217 words)

  
 NPR : Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz
Artie Shaw is regarded as one of the best jazz clarinetists, and a leader of some of the finest groups of all time.
Clarinetist, bandleader, composer and arranger Artie Shaw was born in New Haven, Conn., in 1910.
Cornetist and jazz historian Richard Sudhalter was born December 28, 1928, in Boston, Mass.
www.npr.org /programs/pianojazz/previousguests/spring2005/shaw.html   (743 words)

  
 Lists of musicians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
See list of musicians for a structured list.
List of musicians in the first wave of punk music
List of musicians in the second wave of punk music
www.adres.nl /music/ListsOfMusicians.asp   (52 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Styles: Jazz: History
History of Jazz Trombone - Past history, musical samples, and transcriptions demonstrate that trombonists' contributions have had a crucial role in the development of the jazz language during the 20th century.
History of Verve Records - Traces development from the Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts of the 1940s to the label's founding by Norman Granz in 1956 and the coalition formed with labels such as GRP and Blue Thumb in the 1990s.
Jazz Roots - Tom Morgan offers lavishly illustrated profiles of early 20th century performers along with links to books, a timeline from 1800 to 1930, and images of early sheet music including a year-by-year collection of Cotton Club Parades.
www.bluesforpeace.com /jazzmania/dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/Jazz/History   (1008 words)

  
 MusicMoz - Styles: Jazz
Jazz Country - This fun site is a guide to instrumental jazz and other improvisational music from around the world.
Jazz Stuff - Hosts websites for about a dozen jazz artists, with forums and chat rooms in which jazz fans can interact with the artists and each other.
Jazz for the Unhip - A tour of jazz for Generation Y, with Britney Spears as the tour guide.
musicmoz.org /Styles/Jazz   (1646 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions by 8th Graders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Our jazz studies program has been used as a model for many schools, and is distributed and studied in the Jazz Pedagogy courses at several colleges.
Our jazz curriculum has been copied by high schools all over the country and is used as a mini-text in jazz pedagogy classes at several colleges.
Jazz performance is considered by music educators to be an optional extra skill open to a student who is already a well-rounded music student.
www.ntjazz.com /8/default.htm   (3974 words)

  
 Jazz, contemporary classical music avante garde CDs
The ability of these musically literate, fl jazz men to transpose and then read what was in great part an improvisational art form became an invaluable element in the preservation and dissemination of musical innovation and increasingly important in the approaching big-band era.
The King and Carter Jazzing Orchestra photographed in Houston, Texas, January 1921.By the turn of the century, American society had begun to shed the heavy-handed, straitlaced formality that had characterized the Victorian era.
Afro-Cuban jazz was played in the states directly after the bebop period, while Brazilian jazz became more popular in the 1960s and 1970s.
www.artbrain.co.uk /cd-music/jazz.htm   (2718 words)

  
 ALL THAT JAZZ
Jazz Heritage - A ten-year initiative to research, preserve, and present the history of jazz through exhibitions, performances, recordings, radio, publications, and educational programs at the Smithsonian and across the nation.
The Olympia Jazz Initiative - OJI initiates programs which nurture and promote the understanding and appreciation of jazz and its heritage, provides leadership for educational outreach programs, assists teachers and practitioners with information and resources, and provides learning opportunities through performance and jazz education.
Mohican Blues and Jazz Festival - The annual "Ohio's Blues Invasion" festival is held in Loudonville, Ohio and showcases the blues and jazz musicians.
www.negroartist.com /jazz.htm   (3815 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com - Music: Illustrious Clarinetists of Jazz: 1927-1949, CD
Some excellent clarinetists have focused on bop, post-bop, and avant-garde jazz; one hates to think of bop without Buddy DeFranco, post-bop without Eddie Daniels, or the avant-garde without Don Byron or John Carter.
Assembled by veteran jazz critic Scott Yanow, this rewarding compilation celebrates a time when clarinetists weren't a minority in jazz and played a prominent role in Dixieland, classic jazz, and swing.
The Illustrious Clarinetists of Jazz: 1927-1949 gets into early bebop with selections by DeFranco, Stan Hasselgård, and Tony Scott, but Yanow's primary focus is jazz's pre-bebop era -- and he ventures back to the dawn of recorded jazz with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band's 1917 recording of "Original Dixieland One Step" (featuring clarinetist Larry Shields).
music.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?z=y&EAN=723724569027&itm=5   (347 words)

  
 Clarinet: bass clarinet, bass clarinet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Covering or uncovering the tone holes varies the effective length of the pipe, changing the resonant frequencies of the enclosed air column and hence the pitch of the sound that is produced.
A clarinetist moves between the chalumeau and clarion registers through use of the register key, or speaker key.
Bob Wilber, active since the 1950s, is a more eclectic jazz clarinetist, playing in a number of classic jazz styles.
winelib.com /wiki/Clarinet   (4581 words)

  
 Jazz by Mail - Pete Fountain
One of the most famous of all New Orleans jazz clarinetists, Pete Fountain has the ability to play songs that he has performed a countless number of times (such as "Basin Street Blues") with so much enthusiasm that one would swear he had just discovered them.
In 1955, Fountain was a member of the Dukes of Dixieland, but his big breakthrough came when he was featured playing a featured Dixieland number or two on each episode of The Lawrence Welk Show during 1957-1959.
Clarinetist Pete Fountain interacts with musicians from both the Dixieland and country music...
www.jazzbymail.com /artists/fountain.html   (301 words)

  
 /SoundDirectory/Top/Arts/Music/Styles/Jazz/History/ :: :: The SoundDirectory :: at DELTAZ PALAZE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Jazz archive, photos, and vintage records are displayed.
Past history, musical samples, and transcriptions demonstrate that trombonists' contributions have had a crucial role in the development of the jazz language during the 20th century.
Traces development from the Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts of the 1940s to the label's founding by Norman Granz in 1956 and the coalition formed with labels such as GRP and Blue Thumb in the 1990s.
www.deltaz-palaze.de /SoundDirectory/Top/Arts/Music/Styles/Jazz/History   (731 words)

  
 NewToJazz.com | Jazz Artists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
You will probably have heard of the most famous jazz men and women - people like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald - but you may not know whether they are the artists to start with, what kind of jazz they performed or which are their best recordings.
Born on 6 December 1920 in Concord, California, jazz legend Dave Brubeck is equally distinguished as composer and pianist.
His publicity photos claimed he was the 'originator of jazz and stomps', an example of the kind of outrageous and colourful stateme...
www.newtojazz.com /listartists.asp?section=guides   (1594 words)

  
 DaVinci: Arts> Music> Styles> Jazz> History
- Traces development from the Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts of the 1940s to the label's founding by Norman Granz in 1956 and the coalition formed with labels such as GRP and Blue Thumb in the 1990s.
Long time coming for Jazz great DantleySalt Lake Tribune, UT - 1 hour agoBut the topic - not surprisingly - turned mostly to why it took so long to have Dantley become the eighth player in Jazz history to.
Chick Corea with Bela Fleck, and Kenny Garrett top jazz fest scheduleBurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - 7 hours agoA pairing of legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea with banjo maestro Bela Fleck, performances by saxophone star Kenny Garrett and vocalist/guitarist John...
www.bluegrassdavinci.com /ODP/Arts/Music/Styles/Jazz/History   (1067 words)

  
 About Jazz
Holiday created for jazz enthusiasts to celebrate and pay homage to the music they love and to the musicians, past and present, who sustain it.
List of upcoming and recent jazz CDs from major and independent labels.
Hosts websites for about a dozen jazz artists, with forums and chat rooms in which jazz fans can interact with the artists and each other.
musicmoz.org /Styles/Jazz/index.xml   (1287 words)

  
 Riverwalk Jazz: Fletcher Henderson and Don Redman: The Birth of the Big Band Reed Section
It was the first jazz orchestra of its size in New York to have the loose, improvised sound of a smaller jazz combo that dancers loved.
Riverwalk Jazz presents Fletcher Henderson and Don Redman: The Birth of the Big Band Reed Section with arrangements adapted by Cullum band clarinetist Ron Hockett from the classic 1920s scores.
Jazz: A History of the New York Scene, Samuel B. Charters and Leonard Kunstadt
www.riverwalkjazz.org /site/PageServer?pagename=jazznotes_fletcherhenderson   (444 words)

  
 Din Resgestae: Art : Performing : Music : Jazz
An initiative to research, preserve, and present the history of jazz through exhibitions, performances, recordings, radio, publications, and educational programs at the Smithsonian and across the nation.
Jazz portal offering audio, video and text relating to giants such as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, and Louis Armstrong.
A systematic guide to the evolution of jazz and important recordings that exemplify the periods and artists associated with each style.
din-timelines.com /registry/Art/Performing/Music/Jazz   (455 words)

  
 /SoundDirectory/Top/Arts/Music/Styles/Jazz/Bands_and_Artists/ :: :: The SoundDirectory :: at DELTAZ PALAZE
A list of web pages for some of the women in jazz, including cd reviews and a mailing list.
Jazz band serving New York, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut linked to Stan Weist Music.
New York tri-state area band, performs jazz and standards in swing, bop, post-bop, and latin.
www.deltaz-palaze.de /SoundDirectory/Top/Arts/Music/Styles/Jazz/Bands_and_Artists   (271 words)

  
 Music Samples from Eli Newberger
Leader Eli Newberger, of the Black Eagle Jazz Band, is also an assured and articulate soloist, with considerable technique and melodic ideas.
Muranyi is a musician who has absorbed little bits from the styles of many, many great clarinetists from the history of pre-bop jazz to create his own whole, original style.
The list was long and lively: "Buddy's Habit," "She's Crying for Me" with Newberger playing finger cymbals; Duke Ellington's "Misty Morning," in which Pringle's solo was lyrically gossamer and, as others sat out, Newberger's cogent stana with Bullis's rhythmic strums triggered a spontaneous ovation."
www.elinewberger.com /music_listen.html   (572 words)

  
 List of jazz musicians
A jazz musician is someone who plays jazz music.
Jazz musicians must be good improvisers and have a thorough knowledge of musical scales.
1 Some of the most famous jazz musicians
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ja/Jazz_musician.html   (71 words)

  
 Australian Information from Wikipedia
In the 20th century, Karlheinz Stockhausen has written for basset horn, giving it a prominent place in his cycle of operas Licht and other pieces.
"Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind" for solo clarinetist (soprano clarinets, basset horn, and bass clarinet) and string quartet by Osvaldo Golijov; later arranged for solo clarinetist and string orchestra.
The Prague Trio of Basset-horns, based in the Czech Republic, has a repertoire of music (originally written for, or transcribed for, three basset horns) by composers including Mozart, Scott Joplin, and Paul Desmond.
www.thinkingaustralia.com /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Basset_horn   (613 words)

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