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Christopher M. Johnson earned his Ph. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research , the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. Johnson received a university teaching award — the Ned N. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible.
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Jazz is about making something familiar--a familiar song--into something fresh. And about making something shared--a tune that everyone knows--into somethingpersonal. Those are just some of the reasons that jazz is a great art form, and why some people consider it "America's classical music. Jazz developed in the United States in the very early part of the 20th century. New Orleans, near the mouth of the Mississippi River, played a key role in this development. The city's population was more diverse than anywhere else in the South, and people of African, French, Caribbean, Italian, German, Mexican, and American Indian, as well as English, descent interacted with one another.
African-American musical traditions mixed with others and gradually jazz emerged from a blend of ragtime, marches, blues, and other kinds of music. At first jazz was mostly for dancing. Jazz is so diverse that it can express any emotion! Jazz also enhances, reflects, and enriches social diversity because it allows people from different backgrounds to communicate with each other and find common ground through music.
Again America is and always has been diverse, and so jazz reflects that diversity on many levels. Jazz encourages, celebrates, and rewards newness, originality, personality, and meaningful expressiveness in music.
Jazz never stopped evolving. To play jazz requires deeply and fundamentally creative skills: the abilities to improvise expressively and uniquely interpret music written by other people. Creativity is one of the special traits that makes us human. What better way to reflect and celebrate creativity than through jazz improvisation? Jazz music is full of expressions of love, desire, vivacity, hope, transcendence, triumph in abject circumstances, energy, joy, confidence, excitement — the stuff of life.
Because jazz involves creative improvisation and deep self-expression, it is one of the most satisfying and fulfilling styles of music to be involved with. Jazz is one of the most enjoyable and enriching styles of music to play because learning how to play jazz is a healthy challenge that helps you stay active, engaged, and busy in something meaningful and positive over the course of your entire life.
Hopefully, you now feel inspired, encouraged, and empowered to think deeply about the potential meaning and socio-cultural relevance of the music we love, and hopefully, you feel armed with a few ideas to help you as you go out into the world as an ardent ambassador for jazz! My boyfriend loves jazz music.
Well, if you put it that way, I guess it is very flexible and you just go with the flow while listening. Jazz is sexuality. It appeals to and enhances the human desire to experience sexual activity.
Why was the blindfolded jazz pianist the chosen source of background music for the orgy scenes in the movie Eyes Wide Shut directed by Stanley Kubrick? Because jazz is sexuality…. I read this for info why jazz was created, and this did not help. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Sign in. Forgot your password?
Get help. Create an account. Password recovery. Learn Jazz Standards. All About Jazz Jazz Opinion. By Josiah Boornazian. March 1, In other words what does jazz mean for us and for society? So what is it about jazz that makes it such a powerful and important art form? In other words, music is all about who we are.
Jazz is a fundamentally diverse style of music.
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