tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29699685861458285272024-02-19T05:47:59.265-08:00jazz @ (his or her) - storyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-89235707088879416712007-04-17T02:33:00.009-07:002007-05-03T18:57:58.067-07:00History Of Jazz @ JazzitudeHistory Of Jazz@ JazzitudePart 1: Elements of Jazz/New OrleansJazz music first appeared sometime in the 1890s, and is typically thought to have originated in New Orleans. This is not strictly true; though most of the elements that combined to create jazz were present in the city around this time and the history of music in New Orleans is fairly well documented, it is very probable that much the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-88472111353034163722007-04-17T02:33:00.007-07:002007-05-03T18:58:48.605-07:00Jazz History @ Verve Music GroupJazz History@ Verve Music GroupJazz covers a broad spectrum of diverse musical styles and searching for a particular type of jazz that you enjoy is often hit-or-miss. Verve Music Group has created this "Jazz History" section as a tool to help you learn about the various jazz styles and their historical significance. Jazz History offers a systematic guide to the evolution of jazz and important Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-50070430795364885502007-04-17T02:33:00.003-07:002007-05-02T18:56:03.020-07:00Scott Joplin [2]A Biography of Scott Joplin(c.1867 - 1917)Edward A. Berlin @ Scott Joplin.org(Written for the exclusive use of the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Foundation.) © 1998, Edward A. BerlinSedalia, Missouri was Scott Joplin’s home for only a few years, but it was a home with a special meaning for him. It is with good reason that Sedalia has become central to the Joplin story and the site of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-3722170679055164972007-04-17T02:33:00.001-07:002007-05-02T18:56:49.902-07:00Scott Joplin [1]@ WikiScott Joplin (born between June 1867 – January 1868; died April 1, 1917) was an American musician and composer of ragtime music. He remains the best-known ragtime figure and is regarded as one of the three most important composers of classic ragtime, along with James Scott and Joseph Lamb.Early yearsScott Joplin, the second of six children, was born in East Texas, near Linden, to Florence Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-32524638666813862602007-04-17T02:32:00.001-07:002007-04-30T02:17:47.121-07:00Jelly Roll MortonDr. Jazz: The Life of Jelly Roll MortonNOTE: All links to audio files require that you have the Real Audio Player installed. It is available free at www.realaudio.comMarshall Bowden @ JazzitudeThe year is 1938. In the quiet, well-lit environment of the Coolidge Auditorium, housed within the United States Library of Congress, a lone man sits at the piano, comping as he tells his life story. It is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-49935143204135051582007-04-16T00:41:00.001-07:002007-04-22T20:58:52.246-07:00Charles "Buddy" Bolden@ WikiCharles "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was a cornetist and the first New Orleans jazz musician to come to prominence.LifeHe was known as King Bolden (see Jazz royalty) and his band was a top draw in New Orleans from about 1895 until 1907, when he was incapacitated by schizophrenia, which was called dementia praecox at that time. He never recorded, but he was known forUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-33461775488387393712007-04-16T00:40:00.003-07:002007-04-22T21:11:23.070-07:00Buddy BoldenBuddy Bolden's New Orleans MusicOr the Barber of Franklin StreetA Biographical Sketch@ ChickenBones: A JournalIn New Orleans, after the Civil War, Negroes began more and more to use the usual wind and string instruments of the whites. Such instruments were already widely used by the Creole Negroes, most of whom, though skilled in written music, were not so close to the blues background. (The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-68366097747181484722007-04-16T00:39:00.001-07:002007-04-22T23:19:07.592-07:00Buddy Bolden on BooksThe Loudest Trumpet: Buddy Bolden and the Early History of Jazzby Daniel Hardie (Author)Book DescriptionThis is the story of Buddy Bolden, inventor of jazz, who was celebrated as king in New Orleans at the beginning of the 20th century. It tells of his life, his career, and of the effect he had on the music of our time. From eyewitness accounts, published information, and early photographs, The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-17164330417681235762007-04-14T23:47:00.000-07:002007-04-22T22:45:27.144-07:00Early Jazz HistoryThe Origin Of Jazz@ All That JazzAll that Jazz Trumpet Jazz was the first American music style to influence music worldwide. Most music scholars agree, the early Jazz influences came from the post Civil War and Emancipation era, a time when former slaves were now free to travel about spreading their African Heritage of rhythm and tonality with them. They could now make a living for the family by Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-71719926946182200652007-04-14T04:58:00.005-07:002007-04-22T22:22:49.740-07:00The Beginnings: New Orleans@ Piero ScaruffiJazz music was, ultimately, the product of New Orleans' melting pot.At the turn of the century, the streets of New Orleans were awash in blues music, ragtime and the native brass-band fanfares. The latter, used both in the Mardi Gras parades and in funerals, boasted a vast repertory of styles, from military marches to "rags" (not necessarily related to Scott Joplin's ragtime musicUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-85947380881437883112007-04-14T04:58:00.003-07:002007-04-16T03:56:58.047-07:00The History of JazzThe History of Jazz By Ted Gioia @ Washington Post Chapter One: The Prehistory of Jazz The Africanization of American Music An elderly black man sits astride a large cylindrical drum. Using his fingers and the edge of his hand, he jabs repeatedly at the drum head--which is around a foot in diameter and probably made from an animal skin--evoking a throbbing pulsation with rapid, sharp Unknownnoreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-65575765490235226262007-04-14T04:58:00.001-07:002007-04-16T03:14:07.276-07:00Jazz TimelineJazz Timeline @ History Explorer1817 - 19041817 - New Orleans city council establishes "Congo Square" as an official site for slave music and dance1892 - Pianist Tommy Turpin writes Harlem Rag, the first known ragtime composition1895 - Pianist Scott Joplin publishes his first two rags. Cornetist Buddy Bolden forms his band1897 - The first piano rags appear in print. Ragtime grows in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-65735530637686880982007-04-14T04:57:00.000-07:002007-04-16T03:15:32.263-07:00What is Jazz?Jazz@ Reference.com–noun 1.music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality. 2.a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969968586145828527.post-30866883740768539842007-04-14T04:55:00.000-07:002007-04-14T22:39:00.221-07:00Jazz (his or her) - StoryThis blog is part of my research about music as social movement. i am interested in jazz and rock (specifically progressive-rock), and part of my source publish @ prog-rock blog. please, do not hesitate to contact me if you found interesting link about jazz and rock.thank you very muchUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0