JAZZ
AMERICANA
AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC GENRE
Jazz Encounters
The world of jazz as a tradition provides a rich context for investigating the relationship between formal musical syntax, social interactive processes and cognitive and cultural understandings. ‘The play of meaning and the meaning of play in jazz (PMMP)’ explores this concept.
The Origins of Jazz
Attempts to document and write about the historical origins of jazz is always subject to much controversy. The attached The Origins of Jazz no doubt follows in this vain. We suggest this document be viewed objectively and that its listed resources be used as a basis for further investigation.
Jazz at Lincoln Center
“In the Spirit of Swing. The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education and advocacy.” The JLC is under the leadership of Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis.
Dizzy’s Club
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This is the perfect place to hear some of the greatest jazz ever made. Jazz at Lincoln Center’s intimate jazz club and restaurant, Dizz’s Club, features multiple sets nightly and menu options for sophisticated soul food.
Music as Worship
Rhythm, harmony and melody structured as divine representation of joy to serve and inspire humanity.
The Impact of Jazz on Europe
American jazz is a global idiom stabilized worldwide by regional variants that have begun to grow local roots thanks to inspired workers in the vineyard of jazz.
- Berndt Ostendorf
Jazz originated in the African-American communities of the United States.
It is seen by many as “America’s classical music”.
It is seen by many as “America’s classical music”.
Jazz Lessons & Classes
New York Jazz Academy Online
The ultimate in convenience and scheduling. You can start at any time while learning at your own pace, taking as much time as you’d like to study, process and apply the material.
The Jazz Scene
Made In New York
Jazz Competition
Online jazz competition and festival network where jazz musicians showcase their talent.
Jazz Bird
Jazz Boston!
JazzBird® is a global radio app that lets you listen live to great jazz shows hosted at stations all over the world.
Jazz Venues
Washington, DC
Renewed optimism about the DC jazz scene has kept a slew of worthwhile retreats swirling with jazzy notes.
West Coast Jazz
Los Angeles, CA
A style that developed in Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s, often seen as a subgenre of cool jazz.
Early Jazz
African Origins
A musical tour of the early American jazz world. A classic study, it is a splendid introduction to the subject.
Jazz Scene
Europe
These are some of the most exciting and also the most sophisticated jazz venues Europe has to offer.
Giants of Jazz
Billy Strayhorn
The Evolution of Jazz
History of Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as “America’s classical music”.
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.
Evolution of Jazz
At first, jazz was mostly for dancing. (In later years, people would sit and listen to it.) After the first recordings of jazz were made in 1917, the music spread widely and developed rapidly. The evolution of jazz was led by a series of brilliant musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington (listen to Ellington in Duke’s Music Class), Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis. Jazz developed a series of different styles including traditional jazz, swing (listen, for example, to Benny Carter, who got his start in swing music, in Benny’s Music Class) bebop, cool jazz, and rock, among others. At the same time, jazz spread from the United States to many parts of the world, and today jazz musicians–and jazz festivals–can be found in dozens of nations. Jazz is one of the United States’s greatest exports to the world. Smithsonian
Dr. Billy Taylor
Jazz History, Part 1
Jazz History, Part 1
Billy Taylor, a pianist and composer who was also an eloquent spokesman and advocate for jazz as well as a familiar presence for many years on television and radio, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He died in 2010 at age 89 in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
Dr. Taylor earned a doctorate in music education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1975. He was a living refutation of the stereotype of jazz musicians as unschooled, unsophisticated and inarticulate. Well educated and well spoken, he taught jazz courses at Long Island University, the Manhattan School of Music and elsewhere. But he was also a compelling performer and a master of the difficult art of making jazz accessible without diluting it.
Dr. Billy Taylor
Jazz History, Part 2
Jazz History, Part 2
William Edward Taylor Jr. was born in Greenville, N.C., on July 24, 1921, and grew up in Washington. He had his first piano lesson at 7 and later studied music at what is now Virginia State University. Shortly after moving to New York in 1943 he began working with the tenor saxophonist Ben Webster at the Three Deuces on 52nd Street, and he remained a fixture on that celebrated nightclub row for many years.
As much energy as his other activities required, Dr. Taylor never lost his enthusiasm for performing. “This is not to say that playing jazz is all frowning and no fun at all. But because you make it look easy doesn’t mean you didn’t spend eight hours a day practicing the piano.”
Dr. Billy Taylor
Jazz History, Part 3
Jazz History, Part 3
Billy Taylor, a pianist and composer who was also an eloquent spokesman and advocate for jazz as well as a familiar presence for many years on television and radio, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He died in 2010 at age 89 in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
Dr. Taylor earned a doctorate in music education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1975. He was a living refutation of the stereotype of jazz musicians as unschooled, unsophisticated and inarticulate. Well educated and well spoken, he taught jazz courses at Long Island University, the Manhattan School of Music and elsewhere. But he was also a compelling performer and a master of the difficult art of making jazz accessible without diluting it.
Dr. Billy Taylor
Jazz History, Part 4
Jazz History, Part 4
William Edward Taylor Jr. was born in Greenville, N.C., on July 24, 1921, and grew up in Washington. He had his first piano lesson at 7 and later studied music at what is now Virginia State University. Shortly after moving to New York in 1943 he began working with the tenor saxophonist Ben Webster at the Three Deuces on 52nd Street, and he remained a fixture on that celebrated nightclub row for many years.
As much energy as his other activities required, Dr. Taylor never lost his enthusiasm for performing. “This is not to say that playing jazz is all frowning and no fun at all. But because you make it look easy doesn’t mean you didn’t spend eight hours a day practicing the piano.”
Dr. Billy Taylor
Jazz Storyteller
Jazz Storyteller
Billy Taylor, a pianist and composer who was also an eloquent spokesman and advocate for jazz as well as a familiar presence for many years on television and radio, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He died in 2010 at age 89 in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
Dr. Taylor earned a doctorate in music education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1975. He was a living refutation of the stereotype of jazz musicians as unschooled, unsophisticated and inarticulate. Well educated and well spoken, he taught jazz courses at Long Island University, the Manhattan School of Music and elsewhere. But he was also a compelling performer and a master of the difficult art of making jazz accessible without diluting it.
Gerald Wilson, Orchestra Leader
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