jazz

media type="youtube" key="0Y6EMMhDCGo" width="425" height="350" __ Jazz  __ By: Michaela Jazz is a type of music that starts with a basic pattern of notes. Jazz was created by African Americans. Jazz people used cornet, trumpet, clarinet, trombone, drums, string bass, tuba, piano, banjo, and guitar. Also there is an integration of European and African ideas. Jazz was first performed by African Americans in the New Orleans area. West African music, American Black Folk music, and church hymns were some of the musical styles that were combined to create the sound of jazz. Some types of jazz were Modern Jazz Quartet, Blues Jazz, Bebop Jazz, Cool Jazz, Third Stream Jazz, Jazz Extremes, Jazz Reveal, and Fusion Jazz. Fusion Jazz rose in the late 1960’s and it was associated with a light jazz or pop sound. The jazz sound started in the 1930’s. The earliest recordings were made in1917 in New York. Early jazz artists occasionally cut records. Jazz bands traveled to Chicago, and New York City. The music became available nation-wide through recordings. One of the first important jazz recordings included Louis Armstrong. Duke Ellington’s band became popular by the New York City jazz man in the early 1920’s. Ellington wrote more than 1,000 short pieces, including “Mood Indigo” (1930’s), his first important hit. Some other music he wrote was “Clarinet Lament”, “Concern for Cootie,” and “Black, Brown, and Beige”(1943). Duke Ellington was an adept composer and pianist. The Duke Ellington Orchestra were the stars of Harlem’s Famous Cotton Club. It was Ellington’s broadcasts from the club that made him a national celebrity. Works Cited Armentrout, David, and Patricia Armentrout. __Jazz and Blues (Sounds of Music)__. Grand Rapids: Rourke, 1999. Hannah, Jonny. __Hot Jazz Special__. Cambridge: Candlewick, 2005.