SWING
24/09/2007 11:03:00
Reasons why early jazz declined is same reason why swing arose 1st jazz style - Swing • life experiences of musician – both black and white MEN came from middle class and had musical influences as a child. Keeping up with the Jones – o not given lessons in blue, boogie woogie or spiritual you are given lessons of classical, popular music o ex. When we take piano lessons, we learn Mozart o so musical traditions are founded in written down European notation medium of jazz – diff instruments reasons early no jazz died 1. idea of pre-performance calculation jellyroll – composed, needed to learn how to read music 2. idea of individual soloists
24/09/2007 11:03:00
24/09/2007 11:03:00