MUS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Storyville, New Orleans, Pat Metheny, Ragtime
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It"s a process, a way of being, a way of thinking. - pat metheny. Jazz origins: associated with the red light district of new orleans. Ex storyville, new orleans: where the word jazz came from. Prostitutes applied perfume to their bodies: this was referred to as jassing it up. French word jaser which originated from the french creoles who lived in mississippi. Delta considered to be the birthplace of jazz: creole. Person of mixed race: jazz was associated with bordellos and sex itself, jazz was pioneered by african americans and has evolved into a uniquely american art form. Defining jazz: jazz is a direct result of west african influences on european derived ,usic styles and. American popular music: emerged in the first decades of the 1900s as an unpolished folk music, reflected a diverse influence of styles. Blues, marching band, polka field hollers, work songs, religious, ragtime, and west.
