MUSIC 0711 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Jazz Fusion, Music Of Africa, Free Improvisation
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Jazz is an accepted art form in almost every corner of the world. Jazz is uniquely american: most hisotrians and scholars agree that jazz was born in america, and the. African-american sons and daughters of african slaves gave birth to jazz. The development of sophisticated recording and listening devices has greatly reduced the difficulty in learning jazz firsthand from a master. Learning the art of jazz improvisation is available to anyone who wishes to learn it. What makes improvisation jazz is its blues base. Listening to jazz: the major difference between music and noise is that music is pleasing to the ear and noise is irritating or unpleasant. Sound: sound is the first thing we hear when we listen to music. Music must sound good both technically and musically in jazz there are artists who produce what we call big robust sounds like tenor saxophonists: coleman hawkins, don byas, sonny rollins.
