... have always characterized jazz music as a rhythmic and instrumental form of music. My impression on the basis of the music has always been portrayed with the African-American race. This was accumulated from the rhythm "n" blues era. I always felt that jazz and blues were a very similar type of music. The ... rites" is what he uses to leave an impression on his listeners. His evolution of manufacturing piano music into dance music was a very complex transition from the blend of relaxation to the rhythmic dance style. Ellington's music had a lot to do with the "body-based music" we discuss...

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... roll music came about, white teenagers had no exciting music in which they could express themselves with dancing. Rhythm and blues was popular among the African-American population of America, but until the early 1950's, white people had little interest in rhythm and blues. Two men, wanting to make ... 1951, Allen Freed, a disc jockey in Cleveland, Ohio teamed up with Leo Mintz, one of Cleveland's largest record store owners, to introduce traditionally African American music to the white population. Once the music aired, a large number of teens, regardless of their race requested the rhy...

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... usually consists of lead and background vocals, piano accordion, rub board, rhythm guitar, and drums. It has a mixture of blues and jazz music. Zydeco is dance music that was started by Creole French speaking people of African descent that lived in Southwest Louisiana. It originally consisted of the sound of an accordion and the scrapping of a rubboard. Zydeco has grown with my ... that has been passed down from one child to the next. It's hard to get rid of and gets better with time. The music sends a message that has a two-step dance whether it's fast or slow. Back in the day as a chi...

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... area called the "Congo Square," known today as Louis Armstrong Park where they danced publically simply to enjoy themselves. After research on the documents in the history of African-American music, sketches have shown these people playing percussion instruments with string as well.3 There are many unanswered questions to how it started there, but architects are quite certain about ... find sheet music and learn how to play this western style music. 7 Once they returned back to the liners, they would play the music there and teach themselves hot to dance the proper way to this music sty...

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... space to develop his own style. In 1817, the slaves of New Orleans were permitted to meet at places where they could sing and dance and the whites who passed could get an authentic glimpse of African music and traditions. But the music of the blacks was of course not that kind of music that whites would have played in their living ... records. But most of them really wanted to express their feelings and they chose music to do it. Black music in America originally comes from work songs, spirituals and traditional African music sung by the slaves. Sometimes, it was their only way to deal ...

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... a blues scale consisting of seven notes and never stop. (Mitchell) For those who didn't know, Jazz originated in New Orleans. Jazz is the most significant and highly developed music by African Americans. Jazz has many different features such as rhythmic qualities like swing, blue or flatted notes, improvising, and techniques that differentiate the musicians. Swing is a style of Jazz that reminds ... sadness. The chords are minor, perhaps a man would the blues after his wife has left. Jazz is energy filled. Jazz is the type of music that makes you want to dance....

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