... drummer plays a boom-chick feel in many parts of the song but also plays the bass drum only on the down beats and uses wood blocks and cowbells for added percussion. The song was originally created by all the musicians improvising their individual parts and once it was written, the song was always played the same way. There are no long ... improvised solos in this piece. The instruments have very specific roles in this tune. The trombonist plays in the tailgate style, trying to make up for the lack of a bass player. The pianist franticly plays the chords ... of african-american descent...

• Word Count: 455
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... drummer plays a boom-chick feel in many parts of the song but also plays the bass drum only on the down beats and uses wood blocks and cowbells for added percussion. The song was originally created by all the musicians improvising their individual parts and once it was written, the song was always played the same way. There are no long ... improvised solos in this piece. The instruments have very specific roles in this tune. The trombonist plays in the tailgate style, trying to make up for the lack of a bass player. The pianist franticly plays the chords ... of african-american descent...

• Word Count: 455
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... 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 where it has originated from. Before jazz music came about ... ...

• Word Count: 1019
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School