Monday, October 20, 2014

What You Should Know About Jazz Music Genres

By Dominique Martin


It is hard to talk about jazz and not mention the millions of fans who find their comfort zone in listening to this kind of music. Jazz music lifts their souls up when they are down or just when they want to relax in a hot afternoon. There is no occasion known which jazz can fail to fit, making it a full package and the kind of music to play and listen through your device when you are doing any kind of job.

This African-American originated song is so good due to the several decades of work on improving it. It has been around for more than a century and does not seem like it is to be forgotten anytime in the foreseeable future. The rich culture and history of the people who started it is kept alive, though generations after generations make additions to it to make it more crispy.

Jazz is a wide genre covering several sub-genres which are all grouped under it since they conform to some of the qualities of this song. In the current generation, there are different types of this African-American originated song which make up the sub-genres. These sub-genres can also be looked as the period they were hits, because songs keep changing with time. The way it was done two decades ago, it is always different with the way it is today.

Towards the end of the 1800s the African-Americans started their own kind of music which came to be known as jazz. The first place which is credited with the jazz's origin is New Orleans, but other parts of America started playing this African-American originated song almost at the same time. Regardless of the uncertainty of where exactly it started, it has grown to be the greatest song in the world.

The first genre of jazz which originated from New Orleans came to be known as New Orleans Dixieland and it was the real music during this time lasting from late 19th Century to late 20s, a span of over 35 years. It was characterized by the unique ragtime style. It was the predecessor of many genres which would come in later years.

After the New Orleans Dixieland came the Swing type that dominated the world from 1930s to late 1940s when the Second World War was over. Several huge bands rose up and gained recognition in the United States playing this kind of African-American originated song. The first major improvisation in the rhythm was included in this genre when one note was extended over a second one.

Up to this period, all was soft and slow. A new generation of high tempo song, known as Bop, took over the sound waves in the late 40s to 60s. Not everyone could keep up with Bop's tempo, so a new genre had to be born for those who preferred slow tempo. The new jazz was Cool and would last up to the end of 60s.

A new dawn for this African-American originated song came in the 70s when some bands started combining it with rock to get the jazz fusion genre. A period of extreme improvisation was entered and is still happening today. The latest genre in the 21st century is the pop fusion.




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