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STUART MCDONALD T4 ESSAY LINE 5 “ALMOST ALL STYLES OF JAZZ LEAVE SOME ROOM FOR IMPROVISATION.” "Good jazz is when the leader jumps on the piano, waves his arms, and yells. Fine jazz is when a tenorman lifts his foot in the air. Great jazz is when he heaves a piercing note for 32 bars and collapses on his hands and knees. A pure genius of jazz is manifested when he and the rest of the orchestra run around the room while the rhythm section grimaces and dances around their instruments." -Charles Mingus From Mainstream to Vocal to Contemporary to Early Jazz to Smooth to Acid to Bebop to Free / Avant to Fusion to Swing to Latin, performers of jazz improvise within the conventions of their chosen style. Typically, the improvisation is accompanied by the repeated chord progression of a popular song or an original composition. ... If written scores are present, they are used merely as guides, providing the structure within which improvisation occurs. Although exceptions occur in some styles, most jazz is based on the principle that an infinite number of melodies can fit the chord progressions of any song. Although pieces with many different formal patterns are used for jazz improvisation, two formal patterns in particular are frequently found in the songs used. ... Although blues and ragtime arose independently of jazz, and continued to exist alongside it, these genres influenced the style and forms of jazz and provided important vehicles for jazz improvisation. Around the turn of the 20th century the earliest fully documented jazz style emerged, centred in New Orleans, Louisiana. In this traditional style, enthusiasm and volume were more important than finesse, and improvisation was focused on the ensemble sound. New Orleans jazz was a performance art based on the musical elements of syncopation, improvisation, blues scale, call-and-response, rhythm, tone colour, harmony and interpretation. One of the most famous jazz musicians influenced by this style was Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, a brilliant improviser technically and emotionally. |
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