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Jazz101: Third Stream Jazz
Winter 2010 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 725 last: May 24, 2013 )
“Third Stream” is a term which Gunther Schuller coined within a lecture at Brandeis University in 1957. He used it to describe a musical genre which is a synthesis of the longer forms developed in the classical music tradition and jazz improvisation
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Jazz101: Hard Bop Jazz
Fall 2010 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 1005 last: May 24, 2013 )
A number of jazz styles emerged during the 1950s and 60s...Journalist and publicists of the era coined new names such as "funky jazz", "soul jazz" and "Hard Bop"...more popular than almost any other segment of modern jazz
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Jazz 101: Cool Jazz
Fall 2009 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 779 last: May 24, 2013 )
"Cool Jazz" avoided roughness and brassiness. The nine-piece band that Miles Davis recorded in 1949 and 1950 became known as the "Birth of Cool" band.
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Jazz101: Latin Jazz
Spring 2008 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 657 last: May 24, 2013 )
Latin jazz, the hybrid of hybrids, has spawned two main categories; Brazilian Latin Jazz, including bossa nova, and Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz, including salsa, meringue, mambo and bolero...
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Jazz101: Weird War Bop - Jazz in the Forties
Fall / Winter 2007 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 664 last: May 25, 2013 )
The World War II draft began breaking up the big bands and opened up the competition to new ideas. The country was nervous and the music was nervous and agitated. "Bop" became the first jazz style that was not used for dancing...
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Jazz101: Chicago Swings
Fall 2007 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 673 last: May 24, 2013 )
When Storyville (in New Orleans) was closed down on November 12, 1917 by orders of the Navy and the War Department, many musicians sought work elsewhere and both black and white entertainers drifted up the Mississippi to
Chicago...
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Jazz 101: Big Bands Hot ... Big Bands Sweet!
Spring 2007 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 57 last: May 24, 2013 )
By 1934 large bands with five brass instruments, four reed instruments and four rhythm instruments became the standard. The brass and reed section normally play together as two voices which play off against each other in "call-and-response" form. Jazz riffing is becoming increasingly popular in this decade....
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Jazz 101: The Origins of Jazz - Where It All Began
Fall 2006 by Buzz Lamb ( views: 56 last: May 24, 2013 )
Jazz is the art of expression set to music. Jazz developed in the latter part of the 19th century. At the outset, jazz was slow to win acceptance by the general public, not only because of its cultural origin, but also because it tended to suggest loose morals and low social status.
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