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Jazz Revolution - The Kennedy Center - Apple Music

"There is a revolutionary act that is in every jazz musician's solo because jazz allows you to say what you feel needs to be said." -- Jason Moran. Morceau.

What is Jazz? - Jazz at Lincoln Center

Let Freedom Swing · brings outstanding performances to community audiences. · explores a wide range of jazz topics through the lens of American history. · has ...

Jazz and the French Revolution! - Historic Beverly

Join us at Hale Farm for an outdoor concert and immerse yourself in the electrifying atmosphere of rebellion and freedom to commemorate the revolutionary ...

A History of Jazz | KNKX Public Radio

A project of Jazz Appreciation Month, the KNKX and Jazz24 music teams illustrate the different styles that make up jazz history through storytelling and ...

The History of Jazz and How the Its Future Looks

Jazz emerged from the US, in New Orleans, Louisiana in the early 20th century. This music genre was an amalgamation of the brass band, marches, French ...

Jazz in the Late 1940s: American Culture at Its Most Alluring

Gillespie's path in 1946 and 1947 suggests that bebop was not so much a revolution as a bold reimagining of what was possible within jazz's ...

The Painful Birth of Blues and Jazz | Folklife Today

But it was published at an interesting moment in United States history, as emerging African American genres of blues and jazz were bursting into ...

Jazz Revolutionary: by Jonathon Grasse - Spectrum Culture

How does one use words to capture such original music? Jonathon Grasse's Jazz Revolutionary: The Life & Music of Eric Dolphy is the most ...

Jerry Jazz Musician – Devoted to Jazz and 20th Century America

An interview with Jonathan Grasse, author of Jazz Revolutionary: The Life & Music of Eric Dolphy; Also, a new Jazz History Quiz, and lots of short fiction ...

Jazz Improvisation Evolution: A history of jazz by ear - Musical U

We're going to take you on a ride across the most important periods in jazz (a kind of “history of jazz for your ear”) and what was happening to improvisation.

The Devil's Music: 1920's Jazz - Culture Shock - PBS

... musicians who understood that they were witnessing a new revolution in jazz. Armstrong soon emerged as a star attraction, achieving popular success on the ...

Jazz Revolutionary: In Conversation with Jonathon Grasse - Eventbrite

Eventbrite - Village Well Books & Coffee presents Jazz Revolutionary: In Conversation with Jonathon Grasse - Saturday, November 2, 2024 at Village Well ...

Free Jazz: 1960 - Jazz History Tree

Free jazz scenes have become established in Europe and Japan, led by artists like Peter Brötzmann, Joe Harriott, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, and Conny Bauer..

Jazz, A Musical Revolution Born from the Soul of African American ...

Jazz began in the early 20th century in New Orleans, emerging as a unique blend of African rhythms, blues, and spirituals influenced by African American ...

History - Hartford Jazz Society

Hartford's vibrant, pre and post-World War II scene was the city's first “Golden Age of Jazz.” Jazz was not only flourishing artistically, but was very much ...

The Rise of Jazz and Jukeboxes - Prohibition: An Interactive History

The new federal law restricting liquor advanced the future of jazz by creating a nationwide underground nightclub culture in the 1920s.

A History of Jazz Music - Piero Scaruffi

The free-jazz revolution started at the turn of the decade with Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) and John Coltrane's My Favorite Things (1960 ...

Ella Fitzgerald | National Women's History Museum

Ella Fitzgerald, known as “The First Lady of Song,” was a revolutionary American jazz singer who performed all over the world.

The History of Jazz: The Great Cultural Influencer and Uniter

The great Jazz genre is an American musical phenomenon that was curated and expressed by African American musicians by way of musical ...

The History of Jazz - The New York Times

Ragtime music rivals the blues in importance--and perhaps surpasses it in influence--as a predecessor to early jazz.