Sunday, October 19, 2014

What You Should Know About Jazz Music Genres

By Dominique Martin


One of the most listened music genres in the world, one that makes the listener want to listen to more and more records in the genre is jazz. Millions of people across the world won't go a day without listening to jazz music. The reason it is so much loved is its ability to fit in any kind of situation you can think of in this world. It is one kind of song that fits all situations you may find yourself in, whether driving or just want to dance all day and night.

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.

Like any genre of music you expect jazz to have many sub-genres to categorize each style done within the wider genre. These genres are either grouped depending on the period of time they were most played or by the specific tone they had or have. Something that grows with time always changes and so is this African-American originated song; it has been changing over time and that of the 70s is definitely different from that of today.

Jazz has stood the test of time with a history of over 100 years since it emerged. It was started by African-American people in the late 19th century with performance orientation. Since its origin in the New Orleans and other parts of America, it has grown over the years becoming one of the greatest genres of music available today.

New Orleans Dixieland is the first well known genre of this African-American originated song. It's very popular among the people living at the close of the 19th Century up to late 1920s. Ragtime style was the common feature among this genre. Many other genres have since come and gone, reshaping how this African-American originated song is done.

When the heyday of New Orleans Dixieland style was over, Swing type of this African-American originated song took over and lasted to the last days of the world war. It was easily differentiated from its successor by the extended note over another note which was lacking in the first genre. At this time, some bands had established themselves and could be associated with the Swing.

Up to the end of the war, this African-American originated song was characterized by slow tempo tone, but things changed for a faster tempo in the 1950s to 60s. The up-tempo came to be known as the Bop style. Not everyone liked the speed of the Bop so soft, cool and so the relatively easy tone form came back in the 60s named as the Cool Jazz.

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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