A little about Jazz
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Jazz, an American classical music, is a diverse genre of music that stems from native American and African music. Inspired by blues music, Jazz first became popular in the early 1920’s in clubs in cities like New Orleans and Chicago. Jazz was so popular in the 1930’s that there were even white jazz singers. Big bands such as Ben Goodman and Glen Miller came into play. But some viewed them as swing more than jazz.
I’ve often found Jazz to be sad and mostly about heartache and troubles of life. To me, it’s more like they were based off of the performers lives. Do you know that a lot of Jazz performers died from drug and alcohol abuse. Jazz is based off of a classical background and you have to learn the chords and scales of the songs. It takes improvisation and lots of imagination to play it well. Jazz can be quite difficult, but for some jazz is just in the blood.
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