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In this book Robert Crunden puts the jazz back in Jazz Age Jazz was Americas greatest contribution to the Modernist movement yet it is much overlooked When we hear the term Jazz Age we conjure the ghosts of Fitzgerald Hemingway and Eliot not of Jelly Roll Morton Louis Armstrong Ethel Waters George Gershwin and Duke Ellington To correct this imbalance Crunden reintroduces us to these musical luminaries who gave the era its name while tracing the early history of jazz from New Orleans to Chicago to New YorkWhile Crunden emphasizes music over literature and the visual arts he never fails to trace the complex crosscurrents of literature that passed between jazz musicians and their Lost Generation peers a veritable pageant of the glittering personalities of the dayJames Joyce Alfred Stieglitz Georgia OKeeffe Paul Strand John Dos Passos Langston Hughes Gertrude Stein. Schools Resource. What is Carnival?. In pre-Christian times, there were holidays which resemble modern day Carnivals.. In Ancient Greece, a large religious festival which included dancing, singing and a masked procession was held in honour of Dionysus, God of wine and agriculture.. Week. . 2, Day 1. (8 September 2015). Did You Buy the Class Text??. There is ONE class text ONLY that you MUST obtain for this class. . It’s available from the English Department office (1027), and it costs just 6000 won . Major events in history have shaped the development of Rock Music. Historical Events. Emancipation Proclamation (1862) – freeing of the slaves in the United States. . The slaves had brought with them a strong musical heritage consisting of . Jazz. Typical Instruments. Vocals. Piano. Banjo. Guitar. Double bass. Trumpet. Trombone. Saxophone. Tuba. Clarinet. Flute. Bass guitar. Drum kit. Vibraphone. Characteristics of Jazz. Because it spans music from over 100 years now, jazz can be very difficult to define. & Musical Theatre. . Dance. Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Co.. Origins of Jazz Dance. The roots of jazz dance are found in Africa.. Found in the rhythms and movements of African dance brought to the US by slaves.. Bert Williams. Born Egbert Austin Williams on the island of Antigua and moved to Los Angeles in (1888).. Became one of the Vaudeville’s top artist as part of the successful double-act “Williams and Walker” with his partner George Walker.. N5/6 Music. Concepts this week. National 3. Blues, Jazz, Improvisation, Accent, on the beat, off the beat. National 4. Ragtime, Swing, Scat singing, Syncopation. National 5. Walking Bass. Higher. Soul Music, Jazz Funk. Jazz, Big . Band, Swing, & . R’n’B. Jazz. JAZZ. :. This style of a music, as a recognized genre, occurred outside of the culture from where it originated.. “One of America’s original art forms”. Seeing Red. vAmerica turned in after the war again- disillusion. vFear of Communist Russia. vSmall party in US. vBelieved takeover in US. v. Palmer Raids- 1919-1920- Attorney Gen. A. Mitchell Palmer. African Diaspora especially from West Africa. 1920s early jazz . 1930s Big Band and Swing. 1940s Country Blues and Electric Blues. 1950s Rock N Roll highly influenced by genres above. Now… 1960s comes into play Rhythm & Blues and Soul Music. Seeing Red. vAmerica turned in after the war again- disillusion. vFear of Communist Russia. vSmall party in US. vBelieved takeover in US. v. Palmer Raids- 1919-1920- Attorney Gen. A. Mitchell Palmer. American music. Summary. A . small. . historical. point. Rock’n’roll (teenagers’ music). My favorites. Small historial point. Time of SLAVERY (Africans and Europeans). Emancipation and segregation : the BLUES. Blending musical traditions!. Items we’ll be discussing:. Origins of early recording. Impact of technology. First composers. What early jazz sounds like. Impacts of Jazz on music. Early Recording. Early 20. L. istening . in George Elliott Clarke’s. . Blue. Black Music as Survival. I have sometimes thought the mere hearing of those songs would do more to impress some minds with the horrible character of slavery, than the reading of whole volumes of.