Jazz is a unique and dynamic music style
Jazz is known for its dynamic syncopated rhythm, unique jazz scales and unstructured improvisation. (or singing) has won the love of a broad audience and has also been recognized by people from all walks of life in the music field. It originates from blues and ragtime. After a full century of development, it is now colorful and in full bloom.
Since the birth of the first jazz record in 1917, it has shown great potential for development. New Orleans jazz in the early 20th century, swing music played by big bands in the 1930s, bebop jazz in the 1940s, cold jazz in the late 1940s, hard bop in the 1950s, free jazz in the 1960s, and rock and roll after the 1970s Jazz, then Latin jazz, fusion jazz, jazz-funk...?
Jazz records of different styles merge into a history of the development of jazz.
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Roots
The real origin of jazz is poverty. In 1865, the American Civil War ended and the former black slaves were freed, but their lives were still difficult. Most of them are illiterate and can only rely on the music cultivated in their homeland to entertain themselves.
Work chants and farm songs were sung while picking cotton, hymns and hymns were sung at gatherings in segregated churches, and improvisations were sung by solo singers in a Sung to the accompaniment of a banjo. In churches, black pastors borrowed the British singing method to solve the problem of not knowing how to sing.
The standard form of concerts that was popular at the turn of the last century, that is, the music of the military band and dance band at that time, influenced the earliest mainstream expression of jazz. The instruments of these music: brass, reeds and drums became the basic instruments of jazz.
Birthplace
The birthplace of jazz - New Orleans
Jazz was born in the southern city of New Orleans in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Orleans. In the early 19th century, the French ruled New Orleans. Due to very loose management, many black Africans escaped from slave owners in the American South and came to New Orleans to enjoy the status of "free blacks". Due to the freedom of intermarriage, the combination of African blacks and French people resulted in a large number of mixed blacks and Creoles.
By the end of the 19th century, in addition to whites and blacks, the remaining residents of New Orleans were The Creoles were mixed-race blacks. Before the Civil War, the Creoles enjoyed the same status as whites and received good education, including classical music education. After the Civil War, due to the implementation of new apartheid laws, they were forced to compete with whites. Black people.
The combination of black African music traditions and Creole classical music training played a good role in the emergence of jazz.
In addition, New Orleans had a good influence on jazz. It is the center of wind instrument production in the United States. Wind instruments are very cheap and almost any black person can easily get a second-hand one. Therefore, small wind bands can be found everywhere. For these reasons, jazz has been fully brewed in New Orleans and quickly.
Jazz dance
Introduction
There are many types of JAZZ: such as STREET JAZZ, POWER JAZZ, MODERN JAZZ, SEXY JAZZ, NEW JAZZ, etc.
STREET JAZZ is composed of POWER JAZZ, FUNKY and some HIPHOP elements! It is very watchable
POWER JAZZ is a kind of power JAZZ, which pays great attention to the power point and the explosion of power. It is pinched and controlled, and the dance is very explosive
MODEN JAZZ evolved from ballet dance. It is a very gentlemanly and elegant dance type, and it is also one of the basic dance types for other dance types. 1
SEXY JAZZ sexy jazz mainly dances for girls. The basic requirements are the perfect combination of shoulder, waist and hip movements and music. It requires high flexibility and control of the dancer's musical body and requires explosive power. The dance steps should be strong and the soft parts should be very sexy.
NEW JAZZ is the kind of jazz we usually dance now, but it has more poses.
FUNKY JAZZ. POWER JAZZ is also one of the powers, but he focuses on the combination of the point of power and the process. The dance is similar to PUNKY in HIPHOP
Note: Reggae does not belong to jazz, whether it is music or dance. Different from jazz elements. The only thing they have in common is that they are all sexy
New
new jazz (the Chinese translation is not new jazz, its full name is New York Jazz)< /p>
In fact, new jazz is the kind of jazz we usually dance now, but it has more poses.
In the past, you might have dance and then look for music, but new jazz has music. Then cooperate with choreography, like various music MTVs
NEW JAZZ evolved from ballet in New York, USA.
Creating the charm of street dance that combines ballet with HIP-HOP
In fact, the characteristics of NEW JAZZ can also be said to be a dance that combines JAZZ with HIP-HOP ````< /p>
The characteristic of NEW JAZZ is: the extension of the body. Every movement of NEW JAZZ has a fixed angle and swing method
When dancing NEW JAZZ, you will have a feeling of infinite extension when you move your hands. It feels like someone is pulling you. Hands are the same
The main dancers of NEW JAZZ are: Janet Jackson, Namie Amuro, and Cai Yan. Lee Hyori, Cheon Wu, and BOA's dances are also part of NEW JAZZ. This is the most basic thing that I completely forgot to mention!
Janet Jackson and Namie Amuro are two artists in the world who are good at dancing NEW JAZZ. New-jazz evolved from ballet in New York in the early days of the United States, but it was through Janet Jackson's " IF" MTV, people gradually discovered the charm of hip-hop that combines ballet with Hip Hop.
Amuro Namie is the representative of Asia. Amuro Namie, and other dances came into being, and then NewJazz began to have its own unique dance style and terminology.
Most of our domestic jazz dancers are girls, which can be said to have a lot to do with the charming feeling of dancers dancing NEW JAZZ. New jazz is also called power jazz. Every movement requires explosiveness and wildness, but it is different from the new jazz in hip-hop.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-jazz