History of Jazz

Jazz was an era defined by the horns . Although many other musical instruments were inclusive of creating the jazz age , it was with the brass section , the winds that the sound of the times was found . It was throaty , brazen and bold there was nothing covert or clandestine about the music and the audience was in love with the music because it spoke to them . It combined elements of blues with the swept up emotional roller coaster of a post depression country whose hard luck was translated by such artists as Coleman Hawkins

, Buster Bailey , Kid Ory Pee Wee Russell , and Henry `Red ' Allen

Allen 's style was staccato at times , with an allegro that was dominate throughout most of his music . In the song Red Red Ride the highlights of the music include a piano fugue with a flute and the horns . This song is best defined as a whirlwind and assault of musical instruments that are completely dominated and lead by the vocals . The instruments and the voice harmonize until the horns begin to compete with each other in a bombardment in the crescendo of each musical piece . This song also stays true to the origins of jazz and the piano gives a boogie woogie which the audience positively responded to

The culmination of the song is found with the different spaces given to each instrument . While the vocals have a definite morendo the instrument part of the song does not simply die away . Although the classic call and response is definitely present in this song , it is with the instruments that song is more dynamically defined with a presto tempo which carries throughout the entire song and which each instrument

Jazz is defined in its early stages by this presto tempo and the call and response of the singer or musician to the rest of the instrumental ensemble . In pitch and tone the musicians do not give up their pace but keep a steady sometimes harmonious sometimes dissonant rhythm especially among the horns in the middle of the song before the string comes into play . The instruments combine in this song to give a classical altered scale in turn giving the audience a slide with which to dance

The song Red Red Ride is pristine in its delivering of the axe . While at times some of the instruments share the stage to give a presto tempo and bombardment for the audience to excited about it also delivers on allowing the stage to be taken over by one instrument , or sometimes only one musician 's voice . This allows the audience to better identify with that instrument and what it is it 's saying . In the horn 's case , or in Allen 's case the sound was similar in voice and instrument to Louis Armstrong with whom he had played and admired

One of the main influences for Allen was his father , Henry Allen Sr with whom he had played until he was 18 . Breaking away from these performers...