Phase 4 Individual Project Art Appreciation

Running Head : ART APPRECIATION

Art appreciation

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Art Appreciation

Perhaps one of the most well known genres in music is Jazz . The use of musical improvisation set jazz apart from the other musical genres Jazz ' major influences are ragtime , marching band music and the blues It was conceived that Jazz music started out in New Orleans but the influences of the music can be traced back from the drumbeats of the tribal Africans and the musical structures of the European . Jazz , unlike any other

music doesn 't rely mainly on playing the music of what the musician composed in a note by note basis , it is something that is considered to be an improvisation of a well known music that the musician didn 't wrote creating a whole new beat out of original music ( Jazz history

Many jazz artist emerged during the widespread of the music but only few were recognized to be the best contributors of jazz . The cornet playing artist , Louis Armstrong is considered to be the most famous musician in jazz history . His first formal lesson in music started out when he stayed in the reform school after he was arrested because he fired a pistol in the air . This is also where he got his first cornet but he learned to use the trumpet later on as well . Armstrong spoke highly about the diversity and vitality of his hometown streets where his influence rooted but his battle for poverty led him to left his hometown . Louis ' strong desire to become a musician led him to his popularity . He is the pioneer of the scat singing , the forerunner of the jazz solo and was noted for transforming music to high art because of his masterful solo lines and innovations ( Louis Armstrong : The man the Musician , the Celebrity . Much like Louis Armstrong another jazz artist who influenced millions with his music is Duke Ellington Although Ellington was a gifted piano player , he was noted for using his orchestra as his primary instrument . He is not only a musician but also a composer and arranger . Duke 's first musical influence was his mother whom he first heard playing a popular piano tune called the rosary at the age of 7 he began playing the piano ( Duke Ellington 's early years . Just like Armstrong , Ellington became a member of different bands only that he was addressed as the maestro . The use of Jazz Suites format made Duke Ellington a music genius . The Jazz suite format gave his work an empowering meaning for the African-American music ( About Duke Ellington . Ellington 's orchestra was able to step into the transition of jazz music unlike any of their contemporaries . From the Hot Jazz music of the 1920 's , the orchestra was able to adapt in Swing music during 1930 's , making it a major force in the Jazz . Although Louis Armstrong managed to maintain his career , only Ellington was able to penetrate and lead until the forties and the fifties...