2025年3月13日 · Jazz, musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms. It is often characterized …

jazz, Musical form, often improvisational, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms. Though its specific origins are not known, …

2025年3月13日 · Jazz - Orchestral, Improvisation, Swing: It was in the 1920s that the first forms of true orchestral jazz were developed, most significantly by Fletcher Henderson and Duke …

Jazz grew from a mix of African and European music. Ragtime, a form of piano music, and blues music also influenced jazz. New Orleans, Louisiana, is often called the home of jazz. Many …

Jazz features syncopated rhythms—rhythms with stimulating, offbeat accents. The several instruments in jazz groups are usually played in separate rhythms that unite to create an …

2025年3月13日 · Jazz - Ragtime, Blues, Swing: In the early 1930s two bands made important contributions to jazz: Bennie Moten’s, with the recordings of “Toby,” “Lafayette,” and “Prince of …

Jazz-rock, popular musical form in which modern jazz improvisation is accompanied by the bass lines, drumming styles, and instrumentation of rock music, with a strong emphasis on …

jazz dance, any dance to jazz accompaniments, composed of a profusion of forms. Jazz dance paralleled the birth and spread of jazz itself from roots in Black American society and was …

In modern times, improvisation survives as one of the chief distinguishing characteristics of jazz. Here, too, the process is usually inspired by, and structured (however loosely) in accordance …

2025年3月21日 · Duke Ellington, American pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band jazz, Ellington led his band for more …