American Jazz Music
...eference to what type of music they like, not just enjoying the broad area of music. This is too bad, because music influences itself, those who are in bands and groups are listening to others who are in bands or groups, and chances are, when people make music they tend to be more broad in their listening prefrences. This is where intergration comes into music, one of the most influencial types of music, that to this day is still turning out new influences, is jazz through its many forms, so many forms that people wouldn't consider just saying they like jazz, they would say they enjoyed bebop, ragtime, blues, or other types of jazz. Jazz has survived longer than many types of music, mabye this is why it’s such a large corner stone in todays music. Although jazz is not the most influencing music currently in the nation, its history proves that it is a great form of music with many origins, a multigenerational life span, numerous styles, many legendary musicians, and its own creative, independent interpretation. Jazz is over 100 years old, probably making it one of the longest, lasting forms of music so far. Jazz was not created by Europeans, it was created by Afro-Americans who descended from ancestors in Africa. These Afro-Americans learned how to play these European instruments well, including percussion or the drum set, trumpet, cornet, saxophone, trombone, tuba, and many other instruments. A lot of the music which they played came from black roots music. Jazz did have a part of it come from Europe. The instruments of course, and the basic beginning forms of music helped jazz to be created. Many types of music are created from other types of music, and jazz is among the many. people have influenced jazz along its development, and it was usually a performer or composer. This includes Buddy Bolden, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, harlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane. New Orleans jazz was one of the first types of jazz to be fully documented, and it came from New Orleans, Louisiana. From the early 20th century and up to the mid-1920s New Orleans jazz was well known. The instruments used were the cornet, trumpet, clarinet, trombone, tuba, string bass, and rhythm secton. Buddy Bolden was one of the big figures in New Orleans jazz, and he led some of the first jazz bands. One of the first bands included the Original Dixieland Jass Band, which was later changed to the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Chicago and New York City jazz was one of the first periods of time where jazz was being experimented with, and many new things were being discovered in music. But as awsome as the music sounded, it had many critics. My mother was born in 1938, she was a tomboy growing up and a bit of a rebel, she was on the break of the wave when the ...