Jazz has so many uniquely different types’ beats and instruments. Jazz was born in the United States. The birth place of jazz is known to be New Orleans LA. It was said to be born around the 20th century from a bunch of different and diverse cultures. New Orleans was a major port city which brought many different ethnicities and cultures together. It brought European classical, blues, and southern American songs together. With this diverse group of music all being put together, it later was known as jazz. The expansion of jazz began in part to thanks of Louis Armstrong. He was a trumpet player from New Orleans and he is also considered the father of modern jazz. Jazz got exposed to the world via radio and became extremely popular in places such as Chicago, Kansas City, and New York. With the influence on other cities via the radio these cities began to have their own jazz bands in town. With the culture of jazz starting to explode it begins to take off with swing then bebop.
In the beginning of the 40's is when artist first started flirting with the
jazz known as Bebop. Artist began sampling different rhythms and beats. Minton’s
Playhouse is a jazz club in Harlem New York. This is considered the birth place
of Bebop. Artist such as Dizzy Gillespie and Kenny Clarke were regular nightly
performers at the club. This is where they began to experiment with different variations
of rhythms and beats since the fall of big bands due to the war. Charlie parker
and Dizzy Gillespie developed bebop. Bebop has a smaller band then the regular
big bands and it focused more on soloists. The group members would take longer
solo sessions to showcase their skills on their own personal instrument. Bebop
gave the music industry a chance to grow. Bebop still had the traits of the
swing jazz and but bebop added a much faster tempo to the music. The artist of
bebop never concerned themselves with being a lyricist but more on the rhythm
of their music. The more diverse the rhythm or the beat was the better. A rhythm
section played a huge role in bebop. While an artist was performing their solo
the rhythm section would interact with the soloist with their own sound to make
the rhythm more diverse. Jazz till this
very day is still evolving and continually progressing in many different
directions. When I look at jazz overall I
think to myself “What more can we say, we wouldn’t be here today if the old
school didn’t pave the way.” 
I always wondered how Jazz got started. I had no idea it originated in New Orleans. That makes sense now because New Orleans was a gateway for so many different kinds of people that it eventually brought in many different cultures of people resulting in different styles of music. It would have been interesting to hear jazz when it first started out. I bet it was a completely different sound than most people were used to. I like that Bebop was composed of faster tempos and the more diverse rhythms the better. I think I would have liked Bebop better than Jazz.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that Louis Armstrong was considered the father of jazz. It's awesome that jazz was able to spread via radio. The radio has been a great way to expose new music, and still is today, of course. I also never really heard much about Bebop. With its faster tempo, I bet Bebop was more fun to dance to. I think it would be fun to try. I didn't know Bebop bands took turns having a solo to showcase their skills. That sounds like a great way for people to grow individually in the music industry. I like how it was all about the rhythm.
ReplyDeleteI have always found jazz as an interesting type of music. It became very popular in the 1940s as well as bebop. They were both taking over the music industry. I never knew the difference between these two types of styles of music until I read this. It was very interesting and I learned a lot. The war played a bug role in the United States and it reached all the way to the music industry. No one in the United States could live without living through the effects of the war. Jazz and bebop were very rhythmic, just like any other type of music.
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