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jazz

vr.tr.jazz · INF.MED

Let an agent handle jazz by style, musicians, recordings, history and venues, crediting its African American origins and presenting critical views with attribution.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle jazz by style, musicians, recordings, history and venues, crediting its African American origins and presenting critical views with attribution.

A music genre that originated in African American communities in New Orleans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterised by swing, blue notes, call and response, polyrhythm and improvisation, with styles from ragtime and swing to bebop, modal, fusion and Latin jazz.

What it is for: Music for listening, dancing and improvisation.

It can be identify jazz styles; find musicians and recordings; trace history and influences; find venues, festivals and education.

Distinguishing features

Improvisation

Swing and syncopation

African American origins

Many evolving styles

What it looks like

Small groups or big bands with brass, reeds, piano, bass and drums; recordings and live sets.

How it is recognised

Improvised solos

Swing feel and blue notes

Jazz dance is a related form

Related models

is a kind of - category

popular music

originated in - origin

African American communities of New Orleans

is related to - related genre

blues

is performed by - performers

jazz ensemble

In practice

Families and kinds

early jazz and ragtime

swing and big band

bebop and hard bop

modal and free jazz

fusion, Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz

Standards and regulation

Copyright and performing rights

UNESCO International Jazz Day

Failure modes and hazards

Erasing African American origins

Presenting taste as fact

Also called

spy musicLatin jazzinstrumental jazzvocal jazzavant-garde jazzAfro-Cuban jazzSpanish jazzsacred jazzEuropean jazzAfro-jazzfolk jazzjazz-funkstride pianoska jazzbebopjazz fusionbig band musicBrazilian jazzArabic jazzFinnish jazzBulawayo jazzNew Zealand jazzMaghreb jazzpost-bopambient jazzmodal jazzcrime jazzjazz yoiknu jazzCuban jazz musicearly jazzjiveEast Coast jazzNew Yorker Downtownoff jazzFjord jazzCreole jazzRoma jazzRussian jazzChilean jazz

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.jazz

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Style Which jazz.

Styles differ.

Which

Style.

Which

Jazz style.

  1. Which jazz style is meant? definition
  2. What features characterise it? definition

Musicians

Key figures.

Musicians

Musicians.

  1. Which musicians are associated with this style, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which recordings represent them? provenance
History Origins.

Origins must be credited.

Origins

New Orleans.

Origins

Origins.

  1. How did jazz emerge in African American communities? provenance
  2. Which sources document it? provenance

Spread

Global scenes.

Spread

Global spread.

  1. How did jazz spread to other countries and styles? provenance
  2. Which scenes developed? provenance
Music How it works.

Theory explains practice.

Improvisation

Solos.

Improvisation

Improvisation.

  1. How does improvisation work over chord changes? definition
  2. Which learning resources help? provenance

Standards

Repertoire.

Standards

Jazz standards.

  1. Which tunes are common jazz standards? provenance
  2. Who composed them? provenance
Listening Live and recorded.

Fans need facts.

Venues

Clubs and festivals.

Venues

Venues.

  1. Which venues or festivals present jazz here? provenance
  2. When are events scheduled? provenance

Education

Learning jazz.

Education

Jazz education.

  1. Where can people study jazz? provenance
  2. Are there community ensembles? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each jazz style be a separate entry?
  • How should discographies be linked?
  • How should regional scenes be represented?