jazz
Let an agent handle jazz by style, musicians, recordings, history and venues, crediting its African American origins and presenting critical views with attribution.
Research draft, second pass
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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
originated in - origin
is related to - related genre
is performed by - performers
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
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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.
- Which jazz style is meant? definition
- What features characterise it? definition
Musicians
Key figures.
Musicians
Musicians.
- Which musicians are associated with this style, according to historians? provenance
- Which recordings represent them? provenance
History Origins.
Origins must be credited.
Origins
New Orleans.
Origins
Origins.
- How did jazz emerge in African American communities? provenance
- Which sources document it? provenance
Spread
Global scenes.
Spread
Global spread.
- How did jazz spread to other countries and styles? provenance
- Which scenes developed? provenance
Music How it works.
Theory explains practice.
Improvisation
Solos.
Improvisation
Improvisation.
- How does improvisation work over chord changes? definition
- Which learning resources help? provenance
Standards
Repertoire.
Standards
Jazz standards.
- Which tunes are common jazz standards? provenance
- Who composed them? provenance
Listening Live and recorded.
Fans need facts.
Venues
Clubs and festivals.
Venues
Venues.
- Which venues or festivals present jazz here? provenance
- When are events scheduled? provenance
Education
Learning jazz.
Education
Jazz education.
- Where can people study jazz? provenance
- 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?