Question

What are some of the cities where jazz developed? why do you think these particular cities become important sites for jazz? 2. choose one type from the early beginnings of jazz music and discuss what elements are found in this type of music. 3. choose one time period in the presentation and discuss how the period influenced music. 4. what role did women play in the development of jazz music? 5. what is hard bop? 6. what is jazz fusion? 7. what is jazz like today? 8. after listening to some of the music from different jazz composers, which one do you like the best? why?

Answer 1

1. Harlem New York has a lot of popular jazz artists because of the cotton club
2. The blues derived from Jazz, it began as far back as slavery . Billie holiday is one iconic example for when jazz grew, they would talk a lot about religion, death, and suffering
3. The 1920s was considered the jazz age where most iconic jazz artists formed
4. Woman were huge entertainers mixed with Jazz music, especially women who danced to jazz known as flappers in the 1920s