Essay On Jazz Music

Have you ever turned on the radio and heard a Saxophone or trumpet just playing it out in a smooth yet kind of disconnected type of way? Well If that's the case then who ever was in the car last turned it to a jazz radio, well obviously. But Jazz music is a soothing type of music it really gets to the soul and speaks to you in a way no other music does. But as it shows Jazz music has changed throughout history. History has changed Jazz Music throughout the years. Jazz Music Originally started in Louisiana, Jazz Music can be heard and played from different ethnicities. And finally, Jazz would mainly consist of Saxophones and Trumpets.

Jazz Music is mainly Heard in Louisiana But as you go walking around KC you start seeing restaurants based around

Louis Armstrong 1901-1971, Billie Holiday 1915-1959, Sonny Rollins 1930-Present, Sarah Vaughan 1924-1990, Frank Sinatra 1915-1998, All of these people were/are famous for creating Jazz Music. Most of them colored men, Billie and Sarah were some of the very few famous female jazz artists. Frank Sinatra Was famously known for Stardust. But if you look up Famous Jazz Artists you will mainly find Colored Men Unfortunately Most of them Have passed away but you can still find their and listen to their music and remember who they were just from their music. There are only 6 Famous Jazz Musicians left alive, Meaning that Jazz music needs a reboot because when those 6 Musicians Pass away who are we going to have to play jazz songs in the streets or at concerts or at

In 1814 Antoine-Joseph Sax Made the first saxophone Called the Adolphe Sax which was a staple in all jazz bands. “Charles Claggett first attempted to create a valve mechanism in the form of a trumpet in 1788, however, the first practical one was invented by Heinrich Stölzel and Friedrich Blühmel in 1818, known as a box tubular valve.” (Estrella p.1) But as you listen now the trumpet is in a lot of jazz bands along with the saxophone to create those harmonies most instruments could not. There are Multiple Saxophones, The Soprano Which is the highest sounding one and looks sort of like a clarinet, Mezzo Soprano which is between the the Alto and Soprano I tooks like a smaller version of the alto and hangs in front of you like the soprano, Alto it is High and Low meaning it has a large range as well as the tenor and it hangs to your right side, Tenor it is between Baritone and Alto so it is low but not very low and is high but not as high, Baritone the most commonly known low saxophone, and Contrabass is the lowest one and is not commonly known like the other 5 but it is known to be the lowest saxophone and it sits in front of you on the ground. You could have a jazz band mainly of all of those but you do not see the soprano in very many jazz bands because it is so high you would normally see it in a Spanish band. Trumpets Have B♭, A, C, D, E♭, E, low F, and G But the most commonly known one is the