Expect world-renowned jazz singer Al Jarreau to perform his funky fresh tunes with no less vocal skill than in his younger years. Despite his age, Al has retained his credibility as a singer and performer. He incorporates several genres into his jazz including R&B, scat, funk and soul. He’s just as an impressive scat singer as ever, improvising with his nonsense syllables with eloquence- each syllable enhancing whatever the orchestra or sextet are playing in the background. Some of his scats, like
I attended the Vocal Jazz Ensemble which is directed by Teri Roiger and Studley Theatre Ensemble directed by John Menegon on April 22, 2014 at Julien J. Studley Theatre at 8:00 pm. I was very happy and excited to see this event because of my interest on Jazz music. The first part of the concert was directed by Teri Roiger and the performers were Meghan Caldwell as vocalist, Rob Cosentino as drummer, Adam Cloc as the pianist, Casey Richards as the second vocalist, James Rubino as guitarist and Nick
rhythm of the music. At the beginning of the song, the brass plays one introductory note before each phrase of her scat. When she begins to sing, the first instrument the listener can clearly hear enter is the hi hat, being tapped in the classic swing jazz beat. The trumpet also enters at this time. Around 1:13, Fitzgerald next scat solo is introduced by a short brass cadence from the band.22 Throughout the song, one thing the listener should notice is that there is a parallelism between the melody
Jazz the Sound of the Heart In a blog written by Virginia Hughes she states that “Music moves people of all cultures, Vocal Jazz and collaborations with other sub-genres such as bebop jazz, cool jazz and hard bob didn’t only affected the culture throughout the eras, but created an outlet for many artists to express their repressed feelings during difficult time periods, and allowed a strong rooted foundation for Jazz in whole to continue to develop. “Vocal Jazz” has been able to touch the deepest
Harris Theater put on by the George Mason University School of Music. The two performances I attended were the Mason Jazz Vocal Night and the Vocal Pops concert entitled “Sing, Sing, Sing”, respectively. The MJVN featured the Mason Jazz Vocal Ensemble as well as some soloists from the Jazz Voice Studio such as Linnea Monson, Tracey Wright, and Markus Ellis. The Herndon High School Vocal Jazz group was also present and performed a few songs as their own group and then the closing piece “America the Beautiful”
the Evolution of Jazz I and Evolution of Jazz II courses because I have a strong interest in music. I listen to all types of music, including songs in different languages, but my favorite genres are Gospel, R&B, and Neo-soul. This course has been beneficial, because now I am more aware of how influential jazz musicians were to musicians of all genres, in aspects of song composition, song structure, and performance techniques. Spirituals had a great influence on gospel music, jazz music, and music
1. Briefly trace the development of popular song and its relationship to early jazz. What was a standard? Popular song was one of the main bases of the jazz style, as jazz is not so much a genre of music, but a style of performance that evolved in many ways over the years. Jazz musicians would take American popular songs and use techniques such as improvisation and syncopation to elaborate upon and work around the original. Songs that were considered special favorites of jazzmen were called “standards”
Jazz music is perhaps one of the most famous genres in the world, being based on African American roots being implemented in the art of performance through improvisation and instrumentation. The Jazz Age was home to many transcending artists due to its world renowned changing culture, as different sounds of music clashed and combined to allow subgenres to come to fruition. One of the most famous of these artists is Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong was born on July 4, 1900, in New Orleans, Louisiana
Cuban and New Orleans style jazz can be classified as two coherent wholes, integrating and constructing techniques from one another. The two jazz styles can be seen sharing musical components such as strong percussion and funky upbeat melodic sequences. While they genres have many similarities, the use of folk-like tunes and the heavy use of vocalists distinguish traditional Cuban Jazz from New Orleans Jazz. The album Ya-Ka-May by Galactic and Afro Roots by Mongo Santamaria are representatives of
American pianist and jazz singer. He was born to Paulina and Edward Cole 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He was brought up in Chicago by his music loving parents alongside his other two siblings: Nat King Cole, Ike Cole and Eddie Cole. He was born in a family of musicians; his father was a renowned musician as well as his two elder brothers Ike Cole and Nat King Cole, both of whom were legends of jazz music. Freddy Cole is the founder of Freddy Cole Quartet – a jazz team which extensively
combination of vocal and instrumental sounds used to express one’s emotions, and to entertain one’s mind. Although most music is created for the same purpose, genres of music differ in many ways. Genres of music differ by origin, ethnic audience, creative form of content. Therefore, it is important to be able to differentiate between music genres in order to better interpret the content presented by a musical artist. In this essay, I will be differentiating between the musical genres of Jazz and Hip-Hop
cornet. In 1920 the Jazz music has emerged in the City of New Orleans and from there, there were also many great New Orleans Jazz musicians. Jazz is a music style that combines of three main element improvisation, bluesy flavor and swing feeling. Often, African American play Jazz on the street of New Orleans and they started to form bands and perform for people without charging them money. In the early history of Jazz, there was one major artist that has major contributions to Jazz, his name is Louis
My appreciation for jazz began when I was just seven, listening to an old record player at my great grandfather's house. My great grandfather would always have me get a Louis Armstrong record and put it gently on the record player. He told me stories every time a song ended. After "What a Wonderful World", he told me that he had never heard singing brought to jazz until Louis Armstrong came around. He said that the way Louis sang was revolutionary, at the time. Then he had me go put on another record
an extraordinary journey throughout my time as a vocal student. I have learned the importance of the voice and singing; I did not know. It has opened my eyes as an individual who has never taken a professional vocal class or course before. The techniques and skills I have been taught by my teacher and classmates will go a long way through my life as a vocal singer.One challenge I faced to improve my vocal technique would be breath support. As a vocal student, in the beginning, I did not have proper
enjoy is jazz. Actually right now jazz is really popular in Europe, and is rising in its popularity in the USA through its many forms. Jazz does have many forms, so many that some people wouldn't consider just saying they like jazz, they would say they enjoyed bebop, ragtime, blues, or other types of jazz. Jazz has survived longer than many types of music, and it has always influenced the ways people involved in jazz compose or perform. It has also brought out many famous people. Although jazz is not
What exactly is jazz? As defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary jazz is “American music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre”. While this definition is true and a “cookie cutter” definition of jazz it is not completely accurate Jazz is one large genre with many sub-genres within it such as swing, bebop, free jazz, hard bop, and
Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday were both prominent jazz singer-songwriters during the same time and masters in their own right, but their worlds could not have been further apart. In 1939, while they were both in the midst of experiencing mainstream success, Ella was touring with Ella and her Famous Orchestra and showcasing her perfect pitch and tone to the world while singing songs that would soon become standards to fellow singers and musicians. Billie was singing solo, comfortable with her
African music and culture of the 17th through the 19th centuries, The art form of highly evolved. It have contributed fundamentally to American popular music ,profoundly impacting styles as diverse as the blues, jazz, rock, r& b, Latin, and country music. Music life events ranging from the mundane to the spiritual. It was used for ceremonial functions. The integration of African music into everyday life. In west African musicians ,the most important master musicians was griot.The aesthetics of African
pursuing a career that I will enjoy doing for the rest of my life. There are three main sections that branch off of being a musician: Education, which includes: Music teacher, private vocal instructor, band director, etc; Non-Professional. Which includes: small bands, singers just starting out, choir people, vocal students; and Professional, which would be considered ‘stars’. Not everybody makes it being the next big thing in music, but all music that we make changes the world in some way or another
In this investigation, I will attempt to compare two of the most famous and influential Jazz artists of all time, Louis Armstrong, and Etta James’ personal lives with regards to finding music, their stylistic similarities and I will also compare four of their most famous tracks. In the case of Armstrong, this track is ‘What a wonderful world’, and ‘We have all the time in the world’ and for Etta James I will analyse and compare ‘At Last’, and ‘I’ve been loving you too long’. Louis Armstrong was