Cultural Appreciation, Week VI [Wednesday, Periods 4 & 5]

[atreideslioness]

"If you're from the United States and I say 'Kansas City,' your first thought probably isn't culture," Ghanima teased as the students arrived. "But that's exactly where we are going today."

"The American Jazz Museum's department of collections & exhibitions specializes in several areas, including the history of the 18th & Vine area, jazz masters, jazz on film, new acquisitions & artifacts for the permanent collections and a variety of changing exhibits tied to the jazz experience and aesthetic. Each of the following spaces has its own unique perspective, and they have a musical festival coming up this weekend, and I've got free tickets, for those of you that wish to attend that performance, but today we're going to learn about jazz music first-hand."

"Jazz is a music genre that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th century American popular music. Its West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, and the swung note. "

"From its beginnings in the early 20th century jazz has spawned a variety of subgenres: New Orleans Dixieland dating from the early 1910s, big band-style swing from the 1930s and 1940s, bebop from the mid-1940s, a variety of Latin jazz fusions such as Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz, free jazz from the 1950s and 1960s, jazz fusion from the 1970s, acid jazz from the 1980s, which added funk and hip-hop influences, and Nujazz in the 1990s. As the music has spread around the world it has drawn on local national and regional musical cultures, its aesthetics being adapted to its varied environments and giving rise to many distinctive styles."

[OCD up!]

Comments

Jazz Masters Exhibit

[atreideslioness]

This area highlights the development of jazz music through the lives and music of four seminal jazz masters: Louis Armstrong, Charlie "Bird" Parker, Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald. Through a combination of artifacts, rare photos, album covers, listening kiosks and a plethora of other materials, visitors experience the creativity of these artists and their contributions to music.

Re: Jazz Masters Exhibit

[glacial_queen]

Karla found herself tapping her feet along to the songs they were playing along with each of the Masters. Ella Fitzgerald's Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen made her wish she could dance like they were in some of the pictures throughout the museum.

Re: Jazz Masters Exhibit

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

Now this was some culture Peter could appreciate. He listened at all the kiosks, trying to absorb as much as he could.

Re: Jazz Masters Exhibit

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Oh, now this Helen liked! She hoped there was a gift store of some sort so she could get some of this music to bring home!

Re: Jazz Masters Exhibit

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

This wasn't usually the kind of music Lindsay was into, but she could appreciate its influence. That's why she found the exhibit to be interesting.

Re: Jazz Masters Exhibit

[nohaircutsplz]

This music was completely unlike what she was used to, but Medusalith had to admit she found it...intriguing.

Re: Jazz Masters Exhibit

[she-sheds.livejournal.com]

Joolushko wasn't musically inclined, generally. She certainly couldn't sing. She still enjoyed music though, even when it was unfamiliar. This wasn't the sort of music she would likely have chosen to listen to herself, but it was enjoyable and certainly interesting.