The History Of Jazz Music And Genres

By Dominique Martin


It is hard to talk about jazz and not mention the millions of fans who find their comfort zone in listening to this kind of music. Jazz music lifts their souls up when they are down or just when they want to relax in a hot afternoon. There is no occasion known which jazz can fail to fit, making it a full package and the kind of music to play and listen through your device when you are doing any kind of job.

This genre of song has been around for quite some time. It has a rich history on the way it started and its development over the years to become accepted as one of the best genres of song in all continents of the world. It just keeps getting better and better with generation and definitely it is here to stay long after the current generation is gone.

Jazz is a wide genre covering several sub-genres which are all grouped under it since they conform to some of the qualities of this song. In the current generation, there are different types of this African-American originated song which make up the sub-genres. These sub-genres can also be looked as the period they were hits, because songs keep changing with time. The way it was done two decades ago, it is always different with the way it is today.

Jazz has stood the test of time with a history of over 100 years since it emerged. It was started by African-American people in the late 19th century with performance orientation. Since its origin in the New Orleans and other parts of America, it has grown over the years becoming one of the greatest genres of music available today.

The first genre of jazz which originated from New Orleans came to be known as New Orleans Dixieland and it was the real music during this time lasting from late 19th Century to late 20s, a span of over 35 years. It was characterized by the unique ragtime style. It was the predecessor of many genres which would come in later years.

The second genre to have ruled the world immediately after the New Orleans Dixieland up to the end of the Second World War was the Swing. The acceptance of this genre had grown by this time and there were many big bands which rose up during this time entertaining people on live concerts across the country. It was at this time when improvisation started being a feature after the inclusion of an extended tone over another tone.

Up to this period, all was soft and slow. A new generation of high tempo song, known as Bop, took over the sound waves in the late 40s to 60s. Not everyone could keep up with Bop's tempo, so a new genre had to be born for those who preferred slow tempo. The new jazz was Cool and would last up to the end of 60s.

From 1970s when this genre was combined with that of rock to give fusion of this African-American originated song, everything changed forever. Many subgenres in this category have emerged over this period with many jazz legends rocking the world. The pop fusion in this African-American originated song common in the 21st century is transforming it.




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