Essays on Jazz Music

Between 1900 and 1945, there were multiple contextual factors that affected the development of jazz music as a whole. These factors include economy, race/ethnicity and politics, three factors that ultimately shaped not only jazz music, but jazz musicians, and helped form what we now know...

In the 18th century, African people who were slaves gathered at a market and performed their dance in that area. Later on, in 1866, the Atlantic slave trade brought nearly 400 thousands of African people to North America. They had a strong musical traditions along...

Throughout the course of music history, a variety of styles have evolved and influenced one another. From the beginning of time there has been a number of different styles that are new and fresh and others that are spin offs, or an evolution of previous...

Trumpet melodies could be heard all over the city of New Orleans in the early 1900s, and it changed the course of music forever. Inconceivable musicians emerged from this era such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Ella Fitzgerald; they created a new world of...

‘I Owe Marilyn Monroe a Real Debt,’ Ella Fitzgerald on How the Actress Helped Her Career Take Off Marilyn Monroe helped Ella Fitzgerald’s career take off in a way that speaks about the person she was behind the camera.  Those who lived and worked in...

Live music is very entertaining and electric and I enjoy attending concerts. The passion of the musicians and the fans is evidently seen in the concert. I enjoy attending music concerts with my friends that are passionate about the music. I attended a Jazz concert...

Lively jazz spanning wide stylistic flavor filled a room in the Bellevue Library on June 1st. The main artist was noted jazz guitarist Chris Spencer, who is respected around the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere for his professionalism, versatility, and recording and teaching experience. On this...

Eleanora Fagan, also commonly known as Billie Holiday and Lady Day, was an African American jazz singer. Born April 7, 1915, she was a major singer and influencer in the jazz community 1933 to 1959 when she met an unfortunate early death. Holiday grew to...

The Jazz Age was a period during the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and move styles quickly increased across the country prevalence in the United States. The Jazz Age’s social repercussions were basically felt in the United States, the origin of jazz. Starting...

Louis Armstrong has been one of the most prominent figures in jazz, with his unique techniques, lively performances, and unmatched talent, enabling him to develop a large following. On August 14, 1901, Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Armstrong’s family was very poor...