Jazz And Music: The Different Types Of Jazz Music

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Jazz music has been around for a long time, while being around for so long jazz has taken on many forms and has had many styles. It ranges from smooth jazz to bebop, and everything in between. Some styles are not very popular, while other styles are known around the world. As well as a large genre of styles, it also has a large variety of composers and musicians who have contributed to the jazz world. Some pieces are very popular, while others are considered diamonds in the rough and have to be sought out. But what makes these pieces special? Most of it has to do with the time period that the jazz style came about, and some of the instruments used during that style. This paper will give detailed information about the different jazz groups, …show more content…

These are two types of jazz groups that can occur, while there are more, these tend to be the more popular along with soloists. Combo jazz typically has two to nine players, but averages about three to five. Big band jazz has ten or more players in it. Besides the size of players, a big difference of those groups is that the big band has a French horn, a tuba, a guitar, and sometimes a singer. The grouping of instruments is important because each group of instruments has a name and they play a big role in most of the styles of jazz. These sections are the rhythm section, the brass section, and the sax section. The rhythm section includes a piano, bass, and drums, this section is typically the base of jazz groups. The brass section has trumpets and trombones, and the sax section has alto sax’s, tenor sax’s, and baritones. Many solo musicians tend to use a piano, saxophone, or trumpet. Whatever the musician decided to use, also depended on what kind of jazz they played, and what era they were popular in. Many different styles of jazz make up the jazz era, and many musicians contributed to making this era one that will never be …show more content…

Because of the political conditions of that time, jazz was not quite on the rise yet. It was performed in Storyville; mainly at brothels, bars, and nightclubs. This is where the beginnings of jazz made its name, and some of the jazz legacies came to be. Musicians like Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and King Oliver became very popular during this time. Many other musicians lost opportunities when Storyville got shut down, and many of them made the move to Chicago in hopes of finding better opportunities. New Orleans and Chicago jazz had much in common; they both had high energy styles and they featured clarinet, trombone, or trumpet solos during the music pieces. Groups would perform using head arrangements, meaning that they practiced during rehearsal then played from memory during the performance. Also, while a soloist was performing the group played improv in the background. Even though Storyville closed, that was not the end of jazz. After the New Orleans style, stride and boogie woogie came into

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