Jazz

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Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated from African communities of New Orleans in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centries. Jazz first emerged in the black cultures of New Orleans from the mixed influences of ragtime, blues, and the band music played at New Orleans funerals. Jazz the word comes from a creole word that means both African dance and copulation. As jazz grew in popularity and influence, jazz served as a means bring young people together. Jazz is a powerful vehicle for human expression. Everywhere jazz musicians look or open their ears, they can discern the emotional, creative, and musical effects of this particular mode of human expression. Jazz is the symbolic record of our elevation as people. There …show more content…

Marsalis’s brothers are; Branford Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Mboya Kenyatta Marsalis, and Ellis Marsalis III. His child is Jasper Armstrong (son). Marsalis’s wife he had Jasper with is Victoria Rowell. The are not together anymore. Marsalis’s grandparents are Florence Robertson (Grandmother) and Ellis Louis Marsalis Sr. (Grandfather). Marsalis’s great-grandparents are Rosa Marsalis (great-Grandmother) and Simeon “Simmie” Marsalis (great-grandfather). Marsalis is the world’s first jazz artist to perform and compose across the full jazz spectrum from it’s New Orleans roots from bebop to modern jazz. Marsalis has won nine awards. He is only artist ever to win grammy awards in five consecutive years. From 1983-1987. Marsalis released his first classical recording in 1983. The jazz musicians that influenced Marsalis most are; Monk, Duke, Miles, Charlie Parker, Dizzy, Jelly Roll Morton and Wayne Shorter. The trumpet players that influenced Marsalis are; Maurice Andre, Adolph Hofner, Cootie Williams, Ray Nance, and Sweets Edison. In high school, Clark Terry influenced Marsalis a lot. In terms of classical music, Marsalis was influenced by Stravinsky and …show more content…

His trumpet was made as a one of a kind. It has personalized engravings from all aspects of Marsalis’s life. This trumpet was the first trumpet Dave Monette ever made in this way which made it one of a kind. Marsalis’s trumpet is called PRANA 3 STC Bb. It took Monette and his team 250 hours to make. The trumpet has a brilliant sound. Marsalis has some quotes. They are; “I dress a certain way because I respect the music.”, “Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.”, “Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independance. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.”, “What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out.”, and “When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to change

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