The Influence Of Jazz

Jazz- a type of music that was originally created by African-Americans and is characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm emerging at the beginning of the 20th century. Everything in our world has a rhythm to it. Whether it is the birds singing or somebody walking down the street. Music influences our lives, especially jazz. Jazz can tell a story, it can make you laugh or cry, happy or sad. However, music is a complicated element. There are many contributing factors for example, what instruments are used, who helped spread jazz, and where jazz originated.

Instruments are the heart and soul of jazz. Jazz is unlike any other genre of music. Jazz mainly relies on improvisation. Two musicians could read

The trombone is also a very important instrument to jazz. The trombone adds another element to the music. “The trombone engages in various rhythmic pops, growls, and slurs, while also adding harmonic variations and occasionally covering bass lines.” It also blends with the melody which creates a richer and fuller sound. However, the birth of jazz did not solely rely on instrumentation, there were many musicians who created jazz and spread its influence.

Jazz has been around for over a century and many musicians have helped spread its influence. However, nobody is completely sure who created jazz. Many people believe that jazz was born in 1895 to a man named Buddy Bolden when he started his first band. The most famous jazz musician was Louis Armstrong. Louis was born in New Orleans on August 4, in 1901. At eleven years old he learned how to read music and how to play the bugle cornet. At the age of thirteen, he left the Colored Waif's Home with his mind set on being a musician. At the age of twenty-three, his career as a musician took off with the marriage of his second wife. His wife, Lil Harden, was a pianist who