The Jazz Scene.ppt

The Jazz Scene
By B Brett and N Ingram
Understanding the Title
The Jazz Scene means
A. The Jazz performance
B. The background of Jazz
C. The noisy, heavily rhythmic Jazz music
D. Introduction to Jazz
(D)
Scene means “an overview or a brief account”.
This overview includes two parts:
the background(development) of Jazz and
the different forms of Jazz music
Stages of development of Jazz as a form of musical art
Gap-filling:
songs and hymns of the whites
Early sad songs
Faster, heavily rhythmic Jazz
Blues
Stages of development of Jazz as a form of musical art(cont.)
blacks’ strong rhythm
songs and hymns of the whites
Bitter-sweetness
Early sad songs
Faster, heavily rhythmic Jazz
Blues
Brightening up
Different forms of Jazz music
Form of Music
Characteristics
1. Blues
depressed, unhappy
2.
1.
of the players are white.
3.
1. imitates the “unprepared”characteristics of jazz
2.
4. Jazz
(a summary)
1.
2.
3.
Different forms of Jazz music(cont.)
Form of Music
Characteristics
1. Blues
Depressed, unhappy
2. Ragtime
to jazz in many ways
of the player s white
3. Swing
1. imitates the “unprepared” characteristics of jazz
2. attaches it to big bands and orchestrations
4. Jazz
(a summary)
1. fast, heavily rhythmic
2. Both vocal and instrumental
3. Two separate styles: the “way-out” advanced kind and the popular kind
The legendary life and career of Glen Miller
With its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time. 
Glenn disbanded his anization in 1942, at the height of its popularity, volunteered for the Army and anized and led the famous Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band.
The legendary life and career of Glen Miller(cont.)
On December 15, 1944, Major Miller took off in a single-engine plane from England to precede his band to France, never to be seen again. The army declared him officially dead a year later.
The present Glenn Miller Orchestra was  fo