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History of Jazz - chapter 4. port city with focus on slave trade yet with a relaxed Caribbean culture. Social, economic, and political focal point of the South after the Civil War. City that loved music and loved to dance, always opportunities for musicians to perform.
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This is a comprehensive study guide for ALL necessary material for the Final Exam in The History of Jazz, taught by Heath Walton, during the Fall 2018-2019
Covering a variety of different periods in the history of this modern music, we will examine memoirs, autobiographies, films and recorded music, as well as scholarly anthropological and ethnographic accounts of what has been popularly called the "jazz life."
The one jazz style that garnered a growing popular audience during the ’60s was soul jazz, whose lean grooves, gospel-rich chords, and hip urban vibe became an ambient sound of black neighborhoods in cities all across the country.
From literary criticism, to cultural anthropology, to art history, to critical racial theory, to southern history, to musicologists, the blues has inspired complete libraries. The blues—with its lyrical richness, musical elasticity, and historical density—has inspired a great deal of strong interdisciplinary work.
