Jazz as a Black American Art Form: Definitions of the Jazz Preservation Act

Jazz and the art of conversation.

On Jazz

The question of what is meant by "jazz" seems to mock the clear-cut definitive answer. Just as the historical origins of the form arc disappearing into the fog of the recent past, so its range is disappearing within its ambivalent use at the present moment. For the purpose of providing a crude orientation, one could concede that it is that type of dance music--whether it be used in an unmediate...

On the downscaling of the Jazz platform Experimenting the Jazz RTC platform in a teaching course

We believe that students should use collaborative and project management tools similar to those they will encounter in their professional life. Moreover, we believe that Universities could promote and encourage the use of best practices supported by efficient tools by teaching students their use. IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) is a good candidate to be used as industrial tool in University cou...

Jazz Harmony : A Progress Report

How jazz syntax is theorized, and how it is filtered through various pedagogical frames for dissemination to increasingly sophisticated students, is evolving at an impressive rate. There is now a sizable body of literature on jazz theory and analysis, and at least three “generations” of card-carrying music theorists drawing upon and extending the rigorous work that has taken place since the 197...

The Bebop Revolution in Jazz

The bebop style of jazz is a pivotal invention in twentieth-century American popular music an outgrowth of the rhythmic and harmonic experiments of young African-American jazz musicians. At first a source of controversy because of its unorthodox approach, bebop eventually gained widespread acceptance as the foundation of "modern" jazz, and it continues to influence jazz musicians. The process o...