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For some African Americans, jazz has drawn attention to African-American contributions to culture and history. For others, jazz is a reminder of "an oppressive and racist society and restrictions on their artistic visions". [26] Amiri Baraka argues that there is a "white jazz" genre that expresses whiteness. [27]
Jazz Age. The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 30s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz Age's cultural repercussions were primarily felt in the United States, the birthplace of jazz. Originating in New Orleans as mainly sourced from the culture of African Americans, jazz played a significant part in ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1940. Events ... History Of Jazz Timeline: 1940 at ...
Jazz (word) The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to jazz: Jazz – musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States, mixing African music and European classical music traditions. Jazz is a music genre that originated from African ...
Births. January. 1 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American bandleader (died 1990 ). 11 – Wilbur de Paris, American trombonist and bandleader (died 1973 ). 22 – Juan Tizol, Puerto Rican trombonist and composer (died 1984 ). February. 3 – Mabel Mercer, English-born cabaret singer (died 1984 ). 9 – Walter Page, American upright bassist, multi ...
18 – Rodgers Grant, American pianist (died 2012). 30 – Tubby Hayes, English saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist (died 1973). February. 10 – Johnny Helms, American trumpeter (died 2015). 14 – Rob McConnell, Canadian trombonist (died 2010). 20 – Orlando Marin, American band leader and timbales player. March.
6 – Freddy Randall, American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1999). 20 – Jimmy Henderson, American trombonist and bandleader (died 1995). 22 – Gustav Brom, Czech big band leader and clarinetist (died 1995). 23 – Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpeter (died 2008). 28 – Al Tinney, American pianist (died 2002).
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1992. Events ... History Of Jazz Timeline: ...