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    Jazz originated in New Orleans in the 1920s among African Americans and incorporated African musical traditions. It spread across the U.S. as jazz musicians migrated to northern cities following World War I, developing different regional styles. Jazz gained popularity in the prohibition era as it was performed in underground nightclubs. The course covered jazz history and development, highlighting influential musicians like Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton who faced discrimination. Miles Davis was a seminal trumpeter who helped modify jazz into new styles like cool jazz, exemplified in his 1949 composition "Boblicity."

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    Jazz originated in New Orleans in the 1920s among African Americans and incorporated African musical traditions. It spread across the U.S. as jazz musicians migrated to northern cities following World War I, developing different regional styles. Jazz gained popularity in the prohibition era as it was performed in underground nightclubs. The course covered jazz history and development, highlighting influential musicians like Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton who faced discrimination. Miles Davis was a seminal trumpeter who helped modify jazz into new styles like cool jazz, exemplified in his 1949 composition "Boblicity."

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    Jazz originated in New Orleans in the 1920s among African Americans and incorporated African musical traditions. It spread across the U.S. as jazz musicians migrated to northern cities following World War I, developing different regional styles. Jazz gained popularity in the prohibition era as it was performed in underground nightclubs. The course covered jazz history and development, highlighting influential musicians like Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton who faced discrimination. Miles Davis was a seminal trumpeter who helped modify jazz into new styles like cool jazz, exemplified in his 1949 composition "Boblicity."

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    Jazz originated in New Orleans in the 1920s among African Americans and incorporated African musical traditions. It spread across the U.S. as jazz musicians migrated to northern cities following World War I, developing different regional styles. Jazz gained popularity in the prohibition era as it was performed in underground nightclubs. The course covered jazz history and development, highlighting influential musicians like Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton who faced discrimination. Miles Davis was a seminal trumpeter who helped modify jazz into new styles like cool jazz, exemplified in his 1949 composition "Boblicity."

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    Jazz was born in New Orleans around the 1920s, and involved a cultural movement that

    saw the emergence of new styles of music and dance. Much of the development of jazz music is

    credited largely to African Americans that employed diverse music techniques that contained

    African traditions. Later, jazz expanded to the native population of America and beyond. Large

    numbers of jazz musicians migrated to the northern cities from New Orleans following the World

    War I. the migration led to dispersal of jazz as different styles emerged in different cities. With

    the dispersal and development of jazz, there arose a cultural shift as it penetrated into nightclubs

    and places that operated in prohibition. The availability of these spaces, together with

    advancement in recording technology, jazz gained popularity in a short period.

    The course has extensively covered the history and development of jazz along with the

    stylistic features of the music. The history is paired with notable musicians who helped in the

    evolution of jazz music. It is important to note the challenges that jazz music encountered in its

    journey, such as discrimination in the media as African American jazz artists were prejudiced.

    For example, the music of Louis Armstrong and Jelly Morton did not get notable airtime as

    compared to their Native American jazz artists (Early). The prominence of African American

    jazz artists continued to propel the style further outside the boarders of America. Today, jazz is in

    every country, there are budding musicians experimenting, and creating new music out of what

    the original virtuosos like Miles Davis created.

    Miles Davis was an American jazz trumpeter who is an acclaimed figure in the historical

    development of jazz and twentieth century music. He was in the forefront of many stylistic
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    modifications of jazz music. One of the most creative hits was Boblicity. Miles Davis and Gil

    Evans composed the piece for the first “Birth of the Cool” recording session, in April 1949

    (Kahn). The popularity of this piece and the attraction is purely in the extraordinary orchestration

    of Gil Evans and the musical camaraderie that existed between the two artists. At the time of

    composing Boblicity, the group was called the Miles Davis Nonet. Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan,

    and John Lewis wanted a small group that would still produce full orchestral sound. The group

    decided to use Miles Davis’ name because he was the best in negotiating with club owners and

    getting gigs for the group (Kahn).

    Boblicity is a cool jazz composition that is characterized by relaxed tempos and a lighter

    tone. The cool jazz era came at a time when Miles Davis and his group took a similar direction in

    modifying jazz music to a more relaxed genre. In Boblicity Miles Davis was experimenting tonal

    colour with varying rhythms that revealed an aggressive style of playing. The changes in tonal

    colour are unique and do not provide an obvious tonal centre. In the recording, Miles Davis

    sounds similar to Charlie Parker especially in the heavy use of chromaticism and many ascending

    triplets (Davis). The piece contains the fundamentals of jazz such as the use of the blue scale,

    syncopation and immense improvisation. The understanding of these jazz features is based on the

    course material that has helped in music appreciation and in the description and classification of

    jazz music.
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    Cited

    Davis, Miles. "Boplicity." All that Jazz. By Gil Evans and Miles Davis. New York City, 1949.

    Sound.

    Early, Gerald. Miles Davis and American Culture. Missouri History Museum, 2001. Web.

    Kahn, Ashley. Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece. Da Capo Press Inc.,

    2001. Web.

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