Jazz & WarShaviraAdrianBatara

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Table of Content Introduction

What is Jazz? Jazz Before War What does Jazz mean to the people?

Impact of War Towards Jazz What does Jazz represent? What has changed?

Wartime Jazz Artists Wartime Jazz Videos

Jazz MusicA style of music, native to America, characterized by a strong but flexible rhythmic understructure with solo and ensemble improvisations on basic tunes and chord patterns and, more recently, a highly sophisticated harmonic idiom.

Jazz 1700s

African American slavery era 1800s

America “Land of opportunity” 1900s

New Orleans Jazz Dixieland

What Jazz Mean to The People

African American People World War II

Impact of War towards Jazz

What jazz represents? Used to represent rebelliousness, elegance and

classi.e. speakeasies (by no means scrappy), prohibitions etc

Characteristics stayed but deeper meaning entered

Reminder of home for soldiersi.e. Artie Shaw’s band that played for the Navy

What has changed? Reminds people of the war Reminds veteran of home More emotion Raises morale of soldiers and population Jazz is now known all over the world

i.e. Nazi banned jazz but eventually was not able to contain it, causing them to create their own jazz music

Wartime Jazz Artists

Glenn Miller

He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943

Glenn was a famous big band leader in sing era

At 1944 hee died on aeroplane accident

On 1942 Glenn joined U.S military army

Bob Crosby For dixieland style, Bob Crosby are one of the famous

Big band leader in world war 2 era

He is most well known by his group Bob Cat

During world war 2, he spent most of his time in marine and air-ing on the radio In modern era, lot of his songs are used in video games

Famous Jazz Artist during Wartime Era

Duke Ellington Count Basie

Benny Goodman Louis Armstrong

Jazz Music Made During World War I: Over There

By: George M. Cohan

Description Jazz boosted the morale of soldiers fighting

abroad and inspire the spirits of their loved ones at home to arise

Many Jazz musicians travel abroad to entertain the U.S. troops.

This was the song that made during the world war I.

Jazz Before World War

Description The Excelsior Brass Band formed in 1880 In 1884, they improve the band by featured a

cornet player named Manuel Perez

Jazz During World War II

Django Reinhardt

Description Django Reinhardt was a jazz musician during

the World War II, which targeted by the Nazis During that time, jazz was believed to combine

the worst Blacks and Jews

Bibliography “Glenn Miller” BioTrueStory, James, 30-1-2013,<

http://www.biography.com/people/glenn-miller-37990>

“Biography Glenn Miller” Allmusic, William Ruhlmann, 30-1-2013<http://www.allmusic.com/artist/glenn-miller-mn0000661172>

“Bob Crosby” Allmusic, Scott Yanow, 30-1-2013 <http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-crosby-mn0000067337>

Bibliography Jazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst

for Victory, edsitement.neh.gov, 23 Sept 2010, 30 Jan 2013, <http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/jazz-and-world-war-ii-rally-resistance-catalyst-victory#sect-thelesson>

A History of Jazz Music, www.scaruffi.com, 2005, Piero Scaruffi, 30 Jan 2013, <http://www.scaruffi.com/history/jazz1.html>

History of Jazz, teacher.scholastic.com, N/A, 30 Jan 2013, <http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/history_of_jazz.htm>

Bibliography http://www.historyjazz.com/jazzhistory.html http://www.angelfire.com/ky3/jazzandww2/

Bibliography How Django Reindhart Survived World War II;

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/03/12/how-django-reinhardt-survived-world-war-ii/ (no mla)

Music as War Propaganda; http://parlorsongs.com/issues/2004-4/thismonth/feature.php (no mla)

Music as Propaganda World War I; http://www.angelfire.com/ky3/jazzandww2/ (no m