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| '''Jazz''' (sometimes called '''jass''') is a musical genre and subculture that is an important part of the American Black musical tradition. | | {{Aboutme}} |
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| [[Image:Billevansandmilesdavis.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Bill Evans and Miles Davis at the piano during a Jazz session. Note Evans' "geeky glasses"; similar in style to those worn by Rivers.]]
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| ==Culture, music== | | = bands and artists i like = |
| The culture of Jazz, which rose to prominence in New Orleans during the early twentieth century, is based upon syncopation, swing, musical interplay, and improvisation, with roots in Blues and Ragtime music. The initial Jazz groups had many horn players that harmonized melodies together creating a charictaristic "fat" sound. Songs from this era usually have intricate progressions which frequently use extended chords. These groups were called "big bands", and this early history of Jazz is often called the big band era. This Music became faster and more complex over time, and by the 1940s, artists like Charlie Parker had expanded beyond traditional big bands into a new BeBop style. This music had even more complex chords changes and modulations. It was during this era that the head-solos-head format, in which the band plays the main melody, then each member takes a solo over the same chords, and then the band plays the main melody or "head" again, became popular. The [[1959]] release of Miles Davis' Kind of blue signaled a further advancement in jazz where the groups were smaller and the arrangements stayed on indicvidual chords for longer, allowing improvisers to have more time to explore the nature of one particular chord. These smaller jazz groups were often called "combos", and with electric guitar, double bass, and drum set, the instrumentation roughly resembled modern rock bands such as [[Weezer]].
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| The following albums and songs are great places for Weezer fans interested in Jazz music to start:
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| | | * da vincis notebook |
| *{{wiki2|Kind_of_Blue|Miles Davis - Kind of Blue}} (Modal Jazz spiritual equivalent to the [[Weezer (The Blue Album)|Blue Album]]) [https://youtu.be/zqNTltOGh5c Video] | | * the strokes |
| *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNASC3txZHw Bill Evans Trio "Live at Village Vanguard"] | | * nirvana |
| *[https://youtu.be/uTTNL-RHEMs Barry Harris Jazz Piano Lesson: Giant Steps] Barry Harris explains jazz chord theory | | == albums == |
| *[https://youtu.be/tT9Eh8wNMkw Dave Brubeck Take 5] a classic that follows the head-solos-head format | | * ok computer |
| *[https://youtu.be/_mLvytV2GrA Wynton Marsalis on the meaning of Swing] | | * pinkyton |
| *[https://youtu.be/lJwjvtnma8g Charles Mingus Sextet "Peggy's Blue Skylight"] | | * idk |
| *[https://youtu.be/gJyDQajAoxk Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn "Daydream"] This song uses a 4 chord vamp (the same 4 chords as Weezer's instrumental [[Burndt Jamb]]) for the intro.
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| ''This list is incomplete. You can help by expanding it.''
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| ==Jazz and Weezer== | |
| [[Weezer.net_interview_with_Karl_Koch_-_1997|During]] [[Weezer.net interview with Mikey Welsh and Pat Wilson - Summer 1998|Several]] [[Karl's Corner - Spring 1997|late 90's]] [[Historic event: 08/03/1998|interviews]], Weezer associates [[Karl Koch]] and [[Pat Wilson]] admitted openly that they were listening to Jazz, including recordings of legendary pianist Bill Evans.
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| [[The_Haden_Triplets_(album)|The Haden Triplets]], who are associated with Weezer in some way, are daughters of jazz great Charlie Haden.
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| ==Weezer's response to Jazz==
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| In [[Heart Songs]], bandleader [[Rivers Cuomo]] regrettably stated that he does not care to take too much time to appreciate one of America's finest genres of music: <blockquote>"I never listened to too much Jazz"</blockquote>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Emo]] | |
| * ''[[My Baby Went to Africa]]'' | |
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| [[Category:Musical genre]]
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