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In response to slavery in the 17th century, a century-long expression of soulful emotion combined European and African music to give us jazz and blues. The distinctive rhythm and blues feel connect to modern day working class adults expressing discontent at their situation in rebellion against "The Man".
However, the modern day office workers, factory workers and company shills have little in common to the plight endured by the slaves from the 1700s to 1920s; that is, except for a kindred spirit in exploitation (or perceived exploitation, for those who think a minimum wage of USD 15 an hour is too much).
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/publicationsprizes/discoveries/discoveriesspring2001/03sullivan.pdf
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/jazz/jazz.html
Jazz, as snazzy as the name sounds, has become a decorative word of musical sophistry that is popular on radio, in bars, night clubs and hotel lounges. Picking up the swing beat, off-beat and cross-rhythms (many ways of talking about the micro-pulses that jazz beats exists in between the contentional 4/4 or 6/8 notations) is incredibly hard unless 1. you grow up hearing the micro beats 2. you spend a lot of time listening or playing jazz.
Also, the unconventional music rhythms and tones require uncommon words to describe, which to musicians unfamiliar with jazz, would sound like a different language altogether.
http://www.apassion4jazz.net/glossary.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_jazz_and_popular_music
Ethymology
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=jazz
A simple google search on the ethymology reveals its origins in its raw, primal and somewhat sensual sound of the word (related perhaps to all things that get popular eventually are related to sex, drugs, rock and roll).
Jazz suggests a carnal direction as with several other -asm type words. By itself and without other context, the word jazz could mean nothing... and at the same time to those in the know, everything.
However, the modern day office workers, factory workers and company shills have little in common to the plight endured by the slaves from the 1700s to 1920s; that is, except for a kindred spirit in exploitation (or perceived exploitation, for those who think a minimum wage of USD 15 an hour is too much).
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/publicationsprizes/discoveries/discoveriesspring2001/03sullivan.pdf
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/jazz/jazz.html
Jazz, as snazzy as the name sounds, has become a decorative word of musical sophistry that is popular on radio, in bars, night clubs and hotel lounges. Picking up the swing beat, off-beat and cross-rhythms (many ways of talking about the micro-pulses that jazz beats exists in between the contentional 4/4 or 6/8 notations) is incredibly hard unless 1. you grow up hearing the micro beats 2. you spend a lot of time listening or playing jazz.
Also, the unconventional music rhythms and tones require uncommon words to describe, which to musicians unfamiliar with jazz, would sound like a different language altogether.
http://www.apassion4jazz.net/glossary.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_jazz_and_popular_music
Ethymology
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=jazz
A simple google search on the ethymology reveals its origins in its raw, primal and somewhat sensual sound of the word (related perhaps to all things that get popular eventually are related to sex, drugs, rock and roll).
Jazz suggests a carnal direction as with several other -asm type words. By itself and without other context, the word jazz could mean nothing... and at the same time to those in the know, everything.
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