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The Different Styles Of Jazz
Do you love listening to that smooth, toe-tapping music we call jazz? Do you love to dance with your significant other to the sounds of Fats Domino, Louis Armstrong, or Duke Ellington?
While it's undoubtedly cool to use words like 'Swing', 'Bebop' or 'Bossa Nova' when describing a Jazz Style, not very many people really know the difference between Hot Jazz, Classic Jazz or Afro-Cuban Jazz. If you don't know the difference between one style of jazz and another, this article is for you. Read on if you want to up your cool quotient while discussing Hot Jazz:
Classic Jazz: More popularly called 'New Orleans jazz' because of its origins, classic jazz originated in the late 1800's - early 1900's with brass bands performing for dances and parties using an assortment of musical instruments including the trombone, saxophone, tuba, clarinet, cornet, guitar, bass, drums and cornet. At the time, musical arrangements varied significantly from one performance to another.
Hot Jazz: Pioneered by Louis Armstrong, hot jazz was characterized by improvised solos that built up to an emotional and 'hot' crescendo that was supported by bass, drums and guitar or banjo.
Chicago Style Jazz: If New Orleans was the birth place of jazz, Chicago was the breeding ground. Several young, dynamic players including Bud Freeman, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa and Eddie Condon significantly furthered jazz improvisations with a combination of high technical ability and harmonic, innovative arrangements.
Swing: During the classic 1930's, most Jazz groups were Big Bands who played a robust and invigorating version of Classic Jazz. More popularly called Swing, for the first time jazz was used as dance music. Many of the most famous musicians the world has every heard were swing jazz musicians. The famous jazz swing players include people such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, The Dorsey Brothers, Glenn Miller, and Louis Armstrong, to name a few. Of course, the genre of ballroom dance called swing grew out of jazz swing music.
Bebop: Immortalized by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker who engaged in chordal improvisations, Bebop was a complete deviation from mainstream jazz that was typically derived from the melodic line.
Bossa Nova: Initiated as "Brazilian jazz" by Brazilian's Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto, Bossa Nova is a blend of seductive Brazilian samba rhythms, classical European harmonies and West Coast cool. Adopting the Bossa Nova style, West Coast saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist Charlie Byrd gave this jazz form a huge boost in the United States around 1962.
Afro-Cuban Jazz: Also known as Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz can be traced back to percussionist Chano Pozo and trumpeter- arranger Mario Bauza. Characterized by its highly infectious rhythms combined with Jazz improvisations, Afro-Cuban jazz is typically played using rhythm instruments including bongo, timbale, conga along with assorted Latin percussion instruments and is often accompanied by guitar or piano and joined by vocals or horns.
Now that you know what the different types of jazz music are, you can speak intelligently about the music that you love! So get out there and have some great jazzy fun!
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What is the name of the Brazilian drum that makes the random monkey sounds?
This question is directed to all you latin percussion experts out there. Everytime I hear a festive Brazilian samba, and sometimes when I hear a bossa nova, I hear this random monkey sound in the background. It's a high pitched "oh! oh!" and no I'm not crazy. The closest match I could find on Google is an African talking drum, but I know that's not the same thing.
My best guess is the Cuica.
There's a Wikipedia site with that title that has sound files you can listen to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuíca
On another site < http://www.worldmusicalinstruments.com/MusicalInstrumentList.asp?CategoryID=121> there is a description that reads "The Cuica is also known as a puita, boi or onca. Cuica, in various forms, are found worldwide. However, they are most closely associated with Brazilian Samba music. It is believed that the cuica was used in Africa as a call for the male lion since the sound mimics the roar of the female lioness."
But you may be able to figure out which instrument it is from these sources:
There is a really super (and short) article on these instruments at:
http://www.innovativepercussion.org/pages/files/B_Ledbetter_Brazilian.pdf
It includes both photos and descriptions of each instrument as well as a history of the samba. RECOMMENDED READING! The description of the Cuica sounds to me like what you are describing.
There are also defintions of the various samba percussion here:
http://www.geocities.com/willow_wilg/instrbraz.html
It's not as complete as the above site, but here's what they say about some of the drums:
The Surdo is the big samba bassdrum and is usually played with one hand and a stick with a big felt ball. In a batteria are usually at least three surdos, playing three different patterns, forming the backbone of the music.
The Caixa is the samba snare drum, playing difficult contra rhythm.
They have to work real hard! They are maybe the strongest part of a batteria.
The Repenique also plays an integral part in a samba battería; It is often played with one hand and one stick and accentuates the backbeat, by using the hand for the first beat of the measure. The Repenique gives the calls and breaks in a composition.
The Agogo comes in quite a few shapes and forms; sometimes they are made of wood, but mostly metal. and always consist of a minimum of two tones. Some are flexible and you can squash the two bells together, to play ghostnotes in between.
The big metal shaker in samba music is called the Ganza. They only play one at a time and is usually shook in patterns of three and are very loud in sound
The Tamborim is a small drum, hit with a plastic splitstick and has a very acquired technique;
In between, i.e., the second and third note, the drum is turned around, so you get a sound hitting it from two directions; down and up. It makes it great to watch people play this instrument.
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Visit Seville to Enjoy the Percussive Rhythms of Flamenco dancing
Flamenco is a traditional dance of Spain that is driven by percussive rhythms of the hands and feet of the dancer along with intricate Spanish guitar playing and heartfelt vocals. Flamenco dancing embodies the three aspects of grace, sensuousness and power, all at once. Flamenco dancing has been known to be originated in Andalucía, the southernmost region of Spain. Even today, Flamenco dancing in this region is based on the area's philosophy. Flamenco dancing has always been a favorite and modern flamenco dancing also includes hip-hop, African and Latin influences. Watching a flamenco performance in Spain is an important part of Spain travel.
Seville in Spain's Andalucía is known to host some of the best performances of flamenco dancing. You can visit La Carboneria at Calle Levies 18, Barrio de Santa Cruz during any night of the week. The area was formerly a coal-factory and you can see free performances almost all weekly nights. To make the exhibit more tourist friendly, La Carboneria also offers some great options like drinking and dancing. It is said that the pitchers of Sangria that offered here are quite good.
If you're looking for an upscale destination where you can watch a flamenco performance, try visiting El Arenal. This place also offers drinks and dinner along with the performance. Housed inside a 17th-century building, the El Arenal is known for flamenco dancing that combines with powerful choreography, beautiful backgrounds and elaborated costumes. El Arenal is laocated at 7 Calle Rodo, Barrio de Arenal.
Casa de la Memoria that is located at 28, Calle Ximénez de Enciso is known to exhibit some intimate Flamenco performances. These performances are said to be shorter than the Tablao, a dance which generally lasts for an hour. The crowds for this kind of performance are known to be more intimate with the plus point being the shows also costs less.
You can also opt to stroll through the Barrio de Santa Cruz also known as Barrio Arenal is you want to listen to the rhythmic clapping and singing. In fact, the place features flamenco performances by locals. The bar is quite cozy but allows you to have an authentic and traditional experience, surely the one that you will remember.
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