The History Of Jazz Explained
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Күн бұрынHey everyone! American History Geek here. I am a huge history fan, but I primarily focus on American history related content. Overall I produce commentary-style videos that discuss common questions, news, and explanations regarding historical events in United States history.
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@willtalbot1132 3 жыл бұрын
Nice Job! It’s really cool to learn about the history of a genre that I perform!
@americanhistorygeek1926 3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear, thanks Will!!
@willtalbot1132 3 жыл бұрын
@@americanhistorygeek1926 You're welcome!
@mattypeters1786 3 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome, what instrument do you play?
@datfookie1457 3 жыл бұрын
What is your jazz group called? I’d have to check it out some time!
@josephlopez9957 2 жыл бұрын
This transitioned my perspective on the jazz genre, I’ve come to a more peaceful place in my mind on this style of music now that the confoundment has been elevated thanks to this brief history lesson. Thank you
@americanhistorygeek1926 2 жыл бұрын
Of course, happy to hear that you enjoyed the video!
@jacobw.9342 3 жыл бұрын
No mention of my man Scott Joplin, he practically kickstarted all of early jazz!
@americanhistorygeek1926 3 жыл бұрын
Good call, he was a huge part of the development of ragtime. I’ll definitely do a video dedicated to Scott or the genre of Ragtime sometime soon!
@jacobw.9342 3 жыл бұрын
Aw sweet! His story is so awesome. He was born in an irrelevant town, and his fame and fortune in his rags practically caused a sensation in the US, his songs sound so good. He eventually died penniless from insanity (syphilis). What a man!
@mattypeters1786 3 жыл бұрын
Good catch, I nearly forgot about him!
@datfookie1457 3 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t forget! He’s an angel in the dust!
@RicardoRoams Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the video. Just a couple of small trivia notes. At 4:40, you began to talk about W.C. Handy, while showing a photo of Bluesman Robert Johnson. And at the 10:34 mark, when talking about Big Bands you listed, among others, Henry James. His name was Harry James. I like what you're doing, so I'm going to subscribe.
@user-eb9sm7cq6f 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for this 👍🏼 much appreciated ✌🏼
@lancelovecraft5913 Жыл бұрын
Very good I would be interested in hearing a playlist of each exclusive form of jazz to learn more. Particularly bebop hard bob modal jazz and free form. I want to educate myself to be able to pick out the genres by ear
@americanhistorygeek1926 Жыл бұрын
That's a wonderful idea, I'll consider doing that in the near future!!
@datfookie1457 3 жыл бұрын
Crackin’ vid, very informative!
@americanhistorygeek1926 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@ODQ327 4 ай бұрын
Well done, young man!
@ethanperez7253 5 ай бұрын
The reason you gave for why Bebop was created isn't the only reason. At the time the AFM (American Federation of Musicians) was in arguments with the government due to the amount of money musicians made in commercial recordings. This in conjunction with the lack of shellac supply and other tedious or negative aspects of any new styles of music (just jazz really) led to them banning musicians from working anywhere within the commercial industry for around almost 3 years I think. This was a big hit and so clubs, bars, theatres, or other not so fancy performing arts places got more trafficked since more musicians came by. Essentially it became even moreso a musician plays for other musicians kind of gig and the experimentation on the style sped up, thus bebop. Edit: To be more clear, they banned any and all musicians from commercial recordings, but not from participating in live radio programs or musical entertainment, obviously. If you want to research it yourself look up the 1942-1944 musician strike
@user-hb2ku5oq5r 29 күн бұрын
Nice work¡¡Congrats¡¡
@allanbahati1942 3 жыл бұрын
This was such a beautiful and well presented video. Subscribed!
@americanhistorygeek1926 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Allan that's great to hear! I just subscribed to your channel as well. Great job with the music, your livestreams sound really good!
@allanbahati1942 3 жыл бұрын
@@americanhistorygeek1926 oh wow thanks, really appreciate it! I should do some more livestreams soon. Take care and keep the content coming.
@americanhistorygeek1926 3 жыл бұрын
@@allanbahati1942 Of course, looking forward to hearing more of your covers too! :)
@mattypeters1786 3 жыл бұрын
I completely agree, great video!
@americanhistorygeek1926 2 жыл бұрын
@@mattypeters1786 Thanks so much!
@yigitpros9534 Жыл бұрын
it helped my school presentation thanks
@americanhistorygeek1926 Жыл бұрын
That's awesome to hear, thank you!
@benphipps6567 3 жыл бұрын
Very good vid Mate very informative
@americanhistorygeek1926 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Ben!!
@mattypeters1786 3 жыл бұрын
Really great video, this helped me understand jazz a lot!
@benphipps6567 3 жыл бұрын
Same here very positive and productive vid
@datfookie1457 3 жыл бұрын
I agree. Very helpful!
@americanhistorygeek1926 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, that's awesome to hear!!
@americanhistorygeek1926 3 жыл бұрын
@@benphipps6567 Thanks so much Ben, that's really great to hear!!
@americanhistorygeek1926 3 жыл бұрын
@@datfookie1457 Thank you!!
@TheEnglishMuffin 2 жыл бұрын
What are the sources for all of your information? I love the content, and want to write a piece on Jazz and Black influence on Jazz for school.
@americanhistorygeek1926 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, thank you for your kind words Branden. I've linked some of our top sources below. Best of luck with the essay! History Of Jazz Main Sources: www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/history_early.htm americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz/education/what-jazz www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/6-important-jazz-musicians-you-need-to-know/ www.york.cuny.edu/english/writing-program/the-york-scholar-1/volume-6.1-fall-2009/the-social-effects-of-jazz#:~:text=Jazz%20developed%20from%20Afro%2DAmerican,forms%20(Wheaton%2C%201994).
@TheEnglishMuffin 2 жыл бұрын
@@americanhistorygeek1926 thank you so much!
@getoffmycashews3197 Жыл бұрын
You can’t be the influence if they created it
@TheEnglishMuffin Жыл бұрын
@@getoffmycashews3197 I was mostly talking about how they cultivated jazz as it evolved and influenced aspects of modern day jazz that non-black musicians created
@robjohnson4156 2 жыл бұрын
I liked your history of jazz explained…brief and accurate…could you do s production featuring four lives in the bebop business by A.BB Spellman? Thanks….The Right Reverend Robi J.
@americanhistorygeek1926 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Rob, thanks for the words of encouragement! I will put in on the list of potential topics to cover, appreciate the suggestion!
@matthewpaterson4420 2 жыл бұрын
nice!
@guillo387 3 жыл бұрын
Great, I would like to see hip-hop history now :)
@americanhistorygeek1926 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent suggestion, that will be our next video! :)
@mattypeters1786 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome suggestion, hip hop actually originated from jazz!
@datfookie1457 3 жыл бұрын
Great idea, I’ll have to stay tuned for this one!
@heatherhart7211 Жыл бұрын
Initially I was excited about this video as an educational film that I could show my high school students. Unfortunately, it is lacking music examples to actually listen to, so I will need to supplement this video with other videos or music tracks, to demonstrate the various styles of jazz. It is so important for students to HEAR the music that you are talking about. Also, I don't think it is helpful to just have a quiet jazz piece playing underneath your speaking/voice track. In fact, it's confusing, because I keep listening to that quiet music to try and identify what it is -- and it's disappointing that it doesn't match the style of jazz that you are speaking about. It would be amazing if you could add actual music samples of exactly what you are describing. Thank you.
@suzannechiera9586 Жыл бұрын
Same here! I specifically wanted a video that has the actual music being referred to. Have you found a good video for that?
@cgiberson Жыл бұрын
What an entitled comment. This man obviously spent a lot of time researching and compiling this content, and for free. If it doesn't suit your needs, fine, but you didn't hire him to do it your way for your specific purpose. You should also consider things like music licensing, etc. Show the video and pull the sound clips yourself.
@franklenef33 2 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Hendrix was a jazz fusion artist…?
@radiorecordings4291 2 жыл бұрын
History of blues next 👍
@americanhistorygeek1926 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion! We plan to cover that topic in an upcoming video, stay tuned!!
@NYCBG 2 жыл бұрын
TheLEOnius Monk? 13:22
@smpmusiclinksstudio2769 Жыл бұрын
Thankyou 😊
@inderneilboseroychowdhury Жыл бұрын
👍 👏 🎶 👌
@philodonoghue3062 2 жыл бұрын
Scott Joplin and Ragtime? And Manhattan Negro military band WW1 which toured France?
@vicburke8479 2 жыл бұрын
Did you record this on a victrola
@americanhistorygeek1926 2 жыл бұрын
I apologize for the lesser audio quality on this video. Our older videos don’t have as good of sound quality as our newer content. If you liked the video and information, I’d recommend checking out some of our newer content as well!
@SonicDreamMusic Жыл бұрын
Nice overview, touching on so many key transitions. I do think it missed what happened with the Miles' "comeback" proteges (John Schofield, Mike Stern, Marcus Miller) and their own blend of rock, funk and jazz (i.e., "heavy metal bebop") and the "world fusion" of Pat Metheny along with other fusions like you hear with Bill Frissell (jazz and Americana). Also, Jimi Hendrex a jazz guy? I would rework that!
@benblac83 2 жыл бұрын
I thought Buddy Bolden invented jazz 🤔
@bebopreview3187 Жыл бұрын
O.k for a twenty minute video on the history of jazz. Plenty of white musicians represented which is rare to see nowadays. You missed out cool and west coast styles of the 1950s also the New Orleans revivalists of the 1930s - 40s which kicked off the critics wars. Also I think most of us would put Wayne Shorter's weather report and Chick Corea's Return to forever above Zappa and Hendrix as examples of Jazz fusion. The thing that really bothered me though was that you speak of only black and white in early jazz. When speaking in this period it is better to use terms of the time and identify Creole musicians as well. Overall a very good brief history lesson on Jazz music.
@philodonoghue3062 2 жыл бұрын
Great summarised historical survey THE quintessential American music genre. However - Scott Joplin and Ragtime?! And WWI Manhattan Negro military band which toured in France
@deddancer 3 жыл бұрын
this is not a history of Jazz, jazz started way before 1960's.
@americanhistorygeek1926 3 жыл бұрын
The video explains that the origins of Jazz date back before the 1800s in West Africa and the Congo River Basin. The video might have not started from the beginning, perhaps try rewinding it to the very beginning of the video.
@mattypeters1786 3 жыл бұрын
Did you even watch the video, he explained that it started in the 1800s.
@philodonoghue3062 2 жыл бұрын
Did you start watching the video at 17:17? I recommend starting videos at the beginning. :-D
@vitalyjohnson3514 Жыл бұрын
Your history is off right at the start. Slave traders didn’t capture Africans. They traded with African chiefs to obtain their slaves. If Europeans had to capture Africans in the slave “trade,” they would have been killed by the African warriors or by malaria. Please see Thomas Sowell or any number of accurate history sites on this subject.
@yawillykwily7179 Жыл бұрын
Thomas Sowell lol, you trolling right, because Sowell is a history Troll.
@ladyjoujou5094 Жыл бұрын
Are you serious???
@vitalyjohnson3514 Жыл бұрын
@yaWilly Kwily you guys wanna believe in myth to stay in victimhood. And victimhood keeps you from success. Remove the fetters of your mind.
@bobbyschannel349 Жыл бұрын
this whole video is about jazz, and the only thing yore wording about is that, get lost!
@bobbyschannel349 Жыл бұрын
@@vitalyjohnson3514 get away from our culture!
@darz3829 Ай бұрын
The thumbnail only shows African Americans. During the seminal period of jazz (1917-1931) white bands and musicians were equally as influencial and active in the U.S.
@seafoaaam 5 ай бұрын
this has a lotta information but u tell it in a super boring way icl
@dajubo 3 жыл бұрын
Smooth jazz is not part of the jazz evolution and doesn't belong in the history. Neither is Kendrick Lamar's music jazz music or part of its evolution.
@mattypeters1786 3 жыл бұрын
Kendrick Lamar is a big part of modern jazz in the 21st century, please think before you comment.
@datfookie1457 3 жыл бұрын
Kendrick Lamar really was able to twist jazz into his own creation. The meaning of the jazz in his music is very smart as he uses it in his “conscious hip hop masterpiece, to pimp a butterfly” where he handles problems such as racism, police brutality and struggle. This is what jazz is all about, think about Louis Armstrong: undeniably the best trumpeter, he came from a red light district where he was struggling for money but still managed to make something of himself. Just like Kendrick Lamar, coming from Compton, California, one of the most infamous places for gang violence. The similarities are uncanny, all you have to do is use common sense.
@mattypeters1786 3 жыл бұрын
@@datfookie1457 Brilliant comment I completely agree. The commenter above (who I shall not name) clearly has no human decency and is just trying to find a way to hate. Disgraceful.
@benphipps6567 3 жыл бұрын
@@mattypeters1786 couldn’t agree more mate 🤝
@mattypeters1786 3 жыл бұрын
@@benphipps6567 Thank you Ben, means a lot!