Hey mr McLeod your dedication to your passion and your amazing work hasn't just touched the lives of your students and people around you but it has travelled the world crossed borders all the way to Egypt where it has enriched the life of a young man such as myself and brought him joy to know a bit about the genre of music closest to his heart. In the depth of night, in the cold winter, you drew a smile on my face and sparked a little joy in my heart as I listen to you with fascination.
Great video. In regards to dance I think we tend to dance more to the rhythm section, with the soloist being the embellishment. Barry Harris said that Parker would play to packed dance halls and man can you dance to his performances. Personally I think its unfortunate that people tend to take it far too seriously 😅
I think the decline of swing was America and a large part of Europe dealing with and embracing chaos. Big band swing was structured, all about order. There were surprises, but audiences knew what to expect beginning to end. The war shook everyone of all races, and they eventually caught up to the uneasy feeling the poor and oppressed had for centuries. Music that told you that everything made sense felt like a lie. People still wanted to enjoy beauty, but they wanted it broken.
As far as the decline of the big bands you forgot to mention that the content became more and more commercial and people were looking for something else. As far as dancing was concerned, that mantle was taken up by the small R and B “jump” bands and ultimately Rock and Roll.
If you think African Americans came up with everything in jazz and developed it, read "the lost chords" by a jazz historian who argues that this wasn't entirely the case, white musicians made huge contributions to jazz throughout its process, including very early on during Dixieland jazz era. Even during the Bebop era there were numerous collaborations between white and black musicians and in fact, black musicians would often latch themselves to white musicians in order to be able to have more opportunities to perform in places they otherwise couldn't. The lost chords book argues that contributions by white musicians to jazz are consistently overlooked and aren't given nearly enough credit.
I’d add that jazz got a lot of classical influences. Barry Harris is on record saying bebop is the continuation of classical… (forgot the exact words). So yeah, you’re right m8
How fragile do you have to be to watch a video about jazz, which is undeniably MOSTLY an African-American invention and be like "well ackshually...". And to the guy who said jazz has classical influence...no shit. Europeans enslaved Africans, stripped them of their cultures and traditions and imparted Western European musical traditions and harmony. So all music in America is essentially going to have Western European influence, there wasn't much choice in that regard.
Most black jazz musicians don't harbor racial prejudices against white players. But people who write books and articles about jazz (especially white/Jewish authors) exhibit bias against white jazz musicians and ignore or belittle their accomplishments.
@@brothercaleb No, neither one of you is right. You just are in a concerted effort to give credit to black people for nothing. It bothers you to hear black people getting their due credit for what they create... and it makes you feel uncomfortable and inadequate. You subscribe to the Eurocentric ideology--that means that either you created it or you somehow have something to do with. You love to shoehorn yourselves--even when you don't fit--in just about everything that has to do with black. It eats up inside when you hear that it was black who created this or that. This phenomenon it's not just relegated to Jazz--this is with everything else that has to do whit blacks. A few years ego, in the sub-Saharan region (Africa) archeologist unearthed par of a city with all kinds of cultural artefacts made out of iron, copper, gold and other non-metal material. The city demonstrates--according to the archeologists--a pretty advance people. But when the archeologists were asked what did they thought about the people whose that culture belong to, without hesitation he replied..."Probably they were [white people] that came to live there (sub-Sahara Africa) for a short period of time and then left." Now, he doesn't have proof that is true, so why then those people could have not been Africans? What is even more ridiculous is that those artefacts and paints have all but black features. There's no extreme that you would not go to take credit for what somebody else created. Then you cited what I presume is the title of a book ("the lost chords") by some supposed "jazz historian" whose name you don't even provide...and most likely is a white man rewriting black history. Nothing new about this. What is interesting is that you don't do this kind of stuff with no other people--just with blacks.
@@davidreidenberg9941 Thank you. I tried to go back to the full text of my comment, to check on the context, but could not open it.. Regardless, what you say is true. She went beyound big band background for her manifestation.
Good video. Necessarily broad strokes of course , very interesting . However , I'm not sure about some of your socio-political stuff and comments about addiction though .Re the latter , it does nobody any good to blame anything in particular - no matter who it is .
The one thing about jazz I can't stand is scat singing. The easiest way to totally destroy a jazz composition. A lazy irrational ridiculous sounding conglomeration of baby talk. Nothing turns me off listening or watching a track or program faster. Why are brilliant singer would resort to such cheap and amateurish vocal interpretations is beyond me.
I came here for a quick answer but stayed for the lesson. Thanks!
Hey mr McLeod your dedication to your passion and your amazing work hasn't just touched the lives of your students and people around you but it has travelled the world crossed borders all the way to Egypt where it has enriched the life of a young man such as myself and brought him joy to know a bit about the genre of music closest to his heart. In the depth of night, in the cold winter, you drew a smile on my face and sparked a little joy in my heart as I listen to you with fascination.
Hard Bop & Avant-garde Jazz genre are my favorites
Oh yeah, definitely agree that you know jazz music. He came of interest of listening to the dancing but that was always there as well
Thank you for this, I really enjoyed your presentation style. Very easy to follow. I'll be checking out more of your videos.
Great presentation! ❤
Great video, great voice. Could have toned down the lip smacking a bit.
What
Seriously! 😆 that was kind of driving me crazy, but great video nonetheless
Another what from here
Great documentary, I'm gonna recommend this to all my friends. Thank you!
Great Video! You're passionate and its conagious. More people should see this!!
19:35 such an important point to make. Thank you
Great video. In regards to dance I think we tend to dance more to the rhythm section, with the soloist being the embellishment. Barry Harris said that Parker would play to packed dance halls and man can you dance to his performances. Personally I think its unfortunate that people tend to take it far too seriously 😅
Awesome video!!!!!
More people should see this!!
love this..interesting simply cause i love jazz music so much
I think the decline of swing was America and a large part of Europe dealing with and embracing chaos. Big band swing was structured, all about order. There were surprises, but audiences knew what to expect beginning to end. The war shook everyone of all races, and they eventually caught up to the uneasy feeling the poor and oppressed had for centuries. Music that told you that everything made sense felt like a lie. People still wanted to enjoy beauty, but they wanted it broken.
The swing era was about dancing irrespective of the number or instruments.
There was plenty of individual improvisation in the swing era. Basie, Ellington…..
Well to me like bebop came out of the swing era and like the best soloists was in the band with the form jam sessions and that's how Bebop for me
Instructive
where do you get your sources from?
Sailor was a mean scatter (also)
please transcribe this or add captions.
As far as the decline of the big bands you forgot to mention that the content became more and more commercial and people were looking for something else. As far as dancing was concerned, that mantle was taken up by the small R and B “jump” bands and ultimately Rock and Roll.
If you think African Americans came up with everything in jazz and developed it, read "the lost chords" by a jazz historian who argues that this wasn't entirely the case, white musicians made huge contributions to jazz throughout its process, including very early on during Dixieland jazz era. Even during the Bebop era there were numerous collaborations between white and black musicians and in fact, black musicians would often latch themselves to white musicians in order to be able to have more opportunities to perform in places they otherwise couldn't.
The lost chords book argues that contributions by white musicians to jazz are consistently overlooked and aren't given nearly enough credit.
I’d add that jazz got a lot of classical influences. Barry Harris is on record saying bebop is the continuation of classical… (forgot the exact words).
So yeah, you’re right m8
How fragile do you have to be to watch a video about jazz, which is undeniably MOSTLY an African-American invention and be like "well ackshually...". And to the guy who said jazz has classical influence...no shit. Europeans enslaved Africans, stripped them of their cultures and traditions and imparted Western European musical traditions and harmony. So all music in America is essentially going to have Western European influence, there wasn't much choice in that regard.
@@stefanodomeniWORD!!!
Most black jazz musicians don't harbor racial prejudices against white players. But people who write books and articles about jazz (especially white/Jewish authors) exhibit bias against white jazz musicians and ignore or belittle their accomplishments.
@@brothercaleb No, neither one of you is right. You just are in a concerted effort to give credit to black people for nothing. It bothers you to hear black people getting their due credit for what they create... and it makes you feel uncomfortable and inadequate. You subscribe to the Eurocentric ideology--that means that either you created it or you somehow have something to do with. You love to shoehorn yourselves--even when you don't fit--in just about everything that has to do with black. It eats up inside when you hear that it was black who created this or that. This phenomenon it's not just relegated to Jazz--this is with everything else that has to do whit blacks. A few years ego, in the sub-Saharan region (Africa) archeologist unearthed par of a city with all kinds of cultural artefacts made out of iron, copper, gold and other non-metal material. The city demonstrates--according to the archeologists--a pretty advance people. But when the archeologists were asked what did they thought about the people whose that culture belong to, without hesitation he replied..."Probably they were [white people] that came to live there (sub-Sahara Africa) for a short period of time and then left." Now, he doesn't have proof that is true, so why then those people could have not been Africans? What is even more ridiculous is that those artefacts and paints have all but black features. There's no extreme that you would not go to take credit for what somebody else created. Then you cited what I presume is the title of a book ("the lost chords") by some supposed "jazz historian" whose name you don't even provide...and most likely is a white man rewriting black history. Nothing new about this. What is interesting is that you don't do this kind of stuff with no other people--just with blacks.
You are going to talk about Bebpp and Jazz and NOT play ANY music????
You clearly didn’t watch the video 🤦🏽♂️
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The demise of the swing era came because Ella Fitzgerald had to die sometime, and so....
She was alive long after the decline of the swing era.
@@davidreidenberg9941 Thank you. I tried to go back to the full text of my comment, to check on the context, but could not open it.. Regardless, what you say is true. She went beyound big band background for her manifestation.
Good video. Necessarily broad strokes of course , very interesting . However , I'm not sure about some of your socio-political stuff and comments about addiction though .Re the latter , it does nobody any good to blame anything in particular - no matter who it is .
The one thing about jazz I can't stand is scat singing. The easiest way to totally destroy a jazz composition. A lazy irrational ridiculous sounding conglomeration of baby talk. Nothing turns me off listening or watching a track or program faster. Why are brilliant singer would resort to such cheap and amateurish vocal interpretations is beyond me.