BIG BAND JAZZ


Throughout the music project I have learned a lot of things about Big Band Jazz. This music has been around ever the 90’s of the 1800’s, but soon became popular in the 1920’s. Through the history of jazz there have been many types of jazz ranging from cool to ragtime jazz. Big band jazz is a unique type of jazz that consist of nothing but, music with instruments. These bands are supposed to have saxophones, trombones, trumpets, and a rhythm section. I learned that a rhythm section is a section apart of the band that consists of drums, keyboard, guitar, and bass guitar. Count Basie and Duke Ellington were some of the greatest band leaders of their time. They both had bands that contributed to the popularity of big band jazz. This type of jazz is supposed to be nothing but music and Basie decided to add a mixture of blues and classical sing to his music. Before I did this project I thought jazz was very boring. When I learned about the different jazz music there was my whole prospective change about it