Jazz
Jazz began in the early 20th century as a music of
(1) ______Americans. The first jazz record was made in 1. ______
(2) ______. Jazz represents a mixture of musical elements, 2. ______
including the European ideas of harmony and melody, but the
rhythms are more (3)______in origin. Jazz has 3 notable 3. ______
features. First, it is (4)______in rhythm. Second, it has 4. ______
more than one rhythm. In other words, it is (5)______ 5. ______
Third, players (6)______while playing. 6. ______
New Orleans jazz marked a major step in jazz’s
development. It combined the deep emotion of the American
(7) ______and Negro spiritual with elements of European folk 7. ______
music. The most obvious feature of New Orleans jazz was its
more complex rhythm.
By the 1940%, thanks to the contributions made by great
jazz musicians like Lester Young and Charlie Christian, jazz
entered into the modern era. The new approach to rhythm even
made the (8) ______play in a more complicated way. 8. ______
After the 1950%, modern jazz was further developed into
"free jazz." Without planning beforehand, players may change
the (9)______of a "free jazz" several times during a performance. 9. ______
Today, jazz has been widely recognized as America%
(10)______music. It also influenced various kinds of music 10. ______
across the world.