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