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III. Colorblindness and its Role in the Politics of Jazz Given the Afrocentric origins of jazz, it was indeed shocking to many African-Americans that white musicians hold substantive opinions about jazz music. Just as African American musicians entertained a host of different beliefs about...

Factors in the View of Jazz Musicians Toward Musical Integration I. Introduction While most people can identify different styles of jazz and renowned jazz artists, providing a cohesive definition for this art form is difficult. The reason for this stems not from a lack of scholarly knowledge...

By musical integration, I mean black and white musicians playing together without the discriminatory overtones of segregation looming over their heads. In the swing era, many white musicians, like Benny Goodman, received recognition and grew very wealthy from playing jazz music in the big bands...

Hey everybody, this solo occurred during a jazz combos concert at George Mason University. I'm soloing for about 50 seconds on Look to the Sky by Antonio Carlos Jobim. I'd appreciate any and all feedback! Thanks!

So I recently finished a scholarly paper on the connections between jazz and the civil rights movement, and how both were affected by each other. My topic question is: What were the factors in influencing the views of jazz musicians on musical integration? It is a topic of strong interest to me...

Hey thanks guys for the feedback!! Lol as to the quality of the video, it was shot on my cheap college-student affordable camera haha.

Hey so this is one of the pieces I'm playing for my upcoming jury in a week and a half. To get some performance experience, I decided to play it for the other students in my jazz history class. The beginning of the video (although part of the explanation is cut off) is simply me telling the...

Hey so this is one of the pieces I'm playing for my upcoming jury in a week and a half. To get some performance experience, I decided to play it for the other students in my jazz history class. The beginning of the video (although part of the explanation is cut off) is simply me telling the...

Hey so this is one of the pieces I'm playing for my upcoming jury in a week and a half. To get some performance experience, I decided to play it for the other students in my jazz history class. The beginning of the video (although part of the explanation is cut off) is simply me telling the...