Jazz

 In this wiki the discussion will be based on jazz. We have artist like Miles Davis on here. We also have jazz songs like Jump Start. We will show you how jazz evolved over the years. We also have three events that are based around how African Americans were treated. Those articles include the Scottsboro Boys and how they were not treated fairly.

The structure of Jazz music usually starts with an introduction to the song then goes into a melody for most of the song then at the end the intro mite be repeated at the end.

Let’s start off with what is jazz? Jazz was born in the New Orleans, Louisiana, United States! The words: “Cool” and “Hip” were terms in the Jazz society. April is the Month of Jazz. Jazz started in the 1800s, back in the South. Jazz is African American Derived music. Jazz focuses around the pain of lost and mistreatment given to slaves back then. Blues is the foundation of Jazz! The blues evolved from hymns, work songs, and field hollers’ music used to accompany spiritual, work and social functions. New Orleans has a great tradition for the genre of Jazz! One of the original song writers were: Miles Davis and he was a well known composer/singer in the Jazz society and still is.Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless Harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate. Then comes Dizzy Gillespie. He was soon introduced to music and started playing in bands, first with the trombone then with the trumpet. His family then moved to Philadelphia. And now, comes the new L.A. based guitarist, composer, producer, Nils.

To us, jazz is a very important part of our society. Jazz is the type of music that can help us unwind after a long day. Jazz can be classical slow and relax, but it can also be faster and more expressive for people of a faster pace. Jazz was the genre that started a lot of other genres. Also, there are many different types of jazz, like jazz rock, that that is a lot like other music.

Please feel free attend any festivals below:


 * Place || Date ||
 * Xerox Rochester International, NY || 6/10/2011-06/18/2011 ||
 * Baltimore || 6/25/2011-6/26/2011 ||
 * Pedimont Park, Atlanta || Memorial Day Weekend ||
 * Jacksonville || Memorial Day Weekend ||
 * Chicago Park || 09/01/2011-09/04/2011 ||
 * Peir Park, Panama City, FL || Jazz 2012 ||

 ** Songs: ** · Original Jazz Song: o Title: Moon Dreams o Artist: Miles Davis o Date: Released: 1949 o Genre: Jazz  o Song: media type="file" key="Miles Davis-Moon Dreams.mp3" width="215" height="31"

· Updated Jazz Song: o Title: Jump Start o Artist: Nils o Date: August 17, 2010 o Genre: Jazz / Funk  o Song: media type="file" key="Nils - Jump Start.mp3" width="215" height="31"

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- [|Scottsboro Boys]

Summary: The Scottsboro Boys Trials started March 25th, 1931. It all started on a train when there was a fight that broke out between two groups of men (black and white). The groups of white men lost and were thrown off the train by the black.

They informed the police about what had happened and the train was stopped and everyone was taken off. Among the group of people there were 9 black males and two women on the train with one of them was a minor. The older women was taking her into prostitution which was illegal and frightened the woman. Scared, the women told the cops that the men raped them and the 9 boys were taken away.

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Summary: In the time of 1950’s there was still racial discrimination going on in the states between blacks and whites. Even schools partook in the act of separating the colored from the whites. Linda brown, an African American third grader from Topeka, Kansas witnessed this first hand. She had a long road ahead of her everyday to get to school she walked a mile to the bus stop to get the school bus to get there. The shocking part was that she was walking a mile everyday when a white school was available seven blocks away. Oliver Brown, the father of Linda Brown, applied to many white schools that were closer to their house but he was denied by them because of their skin color.

After filing so many court state cases to defend his daughter, Oliver Brown and the NAACP took their case to the United States Supreme Court to have a plead hearing on October 1, 1951. At the time, there were many court cases out there that had the same issue. In 1952, the Supreme court heard the African American's case and debated on what they wanted to do with the issue. Two years later, the case ends in favor of Linda Brown and other African Americans that live close to white schools.

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During the time of World War II there were many black soldiers commissioned as officers but were denied the right to be them because whites were chosen over them. This means that the black soldiers remained as they were as truck drivers and to be there to supply weapons. This group was called the “Red Ball Express” which supplied Soldiers with weapons while fighting in World War II. While battling France the Red Bull Express helped General George S. Patton and his Troops. The US lost many soldiers in the war and most were white, so the black’s got their chance at integrating the Military and fought in the replacement of those soldiers. Even though the colored soldiers got to fight there were still white officers and generals that disagreed with them being troops. In 1948 shortly after World War II, President Harry S. Truman Executively Ordered that the military was to integrate all military units. This became a big advancement in civil rights at the time.