Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School has described previously how jazz
eventually arose from the blues music of the ante-bellum south. After the
Civil War, states Tom Patterson of Deerpark, freed men traveled the country,
taking the new early blues forms with them. Deerpark’s Tom Patterson also
describes how jazz and Dixieland brass music, a raucous and celebratory
musical expression modeled after marching bands, arose in the south during the
late 19th century. Tom Patterson of Deerpark's brief history of jazz picks up
with turn of the 20th century developments.
After blues produced jazz, says Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School, jazz continued to evolve. Tom Patterson tells Deerpark students how jazz music incorporated more and more different instruments, including many brass and woodwind sounds. Around the turn of the 20th century, Tom Patterson of Deerpark says that the strident, catchy, Dixieland brass sounds drew the attention of northern white musicians. Deerpark’s Tom Patterson further explains that northern white composers began to appropriate and popularize the southern early jazz sound. Because jazz was gradually filtered for a white audience, says Tom Patterson tells his Deerpark band students that it took many decades for the art form to achieve the notoriety it deserved.
Around 1920, says Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School, the United States entered the tumultuous and short-lived era of Prohibition. Deerpark’s Tom Patterson adds that, for over a decade, the production and sale of alcoholic beverages and smoking tobacco were outlawed. This well-intentioned legislation actually put years of undue stress on American culture and government. Tom Patterson of Deerpark notes that one of the by-products of prohibition was the rise of underground nightclubs called "Speakeasies." These "Speakeasies" became the places of refuge and relaxation for hard working normal Americans and bootlegging criminals alike. More significantly to the world of music, says Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School, these underground nightclubs became the new home of jazz music.
Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School points out that the speakeasies, though sometimes dangerous and always secretive, provided a creative outlet, a captive audience, and a creative laboratory for the premier jazz musicians and blues singers of the era. In fact, adds Tom Patterson of Deerpark, that era would eventually become known as the Jazz Age. Keep looking for more jazz history from the Band Director of Deerpark Middle School Tom Patterson, including the evolution of recorded jazz and the swing music dance craze.
After blues produced jazz, says Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School, jazz continued to evolve. Tom Patterson tells Deerpark students how jazz music incorporated more and more different instruments, including many brass and woodwind sounds. Around the turn of the 20th century, Tom Patterson of Deerpark says that the strident, catchy, Dixieland brass sounds drew the attention of northern white musicians. Deerpark’s Tom Patterson further explains that northern white composers began to appropriate and popularize the southern early jazz sound. Because jazz was gradually filtered for a white audience, says Tom Patterson tells his Deerpark band students that it took many decades for the art form to achieve the notoriety it deserved.
Around 1920, says Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School, the United States entered the tumultuous and short-lived era of Prohibition. Deerpark’s Tom Patterson adds that, for over a decade, the production and sale of alcoholic beverages and smoking tobacco were outlawed. This well-intentioned legislation actually put years of undue stress on American culture and government. Tom Patterson of Deerpark notes that one of the by-products of prohibition was the rise of underground nightclubs called "Speakeasies." These "Speakeasies" became the places of refuge and relaxation for hard working normal Americans and bootlegging criminals alike. More significantly to the world of music, says Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School, these underground nightclubs became the new home of jazz music.
Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School points out that the speakeasies, though sometimes dangerous and always secretive, provided a creative outlet, a captive audience, and a creative laboratory for the premier jazz musicians and blues singers of the era. In fact, adds Tom Patterson of Deerpark, that era would eventually become known as the Jazz Age. Keep looking for more jazz history from the Band Director of Deerpark Middle School Tom Patterson, including the evolution of recorded jazz and the swing music dance craze.