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The Great Hall: Perseverance Society Hall and the Beginnings of Jazz, Part 2

by Jon Sheckler
September 10, 2024

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Part 2: The BuildersBenevolence societies were staples of urban culture across the United States. New immigrants were encouraged to register at organizations which would help them find housing, employment, and serve as lenders and insurers. Known as benevolent societies or mutual aid associations, an element of ...

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The Great Hall: Perseverance Society Hall and the Beginnings of Jazz, Part 1

by Jon Sheckler
September 9, 2024

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Part 1: The Hurricane At 11:55 AM on August 29th, 2021, Hurricane Ida made landfall. Winds that topped 160 MPH started to make their way up the state of Louisiana from Port Fuchone. The Category 4 storm, the fifth strongest to make landfall in United States history, ...

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Roots to Branches: Broadway, Jazz, and David Bowie?

by Kurt Ellenberger
August 28, 2024

In 10th grade, I had a classmate in my French class named Morvan, whom I didn't know at all (in fact, I doubt I ever ever talked to her). She was quiet and introverted but also somewhat defiant and aloof. She always dressed in what was quite outlandish fashion at the time. She was somewhere in ...

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Twin Sons from Different Mothers: Harmonic Convergence in Jazz and Classical Music, Part 4: "The Neapolitan 6th Chord in Jazz and Classical Music"

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by Kurt Ellenberger
June 25, 2024

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 IV: The Neapolitan 6th Chord in Classical Music and Jazz The “Neapolitan 6th" chord (N6) is another sonority whose definition is based on the triad that it makes, which is a vertical perspective that glosses over its actual horizontal function. It ...

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Twin Sons from Different Mothers: Harmonic Convergence in Jazz and Classical Music, Part 3: "Augmented 6th Chords in Classical And Jazz"

by Kurt Ellenberger
June 22, 2024

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 III. Augmented 6th Chords in Classical Music and Jazz Classical music has its own version of the tritone sub, which, of course, predated the jazz version. It results from the outer voices (usually soprano and bass) moving in contrary motion into ...

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Jazz Fest Deemed A Success (Three Years In A Row): A Look Back At The Virginia Beach Jazz Festival 1959-1961

by Troy Hoffman
June 20, 2024

They say that music is the “great communicator," and if so then jazz is the most fluent. Just a few miles away from the famous jazz club, The Jolly Roger, in Virginia Beach, the Robert E. Lee Amphitheater was newly built to seat 2,000 and was the location of the area's first Virginia Beach Jazz Festival ...

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Twin Sons from Different Mothers?: Harmonic Convergence in Jazz and Classical Music, Part 2: "Tritone Substitutions"

by Kurt Ellenberger
June 19, 2024

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 II. Twin Sons from Different Mothers: Tritone Substitutions There are two types of chords that feature dominant 7th sonorities--in jazz, they are called “tritone substitutions," and in classical, they are called “augmented 6th chords." We don't know ...

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Twin Sons from Different Mothers?: Harmonic Convergence in Jazz and Classical Music, Part 1: "The Blues"

by Kurt Ellenberger
June 18, 2024

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Introduction In my article about Harmony and the Harmonic Series, I suggest that the relationship and tension between the dominant and the tonic is the engine of all harmonic activity in tonal music. In that article, to keep it as clear ...

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From Showboat-to-Samba: Transculturation of Brazilian Music in America

by Troy Hoffman
June 12, 2024

By 1957, jazz music was fully stretching out and the bossa nova movement was one of the many impacts. American artists of all types had been expanding their knowledge of international cultures for quite some time, specifically Latin countries and the musical rhythms driving them--one of the earliest being Cuban culture, which began popularizing in the ...

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Second Line For The Second Time: The Curious Tale Of A Rhythm Reborn

by Kurt Ellenberger
May 31, 2024

In New Orleans in the late 1800s, the precursors to jazz were forming in the brass bands that performed on the streets for parades, funerals, and other events. These groups featured brass and percussion and were followed by crowds who marched behind them in the parades and processions. The rhythms played by the percussion were a ...