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How is modern Jazz different from original Jazz?
Where can I research how modern Jazz differs from original Jazz? What types of changes has Jazz gone through over the decades? Has culture changed Jazz?
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Jazz music in the 1930s differs from today in that it focused more on suffering. Recall that jazz originated from trying times in the United States. The music was formed in some cases during the Great Depression and even during Abolition. As a result, when you listen to the music of the late Lena Horne and Dinah Washington versus that of modern jazz vocalists Diana Reeves and Diana Krall, the lyrics is evident and even the sound. Jazz today is more smooth and instrumental in nature. Even vocals are more about love and light as rather than losing a loved one. Compare the songs Stormy weather versus Darn That Dream in rhythm and style. Darn that Dream is more fluent and the content of the song is funny but cynical. Horne’s Stormy weather is dreary. Just like Mcrae’s Black and Blue.
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