Famous Jazz Saxophonist And Educator Ahmad Alaadeen

Famous jazz saxophonist and educator Ahmad Alaadeen once said â€Å"Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world.† Jazz is a style of music that everyone knows and loves. It is a style that’s both smooth and sharp, a style that created words such as â€Å"cool† and â€Å"nice†. A style who has roots as old as time, and helps shape music we love and here today. Jazz draws form styles such as blues, folk, marches, ragtime. From contributors such as Scott Joplin, Charles â€Å"Buddy† Bolder, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong. To more modern contributors such as John Pizzarelli, Tom Waits and Elvis Costello. These are only a few modern Jazz performers who help shape the genre jazz we all love. But what is it about jazz that makes people like it and what are its origins. Jazz music has life and has evolved from slave folk songs and spirituals. Before it became the idle words we know today it originated from th e melodic customs of both Africa and European countries. During this period, America was known as the country of opportunity. Europeans began to immigrate to different American cities in search for a place that they would be accepted. With these people came a sort of new musical traditions as good, such as Irish gigs, German waltzes, and French quadrilles. Soon many African American musicians began to fuse European music with their more traditional music.One very well-known African American composer who started this movement was Scott Joplin who