Jazz is

Jazz is an American art form and an international phenomenon!

Jazz is not the result of choosing a tune, but an ideal that is created first in the mind, inspired by one's passion and willed next in playing music! Jazz music is not found in websites or books or even written down in sheet music; it is in the act of creating the form itself that we truly find Jazz music.

Art in general hosts an invitation for the viewer or listener to invest a personal attentiveness. Unlike other mediums, the nature of Music is tipped toward the emotional rather the intellectual. It is this personal connection with music and all art that enables the patron to experience what is being communicated, rather than just taking in the information. While all forms of music share this quality, Jazz, with it's unique characteristic of collective improvisation, exemplifies it.

Other forms of music involve the listener into the realm of the completed work as it was scored, Jazz draws the onlooker to a deeper league, that of a partnership, so to speak, of being along when each new phrase is created, when each inspired motive is often the interactive result of audience involvement. Jazz music's dynamic is its "newness" which can be attributed to the defining component - improvisation.

While Classical music strives to conform the musical tones to orchestral sonorities, Jazz music thrives on instrumental diversities; the player's individual "sound" becoming the desired proficiency. This is where the passion is, a kind found no where else.

Respective of the innovative pioneers who nurtured this exciting music, new players join the ranks in astonishing numbers. More musicians worldwide play Jazz music today than ever. With education programs focusing on a plethora of Jazz compositions, young players are emerging on the scene with sophistication.

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