Jazz Appreciation Month

Jazz music began in the late 1800s and consists of marching bands, blues, and ragtime music. Jazz music was heard and played before the Civil War. It began in New Orleans with wind instruments, string instruments, and percussion instruments. Famous musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and other musicians had made their unique jazz music. Today jazz music can still be heard and appreciated, especially in April.

But before jazz music began, blues music was popular to listen to and continues to be popular today. Other genres of music such as pop, hip hop, dance music, vaudeville music, hymns, and spirituals came out of jazz music. Jazz music was played, sung, and dances were created to their tempo. The entire month of April is Jazz Appreciation Month. You can listen to piano jazz music, saxophone, trumpet jazz music, and other jazz music to relax. 

Jazz music recordings began in 1917. You can listen to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, and other famous jazz singers. Jazz Appreciation Month began in 2001 by the Smithsonian Museum of American History. It celebrates culture, heritage, and music. On April 30th, you can celebrate International Jazz Day which is celebrated worldwide. 

In 2011 UNESCO declared International Jazz Day. Many jazz musicians were born in April. You can listen to jazz music to lift your mood, for relaxation, or dance. Also, you can learn to dance to ragtime music, tap dance, and other dances. Paint and make art with jazz music. 

Drink your coffee or tea while listening to jazz music. Attend jazz music festivals or jazz events in your local area. Read about jazz. Sing and listen to your favorite jazz songs. Hear a jazz concert in person or online. 

Read the lyrics to jazz music. Listen to jazz music at home while you are cooking your meals. Celebrate and appreciate jazz music while you work on a puzzle. Watch a jazz film or documentary. Here are websites about jazz.

 

What is Jazz:

https://americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz/education/what-jazz

All About Jazz:

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/

UNESCO:

https://www.unesco.org/en/international-jazz-day

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