Describing Jazz to others can be hard for many people who have not studied the foundations and history of Jazz.
To an untrained ear you may believe Jazz has accents on 2 / 4 and uses tied triplets in each measure. You may have heard Jazz is performed by small groups with trumpets, saxophones, guitars, drums, bass players, maybe some vocals, and piano. It is true that there is Jazz that has characteristics like this but just because it has these components does not make it Jazz.
Greg Hillman
When you find music in categories Jazz comes from a tradition of many artists. You may find DJs performing on a Jazz albums or even spoken word artists but to be called Jazz the music must come from the tradition of Jazz.
Please leave your comments and I will help you understand more about the tradition of Jazz.
Most of this understanding comes from University of Washington Music professor Marc Seales and Olympic College Professor Kent Curris.
-Gregory Hillman
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