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May 24, 2024 · Both music and poetry make use of rhythm, repetition, and wordplay to communicate emotion and resonate with the audience. However, a special infusion of the two art forms emerged in the 1920s: jazz poetry.
Oct 12, 2022 · As jazz moved from its New Orleans cradle into the lap of the Midwest in the adolescence of its evolution, this genre of purely American music is woven into the wild notes and rhythm that shook the clubs and dance floors of Chicago.
Aug 19, 2020 · Chicago Blues and Jazz takes a tour of nine music hot spots – seven blues clubs, including the famous Kingston Mines, and two jazz spaces – that were documented during the AFC’s 1977 Chicago Ethnic Arts Project.
May 7, 2021 · As poet and literature scholar Barry Wallenstein describes it, jazz poetry happens “when the two arts physically combine, when poets, collaborating with music in performance on stage or on record, merge language and music into a highly personalized synergism.”
Jazz poetry, poetry that is read to the accompaniment of jazz music. Authors of such poetry attempt to emulate the rhythms and freedom of the music in their poetry. Forerunners of the style included the works of Vachel Lindsay, who read his poetry in a syncopated and rhythmic style for audiences,
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Whether it’s a collaborative jam session echoing through the streets of Logan Square, a simmering blues melody in a South Side dive bar, or the illustrious melodies of the Chicago Jazz Festival, one thing is certain – jazz music is eternally ingrained in the DNA of Chicago, capturing its resilience, diversity, and relentless spirit, in the ...
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May 11, 2018 · Locations in red are no longer open. Map by Cody Corrall, 14 East.Behind the curtains of a grade school cafetorium in Baltimore, Brian Seyler’s music director gave him a glimpse into his fut
