The creative impact of jazz music

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document in English

journalism

presentation

published 07/11/2008

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Music frequently requires more than one performer to be created. Perhaps two or more musicians are required, each playing a “part” – without the presence of all the musicians, the song would be incomplete. Perhaps one musician will accompany a singer, each performing distinct but interdependent roles. Human relationships of love and friendship easily can be seen in a similar light. It takes two, as they say. Also similar to this musical analogy is the act of creating and reading literature. For each performer, there must be an audience, if the work is to be realized. Of course jazz could be used in this analogy. Jazz music has the same requirements for partnership and role-playing. However, jazz frequently builds upon the notion of improvisation. One or more of the performers must create the music as it is being played, and the other performers must react to those creations in real-time. Jazz then becomes a powerful analogy for relationships that exist in a rapidly changing environment. If circumstances change rapidly, the partners must improvise their roles.

Introduction.
The notion of Joe and Violet Trace and the narrator of the story as all being improvisors.
The narrator as one of the most central characters.
1. The narrator's increasingly audacious subjective inferences in describing the characters.
2. Do we believe that the voice we are listening to is worth interpreting.
3. The voice of the book.
The process of historical restoration within the black intellectual community.
The moment of Joe and Violet's 'first conversation'.
Violet's rejection of black women as a community.
Morrison's point to provide the other side of the story.
The ensemble nature of jazz music.
The photograph of Dorcas.
Conclusion.