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Jazz and blues are two important types of African American music
People from Europe and America brought Africans to America as slaves before and during the nineteenth century. These Africans brought their music with them. After the American Civil War (1861-1865), the African American people in United States were not slaves anymore. Their African American music became famous. It started in the South, in Louisiana and Mississippi. Then it traveled to the North. This music became the blues and then jazz.
The Blues and jazz became very popular in the twentieth century. A person who "sings the blues" feels sad. Usually he or she lost something - a person, or maybe money or a job. Blues songs express sad feelings, sometimes in a funny face. People played the blues first with only one or two instrument, for example, a guitar, a harmonica, or sometimes a piano. Sometimes they sang without any instrument. Some famous blues musicians and singers are Bessie Smith, John Lee Hooker and B.B. King named his guitar "Lucille".
Jazz came soon after the Blues. Composers added more musical instruments. Jazz can be happier than the blues and it can be faster too. Some famous jazz musicians are Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Wynton Marealis.
1. Who brought Africans to America before and during the nineteenth century?
2. When did Blues and Jazz become very popular?
3. Which appeared earlier, the Blues or Jazz?
4. Which can be faster and happier, the Blues or Jazz?
5. Do you like music? What kind of music do you prefer?
People from Europe and America brought Africans to America as slaves before and during the nineteenth century. These Africans brought their music with them. After the American Civil War (1861-1865), the African American people in United States were not slaves anymore. Their African American music became famous. It started in the South, in Louisiana and Mississippi. Then it traveled to the North. This music became the blues and then jazz.
The Blues and jazz became very popular in the twentieth century. A person who "sings the blues" feels sad. Usually he or she lost something - a person, or maybe money or a job. Blues songs express sad feelings, sometimes in a funny face. People played the blues first with only one or two instrument, for example, a guitar, a harmonica, or sometimes a piano. Sometimes they sang without any instrument. Some famous blues musicians and singers are Bessie Smith, John Lee Hooker and B.B. King named his guitar "Lucille".
Jazz came soon after the Blues. Composers added more musical instruments. Jazz can be happier than the blues and it can be faster too. Some famous jazz musicians are Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Wynton Marealis.
1. Who brought Africans to America before and during the nineteenth century?
2. When did Blues and Jazz become very popular?
3. Which appeared earlier, the Blues or Jazz?
4. Which can be faster and happier, the Blues or Jazz?
5. Do you like music? What kind of music do you prefer?
