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5 Great Works Of Modern Chamber Jazz
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Monday June 25, 2012
From npr.org
5 Great Works Of Modern Chamber Jazz
By Matt Ulery
Musical genres always evolve in parallel worlds.
In the 1920s, composers of classical music such as Stravinsky and Copland began incorporating sensibilities of American jazz into their otherwise European musical culture. Various styles of folk music have always been fountainheads of inspiration for “classical” composers, so it was almost inevitable that blues-based music would make its way into the Western concert-music tradition.
At the same time, jazz artists were creating unique, personal music by blending in elements of classical and folk music. Western classical influences include the use of orchestral instruments, through-composed music and the formal presentation of a concert setting. And there are myriad examples of borrowing from other U.S. folk musics, as well as traditions from South America, North and West Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia.
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