Beautiful jazz

Author: Wu Xiaolu
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Jazz music originates from African music. After jazz emerged, it quickly became popular in the United States and spread to many countries around the world. Rock music emphasizes a continuous two-beat rhythm, yet despite this, jazz has not stopped developing. It still has its own audience. Sometimes jazz and rock influence and permeate each other, making it difficult to distinguish. Jazz has not only influenced other popular music forms but also impacted the composition of serious music. Many European composers of the 20th century used jazz as a source of inspiration for their works. American composers such as G. Gershwin and A. Copland are renowned for creating music that combines jazz language with European traditional compositional techniques, giving it a distinct American flavor.