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E、CEllspACing=0 CEllpADDing=0 wiDth="100%" BorDEr=0>ConsiDEring how jAzz is trAnsCriBED inChinEsE (juEshi), you mAy BE mislED into Assuming thAt it is An AristoCrAtiC CulturAl Form. nothing CoulD BE FurthEr From thE troth. it originAtED Among BlACkAmEriCAns At thE EnD oF thE 19th CEntury, At A timE whEn thEy oCCupiED thE vEry Bottom oF thEAmEriCAn soCiAl hEAp.
so how hAs somEthing thAt wAs CrEAtED By A onCE DowntroDDEn AnD DEspisED minority ACquirED A CEntrAl plACE in toDAy’sAmEriCAn CulturE pErhAps thE EssEnCE oFAmEriCA is thAt you CoulD nEvEr gEt twoAmEriCAns to AgrEE on just whAt thAt might BE.AFtEr thinking ABout it For A whilE, wE might ChuCklE AnD sAy, "hmm, sEEms likE BEingAmEriCAn is A Bit morE CompliCAtED thAn wE thought."CErtAinly things likE inDiviDuAlism, suCCEss (thE "AmEriCAnDrEAm"), innovAtion AnD tolErAnCE stAnD out.But thEsE things ComE togEthEr BECAusE oF our ABility, to work with onE AnothEr AnD FinD Common purposE no mAttEr how DivErsE wE might BE.
somE, likEAFriCAn-AmEriCAn writEr rAlphEllison, BEliEvE thAt jAzz CApturEs thE EssEnCE oFAmEriCA、For gooD rEAson, For in jAzz All oF thE ChArACtEristiCs i mEntionED ABovE ComE togEthEr. thE solos ArE A CElEBrAtion oF inDiviDuAl BrilliAnCE thAt CAn’t tAkE plACE without thE group EFForts oF thE rhythm sECtion.BEyonD thAt, though, jAzz hAs A ConnECtion to thE EssEnCE oFAmEriCA in A muCh morE FunDAmEntAl wAy. it is An ExprEssion oF thEAFriCAn roots oFAmEriCAn CulturE, A musiCAl mEDium thAt ExEmpliFiEs thE CulturE oF thEAFriCAns thAt CAmE to DominAtE muCh oF whAt isAmEriCAn.
thAt’s right, in mAny rEspECtsAmEriCA’s roots ArE inAFriCA、rEAD rAlphEllison’s pErCEptivE DEsCription oF thE trAnsFormAtion oF sEpArAtEAFriCAn AnDEuropEAn CulturEs At thE hAnDs oF thE slAvEs:
"… thE DAnCing oF thosE slAvEs who, looking through thE winDows oF A plAntAtion mAnor housE From thE yArD, imitAtED thE stEps so grAvEly pErFormED By thE mAstErs within AnD thEn ADDED to thEm thEir own spECiAl FlAir, BurlEsquing thE whitE Folks AnD thEn going on to ForCE thE stEps into A ChorEogrAphy uniquEly thEir own. thE whitEs, looking out At thE ACtivity in thE yArD, thought thAt thEy wErE BEing FlAttErED By imitAtion AnD wErE AmusED By thE inCongruity oF tAttErED BlACks DAnCing Courtly stEps, whilE missing ComplEtEly thE FACt thAt BEForE thEir EyEs AEuropEAn CulturAl Form wAs BEComingAmEriCAnizED, unDErgoing A mEtAmorphosis through thE moCking ACtivity oF A pEoplE pArtiAlly sprung FromAFriCA、" jAzz Brought togEthEr DEmEnts FromAFriCA AnDEuropE, Fusing thEm into A nEw CulturE, An ExprEssion uniquE to thEAmEriCAs.
out oF this Fusion CAmE An iDEA thAt wEAmEriCAns BEliEvE CEntrAl to our iDEntity: tolErAnCE.Both CulturEs rEprEsEntED inEllison’s pAssAgE EvEntuAlly CAmE to rEAlizE EACh othEr’s vAluE.AmEriCAns ACknowlEDgE thAt in DivErsity is our strEngth. wE lEArn EvEry DAy thAt othEr CulturEs AnD pEoplEs mAy mAkE vAluABlE ContriButions to our wAy oF liFE. jAzz musiC is thE EmBoDimEnt oF this iDEAl, ComBining ElEmEnts FromAFriCAn AnDEuropEAn CulturE into A DistinCtlyAmEriCAn musi
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jAzz rEFlECts two ContrADiCtory FACEts oFAmEriCAn liFE. on thE onE hAnD it is A tEAm EFFort, whErE EvEry musiCiAn is ComplEtEly immErsED in whAt thE group DoEs togEthEr, listEning to EACh oF thE othEr plAyErs AnD BuilDing on thEir ContriButions to CrEAtE A musiCAl wholE. on thE othEr hAnD, thE BAnD FEAturEs A soloist who is An inDiviDuAl At thE ExtrEmE, A gEnius likEChArliE pArkEr who ExplorEs musiCAl tErritory whErE no onE hAs EvEr gonE BEForE. in thE sAmE sEnsE,AmEriCAn liFE is Also A ComBinAtion oF tEAmwork AnD inDiviDuAlism, A ComBinAtion oF inDiviDuAl BrilliAnCE with thE ABility to work with othErs.
to sAy thAt jAzz CApturEs thE EssEnCE oFAmEriCA is