Chapter 14 - Contemporary trends: A Maturing art form. This chapter presents the following content: The neoclassicists, the trumpet legacy, the saxophone legacy, the piano legacy, the vocal legacy, jazz/pop distinctions, vocal jazz groups. | Jazz Tenth Edition Chapter 14 PowerPoint by Sharon Ann Toman, 2004 The Neoclassical School The Neoclassical school of jazz appeared at the beginning of the 1990s Name implies: “New” expressions of “classical” jazz Jazz as an art form was certainly not on the minds of the 1st jazz players, but is on the minds of today’s players and teachers Chapter 14 - Contemporary Trends: A Maturing Art Form The Neoclassical School Today’s musicians carry the weight and responsibility of this new historical understanding The ownership of jazz is clearly to the African American crosscurrent but at the same time places it in a Western European historical context Chapter 14 - Contemporary Trends: A Maturing Art Form The Neoclassical School This historical context grants validity to jazz as an art form Musical lines as unique as country, rock, even blues, have not gained art status, at least not yet; but jazz has Chapter 14 - Contemporary Trends: A Maturing Art Form The Jazz Canon Identifying | Jazz Tenth Edition Chapter 14 PowerPoint by Sharon Ann Toman, 2004 The Neoclassical School The Neoclassical school of jazz appeared at the beginning of the 1990s Name implies: “New” expressions of “classical” jazz Jazz as an art form was certainly not on the minds of the 1st jazz players, but is on the minds of today’s players and teachers Chapter 14 - Contemporary Trends: A Maturing Art Form The Neoclassical School Today’s musicians carry the weight and responsibility of this new historical understanding The ownership of jazz is clearly to the African American crosscurrent but at the same time places it in a Western European historical context Chapter 14 - Contemporary Trends: A Maturing Art Form The Neoclassical School This historical context grants validity to jazz as an art form Musical lines as unique as country, rock, even blues, have not gained art status, at least not yet; but jazz has Chapter 14 - Contemporary Trends: A Maturing Art Form The Jazz Canon Identifying those musicians who define jazz in its purest form Jazz has joined classical music as a functioning art form Once the music of the dance hall, the street, and the church, jazz now finds itself on concert stages, in universities, and in historical accounts Chapter 14 - Contemporary Trends: A Maturing Art Form The Jazz Canon The mainstream has weathered 2 dominant attempts at redirection: 1. an overly strong interest in composition at the expense of improvisation 2. excessive importation from competing musical styles such as classical and rock Chapter 14 - Contemporary Trends: A Maturing Art Form The Young Lions New players faced a different set of expectations than the original bop players Rather than lead jazz in a new direction, away from cool sound of jazz, these new players supported a revival of an earlier jazz era Chapter 14 - Contemporary Trends: A Maturing Art Form The Young Lions The new lions found it necessary to earn recognition within the pride of existing .
