Tom Patterson tells his Deerpark Middle School students that jazz music has
a distinguished history and plays a central role on the American scene. Of all
the modern artistic innovations to come out of the last two centuries, reports
Tom Patterson of Deerpark, jazz music is one of the most popular and powerful
forms of expression. Additionally, jazz music is a uniquely American
contribution to world culture. In other writings,Tom Patterson of Deerpark
has retold the history of early blues and jazz from before the Civil War all
the way up to the birth of the Jazz Era during the roaring 1920s, when jazz
was again driven underground.
After Prohibition, Deerpark’s Tom Patterson reports that a couple of very important technological developments carried jazz forward into modernity. Tom Patterson tells his Deerpark band students that these innovations were the radio and the record business. The phonograph was invented decades before, notes Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School, but it did not become an industry until well into the 20th century.
Deerpark's Tom Patterson further explains that once blues and jazz began to be recorded, the music recordings could be easily distributed all over the country. Add to this the invention of radio, says Tom Patterson of Deerpark, and suddenly jazz music was flooding the airwaves, attracting new fans and inspiring new musicians all the while.
Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School points out that this wide distribution of jazz along technological lines made jazz available to wealthy white people who never would have heard of it otherwise. Tom Patterson of Deerpark explains how white musicians and composers like Bix Beiderbecke and Paul Whiteman put together bands and capitalized on the surge of appreciation and attention that new audiences were bringing to jazz music.
From this phenomenon, says Deerpark’s Tom Patterson, swing music arose. Tom Patterson teaches Deerpark students that swing music was a big band interpretation of jazz and Dixieland music that was suitable for radio play and formal dancing. Tom Patterson of Deerpark concludes that swing music spearheaded a movement that catapulted jazz music into the 20th century and beyond.
After Prohibition, Deerpark’s Tom Patterson reports that a couple of very important technological developments carried jazz forward into modernity. Tom Patterson tells his Deerpark band students that these innovations were the radio and the record business. The phonograph was invented decades before, notes Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School, but it did not become an industry until well into the 20th century.
Deerpark's Tom Patterson further explains that once blues and jazz began to be recorded, the music recordings could be easily distributed all over the country. Add to this the invention of radio, says Tom Patterson of Deerpark, and suddenly jazz music was flooding the airwaves, attracting new fans and inspiring new musicians all the while.
Tom Patterson of Deerpark Middle School points out that this wide distribution of jazz along technological lines made jazz available to wealthy white people who never would have heard of it otherwise. Tom Patterson of Deerpark explains how white musicians and composers like Bix Beiderbecke and Paul Whiteman put together bands and capitalized on the surge of appreciation and attention that new audiences were bringing to jazz music.
From this phenomenon, says Deerpark’s Tom Patterson, swing music arose. Tom Patterson teaches Deerpark students that swing music was a big band interpretation of jazz and Dixieland music that was suitable for radio play and formal dancing. Tom Patterson of Deerpark concludes that swing music spearheaded a movement that catapulted jazz music into the 20th century and beyond.