Jazz: Art to Articulation

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom. Improvisation, hitting the bass
notes, and experiencing gratitude, is what Jazz is about. One of the greatest forms of Music and
Art, Jazz is what defines the words calm and soothing. Some consider it hard to be played, and
some think that improvisation is something you’re born with. Both of the things are wrong. Any
form of music, can be learnt by anyone, played by anyone, and mastered by anyone. All that
matters is the intent.
The articulation of emotions, rhythm, and the notes is something that is not exclusive to jazz, but
the way it happens in jazz, is magic. Ornette Coleman once said, “Jazz is the only music in which
the same note can be played night after night but differently each time”. This quote defines what
jazz is all about. Jazz is a vehicle, which takes you to the true destination. A musical one, that
describes the emotions, virtues, and hardships that a human being faces, and the joys of life he
experiences.
Very few music styles have taken off like Jazz. How did this happen? Circumstances at the time
were just right for the worldwide phenomenon that was Jazz. As the world turned its back on
World War I, people were celebrating, putting their wartime experiences behind them. New
values swept aside the old-fashioned Victorian morals, and these values took shape in a desire
for freedom. Jazz music represented and expressed this freedom wholeheartedly, and this
"embodiment" helped it to succeed. Jazz was also a relaxed, more spontaneous and infectious
genre of music, and the type of attitude that was favoured by the general public in the 1920s, and
is still being favoured by the current generation.
Jazz is the transition of Art into Articulation. The articulation of virtue and freedom. A noteworthy
thing, “Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.”