A Study On The Cultural Characteristics And Development Situation Of Jazz In China

Jazz music has conquered countless listeners and professional musicians with its unique musical charm since its birth,which originated from the Africa-American at the bottom of civil society.Now Jazz has swept the world and led a generation of music culture.It is an open and tolerant cultural connotation and unique artistic charm.With jazz music “landing”in Shanghai,Wuhan,and other places in China in the late 1920 s and early 1930 s,jazz music has opened up a century of music time in China.Interrupted its development,but jazz has also filled a very important piece in Chinese music culture;new-era Chinese jazz such as Shanghai old jazz,ethnic fusion jazz,as well as various jazz music activities and jazz education,are perfect shows its inner core value connotation and characteristics: freedom,tolerance,openness,collaboration,innovation,improvisation;therefore,the author investigates and studies various musical cultural phenomena produced by jazz,and analyzes them from the perspectives of history,sociology,and aesthetics.Summarize,sort out and explore the cultural characteristics and development status of Chinese jazz.This thesis is divided into three parts:Part ?: Research on the origin and evolution of jazz.This part mainly combs the historical origins of the cultural origin,birth background,and subsequent evolution of fusion development of jazz music,and hints at the basic forms and spiritual connotations of jazz music through historical examples.It paves the way for the continuation and localization of the music form after the later jazz enters China.Part ?: Research on the situation of jazz entering China in the Republic of China.At this time,jazz is roughly divided into two directions,one is the dance hall band that continues the American jazz music,and the other is the localization of jazz music by Chinese musicians into Chinese music works,such as the representative "Night Shanghai" and "Evening Night" Etc.,and explain the music fusion and the change of people's aesthetic taste produced by jazz in China from the aspects of society,culture and economy.Part ?: Research on the development of Chinese jazz after the founding of New China.List the representative figures of Chinese jazz in the new era,as wellas jazz music education and activities,and in-depth explore the musical characteristics and cultural characteristics of Chinese jazz;at this time,jazz has a new cultural form in China.It was the "ballroom music" of the Republic of China,and transformed into music art that lingered between "high art" and "popular culture".Jazz has the most free and tolerant expression,showing its fit with modern urban culture.