African Roots of Jazz

Mgr. Lenka Janská

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

The thesis deals with jazz and its roots in African music. It begins with history of research in this field and etymology of “jazz” as a word. Next chapter focuses on slaves, because they were there at the beginning of jazz. It also deals with the group which influenced jazz the most – the Black Creoles. Further it deals with African music, where the difference of European and African perceptions of music are explained. Then the most outstanding features of African music are enumerated. The next chapter deals with New Orleans, “the cradle of jazz”, and its early history during the time of slavery, because it was here where African features mixed with European music. Final chapter focuses on African features of jazz. The thesis shows that jazz is not African, nor European, but American, because it is a mixture of these two.

Keywords

jazz, African music, American culture

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 2. 6. 2008

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 4. 6. 2008
• Vedoucí: B.A. Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel

Masarykova univerzita

Filozofická fakulta

Bakalářský studijní program / obor:
Filologie / Anglický jazyk a literatura