Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Opening with “Motus” choreographed by Elizabeth M. Santoro ’01, the concert began with an interpretative flavor that would characterize the entire concert. The dancers were divided into two groups, those who danced jazz and those who danced ballet. The two groups interpreted the techno-influenced music of Tyler Wood according to their chosen style. The jazz group’s movements gave the music a smooth hip-hop feel, while the ballet group gave classical moves a hipper look by conforming them to the undulations of the music. Although...
...finals, although these promising beginnings are often compromised by the addition of misadvised guitar riffs, or harsh, discordant vocals. Not to be defined solely as a “screamo” rock band, Enemymine also offers several songs with distinctly different sounds, experimenting with both electronica and jazz genres. Songs like “Passive Equalizer,” “Setting the Traps” and “Coccoon” have original instrumental arrangements, deviating from what might be expected from an angsty bunch of hard rockers. The jazz influence in the instrumental...
...professors are interested in the music from a historical point of view, they’ve written extensively about it. A lot has to be done. I’m interested in the language that they use to describe it. For example, I don’t think jazz is a good word to describe what this music is really about...
...Jazz means fornication. There were several young men who were accused of raping a young lady, the Scottsboro Boys...
...white girl. They were all young people. The girl wrote a letter to a friend of hers that said, “those boys didn’t jazz me.” Their lawyer, Leibowitz, used that to break the case. In those days, if you touched or looked sideways at a white woman, they could accuse you of anything. That’s one example. Aside from that, when the great minds have that label put on them, it’s a form of segregation that denies those people from being able to fully participate...