What Is Jazz Music? vision4music.com

Visit http://kilkennyswing.com/blog/ for more great content! "The series starts by asking the question "what is jazz?" and answers more eloquently than i ever could in the above opening sequence. The power and innovation of jazz, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis says, is that "a group of people can come together and create improvised art". Swing is wilful participation, as dancers we are blessed, we can take part in this conversation, our musicality and individualism are the accents in our voices and the joy we feel is freedom." Read the full article here: http://kilkennyswing.com/the-history-of-jazz-music-and-swing-dancing/ Videos from Ken Burns wonderful documentary "Jazz" http://www.pbs.org/jazz/ Watch the other videos in the series from the playlist http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL52433E493E003A65&feature=plcp Kilkennyswing on facebook http://www.facebook.com/kilkennyswing