Jazz began in the early 20th century as a kind of
music of black Americans. It was 1 for
singing, for dancing, and for entertainment and atmosphere at parties or
social 2 Jazz has
continued to develop and has produced some of the United States’ leading
singers, instrumentalists, and 3 .
Today, it’s 4 by many to be America’s
art music. It has also 5 almost every
other kind of music in America, Europe, and even the
6 Jazz represents a
7 of musical elements from Africa and from Europe. Jazz
uses some European ideas of 8 and
melody, but the rhythms’ are mom African in origin. And Jazz is
polyrhythmic, 9 . The
most important feature of Jazz is improvisation. 10
.Jazz musicians have learned to improvise so well that they can
make up excellent melodies as they play. A good Jazz player seldom plays
anything the same way twice. 11 .
答案:which means it uses many rhythms around one basic rhythm.