They Ain’t American Jazz: Understanding the Diversity of Jazz in a Global Context Highlights the Wide Spectrum of Jazz Music that Exists Outside the United States
Keywords:
Global Jazz, Gypsy Jazz, Japanese Jazz, Scandinavian Jazz, Australian JazzAbstract
The influence of jazz can be experienced all over the globe. Yet it appears that Thai jazz performers place a high value on the influence of jazz that originates predominantly from the United States. Many diverse types of jazz music have been produced, improved, enhanced, and reinterpreted in many different countries to coordinate the context of local cultural practice, resulting in a musical style that is distinct from American jazz. Bruce Johnson (2002) and Stuart Nicholson (2014) defined such a concept of diversity of jazz as “global jazz,” which highlights the wide range of jazz music that is distinct from the jazz music that originated in the United States. Therefore, this paper examines the influences of jazz music that appear outside of the United States, mainly gypsy jazz, and Scandinavian, Japanese, and Australian jazz, based on artistic perspectives, historical contexts, and socio-cultural aspects to promote the diversity of jazz to Thai readers.
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