How much do you know about JAZZ ?

Not much? Well, don’t worry, the following text will provide you with plenty of information about it.

The music called Jazz was born sometime around 1895 in New Orleans. It combined elements of Ragtime, marching band music and Blues. What differentiated Jazz from these earlier styles was the widespread use of improvisation, often by more than one player at a time. Jazz represented a break from Western musical traditions, where the composer wrote a piece of music on paper and the musicians then tried their best to play exactly what was in the score. In a Jazz piece, the song is often just a starting point or frame of reference for the musicians to improvise around. The song might have been a popular ditty or blues that they didn't compose, but by the time they were finished with it they had composed a new piece that often bore little resemblance to the original song. Many of these virtuoso musicians were not good sight readers and some could not read music at all, nevertheless their playing thrilled audiences and the spontaneous music they created captured a joy and sense of adventure that was an exciting and radical departure from the music of that time. The first Jazz was played by African-American and Creole musicians in New Orleans.

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But who was the greatest of all Jazz musicians?
A man whose amazing technical abilities, the joy and spontaneity, and amazingly quick, inventive musical mind still dominate Jazz to this day, a man called LOUIS ARMSTRONG!

What a wonderful world is a timeless song, one of the most beautiful songs that were ever sang. Listen to it and fill in the blanks with the missing words. Enjoy this unforgettable moment!
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I see trees of _________
Red roses too

I see them _________
For me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
I see skies of blue
And _________ of white
The bright __________ day
The dark sacred __________
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colours of the __________
So pretty in the sky
Are __________ on the faces
Of people going _________
I see friends __________ hands
Saying how do you do
They’re __________ saying
I love you

I hear babies __________
I watch them __________
They’ll learn much more
Than I’ll never __________
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself
What a wonderful world