Considering how jazz is transcribed in Chinese, you may be misled into assuming that it is a cultural form belonging to those who have some elegant tastes.Nothing could be further from the truth.(1) _____________________________________________. So how has something that was created by a once despised minority acquire a central place in today’s American culture?It’s a mystery that many people would like to solve. Perhaps the essence of America is that you could never get two Americans to agree on just what that might be.After thinking about it for a while, we might utter,"Hmm, seems like being American is a bit more complicated than we thought." (2) ______________________________________.But these things come together because of our ability to work with one another and find common purpose no matter how diverse we might be. Some, like African-American writer Ralph Ellison,believes that jazz captures the intrinsic properties of America.The solos are a celebration of individual brilliance that can’t take place without the group efforts of the rhythm section.(3) _____________________________________________.Beyond that, though,jazz has a connection to the intrinsic properties of America in a much more fundamental way.It is an expression of the African roots of American culture, a musical medium exemplifying the domination of African culture in American culture.
It originated among black Americans at the end of the 19th century,at a time when they occupied the very bottom of the AmericaN social heap.
certainly things like individualism, success, innovation and tolerance stand out
they say jazz brought together elements from Afirca and Europe. fusing them into a new culture, an expression unique to the Americas
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