Applied English
for American Society and Culture through Music
Seibert Fall 2005
Chapter 9 Essay Question for Professor Doan

A. E. Students: This grid may help you organize your thinking. You are not required to use it; you may have a better way to organize your ideas. I am not Professor Doan, so I cannot promise you that this grid is the secret to success on the essay question. :-)

"Describe the various factors that contributed to the rise of jazz music in America (it's roots, social climate, cities that served as it's centers, and early technologies that promoted it). In your description, name the styles (and musicians) of blues that preceded jazz, along with the styles (and musicians) that promoted the jazz style that followed and later tamed it in the 1920's."