Music and all Art is an essential part of the "human experience." A basic understanding and appreciation of Music can only serve to broaden ones character and deepen the connection with those around us.

JAZZ is one such string that connects itself with every nerve and rejuvenates the heart and soul of every being. Jazz is a distinctly American form of music that originated in New Orleans around 1900. The term refers to peppy dance music and a popular musical genre that is connected to dancing and nightlife.

With its increasing popularity and influence, jazz has served as a means of bringing young people together. It has always created and sustained artistic subcultures, which have produced new breakthrough grounds in this sophisticated artistry. As a pervasive and influential musical style, jazz has at times been a great social leveler and unifier. Jazz is characterized by syncopation, improvisation and solo riffs, spotlighting each member of a jazz ensemble, usually on piano, string bass, drums, trumpet, saxophone and clarinet. Today there are more than 20 distinct styles of jazz music, including ragtime, swing, bebop and smooth. The fact is Jazz music is universal. Starting from the mainstream to the comprehensive style, Jazz is versatile.

Loyal to its audience jazz has the charm to satisfy the emotional needs of the composer, artist, and listener. Without having to understand the meaning of the lyrics in our own language, we can grasp the essence of a song by the way it is performed. The jazz music was first performed in bars but today the music is being performed in the large festivals, universities, concerts and clubs all over the world. Over the time jazz has ceased from being pop music and have instead become a symbolic icon in the music industry. Jazz is not the result of choosing a tune, but an ideal that is created first in the mind, inspired by one's passion, and willed next in playing music.

Jazz music is not a simple style that can easily be defined except as free music that can easily meld into other styles of music to take it to another level. The essence of the sound of Jazz music comes from the different musical elements from each part its origins as putting pieces of a puzzle together into one cohesive entity.

Nadel Paris is an EDM artist and a music producer, recording artist. She is making her statement as a female vocalist and a sole composer of all her songs and hope that it will inspire many others to do the same. You can listen to her songs on itunes, spotify or on amazon. To know about Nadel visit her here: http://www.nadel-paris.com/