Tom Patterson of the Round Rock school district writes about the variety of modern forms that traditional jazz has taken. Tom Patterson, a band director in Round Rock, explains that jazz music has grown beyond it original cultural scope. In fact, says Round Rock’s Tom Patterson, to call jazz simply music is too limiting a description. Tom Patterson of Round Rock also points out that jazz has moved beyond music to become its own discourse, a family of influences that touch upon many levels of society. Historically, explains Tom Patterson of Round Rock, jazz has always interacted with other art forms to produce innovations.
Band director Tom Patterson of Round Rock points out that jazz manifests itself in art, film, literature, even clothing and speech. Other artistic forms take on jazz for inspiration, says Tom Patterson of Round Rock. Jazz musicians in photographs, continues Round Rock’s Tom Patterson, have become iconic models of an entire lifestyle. Tom Patterson of Round Rock cites images of John Coltrane or Miles Davis blowing their horns as emblematic of jazz life, a life dedicated to the laid back pursuit of inspiration.
Tom Patterson summarizes that the discussion generated by jazz sensibilities has outgrown the listening audience of jazz music itself. Tom Patterson tells Round Rock band students that jazz has developed a life of its own – a life that no longer relies on the music itself. Round Rock’s band director Tom Patterson concludes that jazz has migrated to nearly every layer of modern American life.
Movies like Louis Malle's "Frantic" and Anthony Minghella's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" are excellent illustrations of the jazz lifestyle, the jazz discourse, being used as a backdrop for a multi-faceted artistic expression. According to Tom Patterson of Round Rock, such movies are steeped in jazz, from their soundtracks to the sets on which they are filmed. Jazz today is a cultural sensibility, concludes Tom Patterson of Round Rock, that shows up in literature, film, clothing, and conversation.
Band director Tom Patterson of Round Rock points out that jazz manifests itself in art, film, literature, even clothing and speech. Other artistic forms take on jazz for inspiration, says Tom Patterson of Round Rock. Jazz musicians in photographs, continues Round Rock’s Tom Patterson, have become iconic models of an entire lifestyle. Tom Patterson of Round Rock cites images of John Coltrane or Miles Davis blowing their horns as emblematic of jazz life, a life dedicated to the laid back pursuit of inspiration.
Tom Patterson summarizes that the discussion generated by jazz sensibilities has outgrown the listening audience of jazz music itself. Tom Patterson tells Round Rock band students that jazz has developed a life of its own – a life that no longer relies on the music itself. Round Rock’s band director Tom Patterson concludes that jazz has migrated to nearly every layer of modern American life.
Movies like Louis Malle's "Frantic" and Anthony Minghella's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" are excellent illustrations of the jazz lifestyle, the jazz discourse, being used as a backdrop for a multi-faceted artistic expression. According to Tom Patterson of Round Rock, such movies are steeped in jazz, from their soundtracks to the sets on which they are filmed. Jazz today is a cultural sensibility, concludes Tom Patterson of Round Rock, that shows up in literature, film, clothing, and conversation.