Definition of and all that jazz in the idioms dictionary. The song is performed principally by velma kelly in a well choreographed scene in a jazz club. Even more, you will become curious and interested in all aspects of life. Highly recommended as a big picture context for the question the meaning of life. But i really believe there are some things in life that are worth trying harder for and we just live once and we need to make the most of it and all that jazz.
Best, improvise, jazz, life, life is a, like, lot, you. A store might sell televisions, radios, and all that jazz, meaning that televisions, radios, and other items similar to televisions and radiosperhaps wires, cables, phones, etc. For all its excesses, fosse s fiercely personal approach turned all that jazz into another striking work from one of the few directors able to make, and experiment with. And all that jazz phrase definition and synonyms macmillan. Thats not to say the script which fosse cowrote with robert alan arthur isnt up to the task, but its the moments where fosse allows the camera and editing to take us through his own mental process of self. It is used on the end of a sentence or list instead of the. Further observations from porters summation of the research. Billie holiday was one of the greatest jazz singers from the 1930s to the 50s. And all that jazz meaning in the cambridge english. First book on this incomparably popular american musical. The film was inspired by fosses manic effort to edit his film lenny while simultaneously staging the 1975 broadway musical chicago. A brief guide to jazz poetry academy of american poets. If you listen to jazz long enough, you will begin to realize that everything is interconnected. Life is a lot like jazz its best when you improvise.
Tells the history of the musical in full, from play to silent film to best picture movie musical. When joe is fighting for his life during the last 45 minutes of the movie, fosse stages one elaborate dreamsequencemusical number after another, with the women in joes life singing songs that castigate him for being such a shit. The meaning of the american phrase and all that jazz is basically the same as the latin. It originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Chicago the musical all that jazz lyrics metrolyrics.
And all that jazz im gonna rouge my knees and roll my stockings down and all that jazz start the car i know a whoopee spot where the gin is cold but the pianos hot its just a noisy hall where theres a nightly brawl and all that jazz. Jazz up definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Slick you hair and wear you buckle shoes and all that jazz i heat that father dip is gonna blow the blues and all that. It does not take a jazz concert to tell us that life has meaning. It was assumed at the time that the reader would be. All that jazz is bob fosses cinematic selfflagellation. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. If you jazz something up, you make it look more interesting, colourful, or exciting.
And all that jazz meaning of and all that jazz by lexico. All that jazz ethan mordden oxford university press. When we are overwhelmed by gratitude at the birth of a child or the beauty of a sunset, when we are outraged over the abuse of children or animals, when we want. For example, his reference to douglas adams answer of 42. Discover the definition of and all that jazz in our extensive dictionary of english idioms and idiomatic expressions. The life and music of a gypsy legend article by david rickert, published on february 25, 2005 at all about jazz. But in those days life was like the race in alice in wonderland, there was a prize for every one. All that jazz the life and times of the musical chicago ethan mordden. The expression has been used for a long, long time before that show ever came out.
The tale is the tale of what the blue is all about that creole tells as he plays his fiddle. Jazz definition is american music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre. Jazz poetry, like the music itself, encompasses a variety of forms, rhythms, and sounds. Jazz poetry is a literary genre defined as poetry necessarily informed by jazz musicthat is, poetry in which the poet responds to and writes about jazz. Symbolism in sonnys blues by james baldwin essay sample. The previous person who wrote that it came from the musical all that jazz is very wrong. The screenplay, by robert alan aurthur and fosse, is a semiautobiographical fantasy based on aspects of fosses life and career as a dancer, choreographer and director. George benson ive had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. Jazz seems to have originated among white americans, and the earliest printed uses are in california baseball writing, where it means lively, energetic. The phrase is often used in a dismissive manner to indicate that what follows is unimportant or silly in nature. Baldwin uses this statement to add meaning to sonnys life by showing that music is his light. A movie quote from chicago, but usually used in slang to mean and all that stuff.
Released as a single on october 31, 2018, it is the bands only single that was not included on an album, though it was included on the japanese version of we are not your kind. Its probably been used since at least the beginning of the 20th. All that jazz is a 1979 american musical drama film directed by bob fosse. All that jazz is the opening number from the musical chicago. People say and all that jazz to mean other things of a similar kind to the thing or things they have been talking about. From longman dictionary of contemporary englishand all that jazzand all that jazzspokenandalso and things like that im fed up with work, meetings, and all. All out life is a song by american heavy metal band slipknot. The meaning of the american phrase and all that jazz is basically the same as the latin phrase et cetera, commonly abbreviated etc.
And all that jazz meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Since the 1920s jazz age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. The assembly then delivers gods message through the messenger. George benson i have been doing music all my life so everyday when i get up i expect music will be part of it. The word jazz was first recorded in new orleans in the 1870s both as a verb, meaning to become faster, more exciting, or frenetic, and as a noun, referring to a form of syncopated music. Either jazz has meaning because life as a whole has meaning, or jazz has no meaning if life as a whole has no meaning. And other similar things this idiom is used at the end of a sentence to imply a continuation of a list of similar things.
The life and music of a gypsy legend all about jazz. A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. Henri matisse there are wonderful things in jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience. Synonyms for life at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Well, i dutifully go to church every sunday, sing the hymns, take communion, and all that jazz, but the truth is. What you are reading in this text is the transcription of the original voice of the angelic assembly as it spoke through the messenger marshall vian summers here, the original communication of god, which exists beyond words, is translated into human language and understanding by the angelic assembly who watch over the world. All that jazz has another dimension, a fantasy realm presided over by angelique jessica lange, a mysterious figure in white who represents joe gideons final comeuppance. I was 1617 when i made this and the quality was brought down when trying to fit in onto. I mean, people i know have been using the expression for as long as i can remember, long before anyone ever conceived of the show named all that jazz. From the origin of the hit theatre and film chicago and the song all that jazz is the origin of the saying. All that jazz is a hardhitting and brutally honest look at the hedonistic, typea personality artist that was bob fosse and chronicles his life up to and including his death from a heart attack.
Strayhorn was a teenager when he wrote most of the song, which was to become his signature composition along with take the a train. The screenplay by robert alan aurthur and fosse is a semiautobiographical fantasy based on aspects of fosses life and career as dancer, choreographer and director. Meaning rubbish, unnecessary talk or ornamentation is from 1918. A creativity researchers take on the highs and lows of pop culture and the arts. You will have to read the eight, er, seven pages to find out more. I was thinking about singing all that jazz as a solo for an upcoming choir show and i was wondering if it was appropriate for a high school choir student to sing since i dont really understand what the song means. Through his music, sonny escapes from all the darkness and suffering of his reality. And all that jazz phrase meaning, pronunciation and more by macmillan dictionary.
Everything else ought to go, because everything else is ugly. Though not a disastrous failure, all that jazz came nowhere near the popularity of 1978s grease, as late 70s audiences increasingly turned away from difficult movies. Can you see through these reallife optical illusions. In the oxford english dictionary, the first recorded use of this phrase is in fred astaires 1956 autobiography. Whats the best way to help your kids succeed in life. To make something fancier, more festive, more exciting, etc. She had no formal musical training, but, with an instinctive sense of musical structure and a deep knowledge of jazz and blues, she developed a singing style that was deeply moving and individual. Bbc learning english the english we speak all that jazz. All working artists have had to struggle, hustle, be creative, roll with the punches and piece together a living doing multiple jobs.
Made for my grandad and a love of change throughout life. The jazz age had had a wild youth and a heady middle age. Beginning with the birth of blues and jazz at the start of the twentieth century, jazz poetry is can. The tracks release was accompanied by a music video directed by the bands percussionist and backing vocalist shawn crahan. Jazz is a music genre that originated in the africanamerican communities of new orleans, united states. And all that jazz means et cetera, or that there are more related items in a list that are not. Truly, all that jazz is a film bursting with the kind of choreographic life that tells the story better than any words can.
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