Read “The Social Effects of Jazz” by Zola Phillip. Answer the following questions.
Typed. 2 pages, ’12 font.

1.What are the positive and negative social effects on African American jazz artists?
Discuss the challenges that African American jazz artists have to navigate to survive and
thrive. Why do some scholars believe “that Blacks were cheated out of their invention of
jazz music”? Discuss upward social mobility among Black jazz musicians.

Separate 1 page reflection. ’12 font.
2. Listen to a song by an African-American jazz artist. While playing the music focus on
what you hear. What is the instrumentation? If the song has lyrics, what are the lyrics
about? What message does the song present? How does the song make you feel? Why?

Songs/Artists to consider: Strange Fruit by Billie Holliday