Easy English Stories - The History of Jazz

Improve your English by learning about the history of jazz and famous jazz musicians. This story is suitable for people at B1/B2 levels of English.

Here is your vocabulary:

• Genre: A noun that means a category of artistic composition, such as music or literature, characterized by a particular style.

• Improvisation: A noun that means the act of creating music spontaneously without planning.

• Melody: A noun that means A sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying.

• Bandleader: A noun that means a person who leads a group of musicians, especially a jazz band.

• Sophisticated: An adjective that means having a lot of experience and knowledge of the world and culture.

• Speakeasy: A noun that means An illegal bar where alcoholic beverages were sold during Prohibition in the United States. Prohibition was a time when alcohol was illegal to sell or make.

• Intricate: An adjective that means very complicated or detailed.

• Legacy: A noun that means something handed down from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past.

• Resilience: A noun that means the ability to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

• Innovative: An adjective that means featuring new methods; advanced and original.

• Chord: A noun that means several musical notes played together.

• Solo: A noun that means a piece of music played by one person alone.

• Composition: A noun that means a piece of music that someone has written.

• Rhythm: A noun that means a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound.

• Scale: A noun that means a series of musical notes going up or down in pitch.