The Emergence Machine

Jazz

abstract · Music · Level 12 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

jazz emerges from improvisation + music. It requires genre.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “jazz” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “jazz”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
jazz
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L3L2L1L0JazzImprovisationTheaterPerformanceCellGenreMeaning… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesHard BopL13Jazz DanceL13West Coast BluesL13Cool JazzL16JazzL12GenreL3ImprovisationL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Genre L3 (requires)
    jazz is a genre of music.
  • Improvisation L11 (foundational) Dance sense
    Jazz emphasizes improvisation

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