Этноджаз в контексте фольклорной культуры: проблемные аспекты гибридизации

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of ethnojazz as a hybrid phenomenon that combines folk melodies and the jazz style. The appeal of jazz towards the culture of folk music has significantly enriched its expressive language and themes. At the same time, ethnojazz has performed the function of preserving and popularizing folklore materials. It has been demonstrated that the hybridization of folklore and jazz is an organic process because of their cultural-genetic and procedural-effective relationship, among other things, in the aspects of live, real action. At the same time, in the context of jazz arrangement of folklore materials, there arises the problem of adequate perception of the true ethno-cultural meanings of such hybrid texts. Due to a certain reduction in the geographic area of existence of authentic folk music, such a problem exists even for the bearers of their ethnic tradition. For an audience that perceives a musical text which makes use of melodies pertaining to foreign cultures, adequate understanding becomes even more problematic. The solution to the problem is perceived in the formation of an attitude of a purposeful perception of ethno-jazz music as a cultural musical entity which contains sensually rich figurative-musical presentations of values, meanings and significations inherent in certain ethnic cultures. It is proved that the acquisition of such competence makes the cultural identity of a contemporary human being more multifaceted, meaningful and dynamic.