Health Benefits Of Jazz Music!

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life. It's a way of living, a way of thinking

~Nina Simone

You must have heard people saying that jazz is boring and does not have any beat to it. But that's completely false because people don't try to understand it. Jazz is not just another genre of music which you'll love when you hear it for the first time. Rather you'll start loving it gradually when you start understanding the complex rythms and innnovative riffs.

John Coltrane

playing Giant Steps, which is one of the famous jazz standard

Irrespective of the fact that you like or dislike Jazz Standards, there are a lot of health benifits of listening to Jazz Music. Some of them are as follows:

• Focus and Energy

The brain waves that are produced when listening to jazz music can be stimulating and relaxing. Some of these brain waves are theta waves which are the most highly creative brain waves.

• Stress Relief

As stated in the above point, it also produces aplha waves when we listen to jazz music at 60bpm which causes our brain to synchronize with the beat. They make us relaxed.

Listening to jazz music at 45bpm, produces delta brain waves which induces sleep.
Results show that listening to slow jazz music (60-80bpm) for 30-45mins before bedtime results in better and longer sleeptime.

• Stroke Recovery

Listening to jazz music after a stroke improves mood, verbal memory and focus.

• Pain Relief

According to studies, listening to jazz music can lower blood pressure by causing blood vessels to expand upto 30%.

• Immunity

Listening to jazz for 30 mins can increase immunity by boosting immunoglobulin A levels.

International Jazz Day is celebrated on April 30th

#JazzDay

Some of the jazz songs that can improve your health:

• "Cavatina"– Eric Alexander (114 BPM)

• "Steppin'"– McCoy Tyner (142 BPM)

• "Adoracao"– Eric Reed (126 BPM)

• "Blue in Green"– Miles Davis (55 BPM)

• "Almost Blue"– Chet Baker (56 BPM)

• "Blue Train"– John Coltrane (75 BPM)

So, before despising Jazz Music without trying to understand it's complexities and techniques, maybe you should try to give it a second thought and listen to it. Afterall, it has a lot of health benefits which were probably unknown to you until you read this article.
~Go and Jazz it up a little bit~