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History of Jazz America’s Music

What is Jazz? A musical conversation: partly planned and partly spontaneous A dialogue among the musicians who perform it.

Elements of Jazz Improvisation (to make up) Rhythmic Uses Call and Response Most songs have solos

Where was Jazz developed? New Orleans Diverse population: African, French, German, Italian, Mexican, English, Native American Known as a melting Pot

Where is Jazz found? Night Clubs Concert Halls Subway Stations Sidewalks Radio TV Shows TV Commercials Film CDs

Spirituals or Work Songs 1612-Present Before there was jazz, there was slavery. Slaves would sing in the fields to make the work day go faster. Spirituals are the first “church songs.” It is the roots of Gospel.

Blues Pain of lost love, injustice, or adversity Derived from field hollers, work songs, hymns Is the basis for R & B, Rock N’ Roll, & Country

Ragtime Primarily uses a solo piano Father of Ragtime is Scott Joplin

Dixieland Typical instrumentation: trumpet, clarinet, banjo, trombone, piano, tuba, & drums. Collective Improvisation; everyone plays at the same time.

Jazz 1920-Present Roaring 20’s Instruments: Saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, rhythm section (piano, bass, guitar, & drums) Use of Chord Progressions

Louis Armstrong Father of Jazz Played the trumpet Known as Satchmo when he would sing or scat (scatting is the use of words and non-sense words)

Bebop Small Groups Designed for improvisation Very difficult to play Rarely written down Named for one of the non-sense words from scatting.

Afro-Cuban 1950s Unites Blues, Swing, Ragtime with various Cuban grooves. Created by Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo.

Cool Groups range from trios to nonets. Started to use more “classical” instruments; Oboe, French Horn, Flute Slower pace, loud, more emotional

Bossa Nova 1960’s Brazilian style of music Gained a “cult” following later on due to jazz festivals around the world.

Hard Bop Return to fast-paced jazz. Mainly in northern cities

Avant Gard/Free Jazz Not based on chord progressions Pushed limits of what they could play and audiences could stand

Fusion Merged Rock N’ Roll Uses electric instruments Brought back Jazz into the mainstream

Contemporary Jazz 1990-Today Main reasons is selling records Many styles of the past are still being played today. The future of jazz is worked out right now

Big Band Era Bands formed as hotel dance bands. Fletcher Henderson is 1 st band to gain national notoriety. Ellington/Webb put together bands

Big Band Cont’d Clubs open all over NYC (Harlem). Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club Chuck Webb at the Savoy. Only time jazz eclipsed all other forms of music.

Benny Goodman Brings the “swing beat” national attention in Played the Clarinet Nicknamed “King of Swing”

Important Facts 1913 James Reese Europe records ragtime with first all black ensemble Original Dixieland Jazz Band records first jazz record. Miles Davis would change the face of jazz 3 different times (Cool, Hard Bop, Fusion) Microphone is invented

RCA Victor Talking Machine

Important People Kid Ory Duke Ellington Jelly Roll Morton Miles Davis Charlie Parker Billie Hollidae Ella Fitzgerald John Coltrane

James Reese Europe Miles Davis Ella Fitzgerald

Billie Holiday Kid Ory John Coltrane Jelly Roll Morton Original Dixieland Jazz Band