1. Jazz  Jazz music originated with slaves.  In the African tradition, they had a single-line melody and a call-and-response pattern, but without the European concept of harmony.  In the early 19th century an increasing number of African-American musicians learned to play European instruments.  Another influence came from African- American slaves who had learned the harmonic style of hymns and incorporated it into their own music as spirituals.

2. Jazz  Syncopation – shifting the accent to the weak beat or off-beat

3. Louis Armstrong  Born Aug. 4, 1901 in New Orleans, LA  Died July 6, 1971 in Queens, NY  Father left family shortly after Louis was born.  Mother often left Louis with grandmother  At age 11 sent to juvenile home for shooting a gun in the air at a New Year’s Eve party  Fell in love with music when he received instruction on cornet at New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs

4. Cornet/Trumpet  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD NPUJSetBY\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD NPUJSetBY\ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD NPUJSetBY\  Cornet  Trumpet

5. Louis Armstrong  “An all-star virtuoso, he came to prominence in the 1920s playing cornet and trumpet with an excitingly new and improvisational style. His charismatic stage presence impressed not only the jazz world but all of popular music.”  http://www.biography.com/people/louis-armstrong-9188912  Called the Great "Satchmo”  Songs – "Potato Head Blues," "West End Blues," "St. Louis Blues,” “What a Wonderful World” (video)

6. Duke Ellington  Born on April 28, 1899 in Washington D.C. to an affluent family.  Died May 24, 1974  Birth name is Edward  Given the nickname “Duke” because is his elegant style  Began studying piano at the age of 7  http://www.biography.com/people/duke-ellington-9286338 http://www.biography.com/people/duke-ellington-9286338

7. Duke Ellington  Wrote music “for a bigger band using a choir of saxophones blending, or playing in contrast with brass and other reeds, supported by bass and percussion” (Stanley Sadie’s Music Guide: An Introduction)  Used 32-bar format rather than the more common 12-bar blues  Songs - "Caravan," "Take the 'A' Train“  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrisYOEpADY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrisYOEpADY