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24 Cards in this Set
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Buddy Bolden
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cornet
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Freddie Keppard
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cornet
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Jelly Roll Morton
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leader of Red Hot Peppers, claimed to be "the inventor of jazz," important because he was the first person to compose for jazz or write jazz music down
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Nick LaRocca
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New Orleans cornetist member of the Original Dixieland Jass (Jazz) Band
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King Joe Oliver
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N.O. cornetist who used a human-like tone and wah wah with terminal vibrato, leader of the Creole Jazz Band, mentor to Louis Armstrong
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Kid Ory
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Jazz trombonist who invented what was called tailgate trombone
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Sidney Bechet
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soprano saxophonist who matched Armstrong in creative playing. New Orleans
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Paul Whiteman
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bandleader
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Gershwin
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wrote Rhapsody in Blue to combine classical and jazz
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Bix Beiderbeck
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white cornetist who used a light tone, giving birth to cool jazz. Chicago style
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Frankie Trumbauer
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used a C melody saxophone
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Fletcher Henderson
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a NYC bandleader with Armstrong in his band
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Don Redman
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Ballroom bandleader in NYC, made dance music
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Duke Ellington
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known for playing in the Kentucky Club and Cotton Club. He was a big part of the Harlem Renaissance
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Bubber Miley
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gutbucket style, used a plunger mute
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Sam Hanton
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Jungle music (trombonist)
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James P. Johnson
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stride piano
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Fats Waller
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piano
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Earl Hines
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piano, mixed flowery classical style with trumpet style
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Sousa
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you know
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WC Handy
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first person to write down the blues
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Charley Patton
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Blues recording artist
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Castles
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Irene and Vernon, ballroom dancers (foxtrot)
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Scott Joplin
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ragtime pianist
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