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one of the first great blues singers, and a woman who sold more records than any other artist of the 1920s The Empress of Blues |
Bessie Smith |
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red light district in New Orleans where ragtime music developed |
Storyville |
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Two influential early jazz Groups led by Louis Armstrong |
Hot 5 and Hot 7 |
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Producer who created "Jazz at the Philharmonic" |
Norman Granz |
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Hot 5 featured these prominent musicians who became influential in Jazz music |
Louis Armstrong- Trumpet Lil Hardin- Piano/composer Johnny St Cyr- Banjo Kid Ory- Trombone Johnny Dodds- clarinet |
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4 important contributions to Jazz made by Louis Armstrong |
First cultural ambassador to the world Separated improvisations and melody and made improvisation a priority Created a vocabulary for jazz music Scat Singing Jazz's first virtuoso |
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2 things about Jazz that change in each decade of the 20th century |
Venue Prominent size ensemble |
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Billie Holiday's song in response to racial atrocities |
Strange Fruit |
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What's the essence of Jazz Music? |
Improvisation |
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what cultures combined to form Jazz |
Western Europe and Africa |
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3 styles of music sung by slaves in the 19th cent |
work songs, field hollers, ring shouts |
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Birthplace of Jazz |
New Orleans |
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Most popular form on entertainment during first half of 20th century |
Dancing |
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4 Classes of ppl in New Orleans circa 1900 |
Caucasians Creoles Creoles of color Negroes |
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First Big Band Leader to racially integrate his group |
Benny Goodman |
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Most important and influential musician in the development of Jazz |
Louis Armstrong |
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What city in the 1920s became the focus for the evolution of Jazz Music |
Chicago |
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Most prominent venues for Jazz music in the 1920s |
Speakeasies |
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The drummer/Band leader who gave Ella Fitzgerald |
Chris Webb |
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One of the most influential ragtime piano players |
Jelly Roll Morton |
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name of the town square in New Orleans where ring shouts and other slave related activities took place |
Congo Square |
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2 most important and influential female jazz vocalists of 20th century |
Ella Fitzgerald & Billie Holiday |
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4 sections that make up a big band |
Trumpets Trombone Rhythm Saxophone |
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Influential style of piano playing used by Kansas City musicians |
Boogie Woogie |
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4 important band leaders of the swing era |
Duke Ellington Count Basie Tommy Doisey Benny Goodman |
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Who made the first Jazz recording and in what year |
Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1917 |
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2 style characteristics or contributions to Jazz made by Duke Ellington |
Prominent use of saxophone in compositions Showcased individuals in the band w/ compositions like "concerts for cottie" |
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the compositions of the count basie band utilized a series of short, melodic fragment known as |
rifts |
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in addition to coleman hawkins, who was the other important and influential early tenor saxophonist in Jazz |
Lester Young |
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Important and influential female vocalist recorded a series of "songbooks", produced by Norman Granz |
Ella Fitzgerald |
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important and influential female vocalist composed her own piece "God Bless the Child" |
Billie Holiday |
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clarinetist/bandleader made a courageous decision to cross racial boundaries when hiring the great Billie Holiday to sing in his band |
Artie Shaw |
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Tom Dorsey led an incredibly popular and dynamic big band, mostly because he employed two future legends of Jazz world |
Frank Sinatra Buddy Rich |
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the song that kicked the Beatles out of the #1 radio spot? |
Hello Dolly |
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Most important and influential composer in the development of Jazz |
Duke Ellington (musical director of Cotton Club) |
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Most influential band that played in Kansas City Swing |
Count Basie |
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Style characteristics of Count Basie |
Elaborated on rhythmic implications Use of the riff Boogie woogie piano playing |
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This incredible female vocalist perpetuated scat singing and was known for sometimes forgetting the lyrics of songs she was performing |
Ella Fitzgerald |
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This important and influential female song stylist suffered greatly in her life and her music reflects this |
Billie Holiday |
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what great clarinetist/band leader was the first to play jazz in Carnegie Hall? |
Benny Goodman |
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father of modern jazz saxophone? |
Coleman Hawkins |
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5 main instruments in Dixieland |
Trumpet Trombone Clarinet Tuba Banjo |
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When and who found the city of New Orleans |
The Marquis de Iberville in 1781 |
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Takes rhythms and makes them more interesting; Musicians mix rhythms from all over the world |
Syncopation |
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"Jungle Bunnies" dressed in black face would imitate black slaves for comedy |
Minstrel Shows |
