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20 Cards in this Set
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Collective Improvisation |
New form of jazz that was prevalent in all New Orleans style |
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Trumpet |
Plays the melody |
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Clarinet |
Decorates the melody |
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Trombone |
Decorates the baseline |
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Louis Armstrong |
Most important jazz musician, "father of jazz" didn't change his style throughout his career, Americas jazz ambassador, hot 5 and hot 7 |
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Jelly Roll Morton |
'Horn like lines' first important jazz composer, first one that wrote music for the new type of jazz style collective improvisation. wrote for each instrument. first important jazz theorist- wrote down all new characteristics of jazz |
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Earl Hines |
'Horn like lines' known for work with Louis Armstrong. influential piano player. Famous for double timing in a solo. 'I Aint Got Nobody' |
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James P Johnson |
Father of stride piano. Creator of the most important dance song in America- the Charleston. Flatter style of dancing by women |
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Stride Piano |
Style that evolved from the elimination of the bass player. Piano player would cover for the bass line. Lighter style, faster left hand, less blues influenced |
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Fats Waller |
Wrote many songs that survived to modern time. 'Honey Suckle Rose' 'Aint Misbehavin' most sophisticated and smoothest. Probably best piano player |
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Traditional jazz |
Jazz played the way it was in the beginning, blended from the blues, popular music, and light classical music |
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First recording |
Original Dixieland Jazz band 1917 'dixie jazz band one step' |
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Jazz Center of the world |
Chicago during the 1920s |
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Jazz Age |
1920s, new social attitude, people were more free with their behavior and started to branch out more |
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Story Ville |
Area of the French Quarter where prostitution was legalized by Sydney Story and taxed. Where creoles found work after segregation. |
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Rag time |
rhythm from the banjo, heard on river boats, written for the piano, loud instruments, very jagged |
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minstral shows |
Entertainment show where white people blacked black people and blacks dressed more black |
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Piano, Banjo, Guitar |
plays the harmony |
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Bass tuba |
bassline |
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Drums |
keeps the beat |
