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29 Cards in this Set

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Drums of Dagbon



People of Dagomba, Ghana


Instrumentation: percussion and vocals

Adam in the Garden

Georgia Sea Island Singers


Instrumentation: percussion and vocals

Dere's No Hiding Place

Marian Anderson


Instrumentation: piano and vocal

Maple Leaf Rag

Scott Joplin


Instrumentation: piano roll

Maple Leaf Rag

Jelly Roll Morton


Instrumentation: piano

Love in Vain

Robert Johnson


Instrumentation: Guitar and vocals

Back Water Blues

Bessie Smith and James P. Johnson


Instrumentation: Piano and vocal

Tiger Rag

Original Dixieland Jazz Band


Instrumentation: Cornet, trombone, clarinet, piano, and drums

Dippermouth Blues

King Oliver and the Creole Jazz Band


Instrumentation: 2 cornets, trombone, clarinet, piano, banjo, vocals, drums

Grandpa's Spells

Jelly Roll Morton and his RedHot Peppers


Instrumentation: cornet, trombone, clarinet, piano, guitar, drums

Cake Walkin' Babies (from Home)

Clarence Williams' Blue Five (with Bechet and Armstrong)


Instrumentation: cornet, trombone, soprano sax, piano, banjo, vocal

West End Blues

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five


Instrumentation: trumpet, trombone, clarinet, piano, banjo, vocals, drums

Singin' the Blues (Bix Beiderbeck)

Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra


Instrumentation: C melody sax, cornet, trombone, clarinet, piano, guitar, drums

Carolina Shout (stride piano)

James P. Johnson


Instrumentation: piano

Tiger Rag (stride piano)

Art Tatum


Instrumentation: piano

East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (early big band)

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra


Instrumentation: 2 trumpets, trombone, 3 sax, 3 clarinet, piano, banjo, bass, drums

Down South Camp Meeting

Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra


Instrumentation: 3 trumpets, 2 trombone, 4 sax, 4 clarinet, piano, guitar, bass, drums

Mary's Idea (featuring Mary Lou Williams)

Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy


Instrumentation: 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 4 sax, 4 clarinets, piano, guitar, bass, drums

Every Tub

Count Basie and his Orchestra


Instrumentation: 3 trumpets, 3 trombone, 4 sax, piano, guitar, bass, drums

Down South Camp Meeting

Benny Goodman (clarinet) and his Orchestra


Instrumentation: 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, 4 sax, piano, guitar, bass, drums

Ko-Ko

Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra


Instrumentation: 2 trumpets, 1 cornet, 2 trombone, 1 valve trombone, 5 sax, 5 clarinet, piano, guitar, bass, drums

Tiger Rag (early swing from Europe)

Django Reinhardt and his Hot Club of France


Instrumentation: violin, 3 guitars, bass

Vi Vigor/She's Crazy with the Heat

International Sweethearts of Rhythm


Instrumentation: 4 trumpets, 3 trombone, 5 sax, piano, guitar, bass, drums

Body & Soul

Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax) and his Orchestra


Instrumentation: 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, 3 sax, piano, bass, drums

Swing to Bop

Charlie Christian at Minton's


Instrumentation: guitar, piano, bass, drums

Body & Soul

Billie Holiday and her Orchestra


Instrumentation: vocal, trumpet (Roy Eldridge), 3 sax, piano, guitar, bass, drums

Chicago Style Jazz Instrumentation

trumpet, clarinet, some sax, trombone, bass, guitar, piano, drums



(no more banjo or cornet)

Chicago Style Jazz Musical Characteristics

collective improv, more swinging feel, soloists!, more arranged (written) tunes, homophony

Chicago Style Jazz Innovators

1. Jelly Roll Morton: Creole pianist from New Orleans, first ever mixed race recording


2. Sidney Bechet: soprano sax/clarinet who rivaled Louis Armstrong as an important solo improviser


3. Louis Armstrong: trumpet from New Orleans, first to scat sing, well-developed/exciting solos


4. Bix Beiderbeck: trumpet from Davenport, more midrange than Louis, classically influenced, played w/Frankie Trumbauer