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13 Cards in this Set
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Swing Low Sweet Chariot (1910)
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Fisk Jubilee Singers
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formed as a fund-raising group in 1865
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Fisk Jubilee Singers
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significant departure from minstrel shows. White audiences didn't expect this kind of singing.
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Fisk Jubilee Singers
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name came from "Leviticus", year of "___" in which all slaves would be freed
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Fisk Jubilee Singers
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"Berta, Berta"
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Leroy Miller and a Group of Prisoners
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recorded in the 1950s at the Parchman farm in Mississippi
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Leroy Miller and a Group of Prisoners
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Used loose call and response technique in their song. Used repetition, steady tempo, blue notes (bent notes) used. Perform melody slightly behind the beat.
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Leroy Miller and a Group of Prisoners
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Recording came from a piano roll. No chance for dynamics, shadings, or nuances. 1916
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Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag"
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most famous early jazz group
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Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
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Instrumentation of Red Hot Peppers
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piano, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, banjo, bass, drums
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Who played Black Bottom Stomp?
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Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
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Who sang Hell hound on my Trail?
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Robert Johnson
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Song features nasal vocal quality, uneven phrases, typical blues lyric format (statement, statement, commentary)
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Hell Hound on my Trail by Robert Johnson
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