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21 Cards in this Set
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Sophie Tucker
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Vocalist some of these days, Some of These Days, Jazz
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Charles Harris
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established own company in NY, After the Ball, Tin Pan Alley
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Scott Joplin
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Maple Leaf Rag, piano roll, Ragtime
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Robert Johnson
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Hellhound On My Trail, Country Blues
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Bessie Smith
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city blues singer, Lost Your Head Blues, City Blues
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Joe (king) Oliver
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wa-wa or plunger mute, Dippermouth, Jazz
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Jelly Roll Morton
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combined blues and ragtime to create jazz, jazz piano based on ragtime model swing, Maple Leaf Rag and Grandpa's Spell, Jazz
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Louis Armstrong
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brilliant, brassy, aggresive swing – first to consistently swing- swing eighth notes drama- tension and release improv on chords Struttin' with Some Barbeque and West End Blues, Jazz
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Lil Hardin Armstrong
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composer and pianist
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Earl Hines
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piano trumpet piano style equal to Armstrong scat singing call and response, West End Blues, Jazz
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Frankie Trumbauer
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C melody sax- also cool Chicago style- outgrowth of NO styles, Singing the Blues, Jazz
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Bix Beiderbecke
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Cool player- contrast to Armstrong-hot- advanced jazz harmony – greatest contribution inspired by 20th C classical music, Singing the Blues, Jazz
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James p. Johnson
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father of stride piano cross rhythms, Carolina Shout, stride
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Fats Waller
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lighter touch- going toward swing piano pop song composer, Handful of Keys, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, stride, Jazz
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Al Jarvis
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1st radio DJ
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Enrico Caruso
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started mass marketing of records
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Alan Lomax
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recorded blues, work songs etc in the South during the 1930s
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Rudy Vallee
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Outside, Jazz
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Ruth Etting
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Button Up Your Overcoat, Jazz
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Gene Austin
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My Melancholy Baby, Sweet Music Pop
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Bing Crosby
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Out of Nowhere, Sweet Music Pop
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