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Where did Willie "the Lion" Smith get his nickname?
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from being brave in WW1
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Who wrote "Carolina Shout"?
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Willie "the Lion" Smith
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Who is considered the father of stride?
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James P. Johnson
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Explain the first black jazz bands.
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marching bands that played at funerals and Mardi Gras
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James Reese Europe is called the...
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"Paderewski of syncopation"
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James Europe enlisted in the...
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15th New York Regiment (the 369th infantry) in 1917- called the Hell Fighters
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James Europe's band...
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multi-function: marching/ drilling, evening concerts, hymns, dances
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James Europe also organized (other than the band)...
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Clef Club (a union/ frat)
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What happened in 1919 to Europe?
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stabbed to death by Herbert Wright, his own drummer
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Who created Storyville and when?
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1898- Alerderman Sidney Story
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At it's peak Storyville numbers:
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2200 prostitutes, 70 professional gamblers, 30 piano players
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What is the essence of Dixieland?
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collective improvisation
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In Dixieland, the beat is...
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flat four- 4/4 time
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Dominic "Nick" LaRocca claimed... but...
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to have invented jazz
but he actually put together the Original Dixie Jazz Band (ODJB) |
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ODJB firsts...
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jazz recording for Victor Records, to sell 1.5 million copies within a year, travel to Europe, appear in a motion picture
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Why are "Lively Stable Blues" and "Dixie Jass Band One Step" significant?
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first Jazz record ever released for the Victor Talking Machine Company
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What is Sidney Bechet's instrument of choice? interesting fact?
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soprano sax
can't read music |
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"Back Home in Indiana" by whom?
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Sidney Bechet
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What is Sidney Bachet's band name?
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Blue Horizon
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Called the "first jazz musician." This artist went insane in 1907.
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Buddy Bolden
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Known as the "great New Orleans reed man."
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Sidney Bechet
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The solo instrument heard in the recording of "Back Home in Indiana" is the...
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soprano saxophone
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Chicago style replaced original sound with what kind of beat...
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2/4
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Chicago bands.
race changes |
mostly white
eliminated the banjo, added piano and sax |
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Chicago style is a mix of...
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ragtime and Dixieland
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"West End Blues" by whom?
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Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
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In "West End Blues" what changed the course of jazz?
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Armstrong's trumpet solo in the beginning
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