Jazz Compare and Contrast
Jazz was the music of the 20’s people who listened to it back then were considered rebels. The artists that really got the ball rolling with this new sound was Jelly Roll Morton, Joe King Oliver, Sidney Bichet, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington. These men changed the way people looked at music for ever. They come from different backgrounds but impact the music world in a long lasting way, which leads to their own situations by the end of their careers.
These artists all came from many different backgrounds, but all seemed to get into Jazz music. All these men were born in New Orleans besides Duke Ellington. Even though they grew up in the same area does not mean they grew up the same way. Some were self taught …show more content…
By 1902 he was working in bordellos Storyvilles. His story on the reason he started into music is not very known, but Morton became an itinerant pianist, working in many cities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. As for Sidney Bichet it was in his genetics, passing it down through the family. That is how he learned to play and get into Jazz music. He later left New Orleans and ended up in Chicago playing in touring shows and carnivals. That is where Bichet got his start. Joe King Oliver also left New Orleans to go to Chicago, but he seemed to have started music as a trombonist and played in brass bands giving a new sound to Jazz. For the last one of the four to be raised in New Orleans, Louis Armstrong, he came from a poor family in a rough neighborhood. He had to start work at a young age so he was singing on street corners for just pennies to help his family out. He also admired Joe King and later replaced him in …show more content…
With technology advancing it helped artists spread the music making it well known in cities like New Orleans, Chicago, and New York. Jazz spread through the riverboats, the railroads, records, and radio. Making it the talk of the 20’s.
It all started south in the city of New Orleans which is a big port for all the trades. So when the riverboats would come across they would hear Jazz playing on the streets. Artists all other the place on street corners playing trying to get money to make a living would be heard. When people on the riverboats would hear this sound and travel to their next destination they would tell people all about what they heard. Spreading the craze of Jazz all around.
Similar to the riverboats Jazz spread through the railroads. Artists would play on the trains and many decided to move to Chicago and start playing there. So when people went to visit Chicago they all heard this music in the streets. Chicago had an interesting sound no one truly heard before. People started bragging to their friends and families what they heard when they went there. As technology was improving so what the sound of
Jazz was the music of the 20’s people who listened to it back then were considered rebels. The artists that really got the ball rolling with this new sound was Jelly Roll Morton, Joe King Oliver, Sidney Bichet, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington. These men changed the way people looked at music for ever. They come from different backgrounds but impact the music world in a long lasting way, which leads to their own situations by the end of their careers.
These artists all came from many different backgrounds, but all seemed to get into Jazz music. All these men were born in New Orleans besides Duke Ellington. Even though they grew up in the same area does not mean they grew up the same way. Some were self taught …show more content…
By 1902 he was working in bordellos Storyvilles. His story on the reason he started into music is not very known, but Morton became an itinerant pianist, working in many cities in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. As for Sidney Bichet it was in his genetics, passing it down through the family. That is how he learned to play and get into Jazz music. He later left New Orleans and ended up in Chicago playing in touring shows and carnivals. That is where Bichet got his start. Joe King Oliver also left New Orleans to go to Chicago, but he seemed to have started music as a trombonist and played in brass bands giving a new sound to Jazz. For the last one of the four to be raised in New Orleans, Louis Armstrong, he came from a poor family in a rough neighborhood. He had to start work at a young age so he was singing on street corners for just pennies to help his family out. He also admired Joe King and later replaced him in …show more content…
With technology advancing it helped artists spread the music making it well known in cities like New Orleans, Chicago, and New York. Jazz spread through the riverboats, the railroads, records, and radio. Making it the talk of the 20’s.
It all started south in the city of New Orleans which is a big port for all the trades. So when the riverboats would come across they would hear Jazz playing on the streets. Artists all other the place on street corners playing trying to get money to make a living would be heard. When people on the riverboats would hear this sound and travel to their next destination they would tell people all about what they heard. Spreading the craze of Jazz all around.
Similar to the riverboats Jazz spread through the railroads. Artists would play on the trains and many decided to move to Chicago and start playing there. So when people went to visit Chicago they all heard this music in the streets. Chicago had an interesting sound no one truly heard before. People started bragging to their friends and families what they heard when they went there. As technology was improving so what the sound of