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Take the "A" Train

Perform: Duke Ellington Orchestra


Compose: Billy Strayhorn


Piano: Duke Ellington


Style: Big Band Swing


Form: AABA (popular song)


Rhythm: has polymetric section

The Duke Ax2 plus BA



https://youtu.be/cb2w2m1JmCY

Semper Fidelis

Composer: John Phillip Sousa


Style: March


Form: March/Multi-strain


AA BB percussion CCC DD


Polyphonic

BIG (marines, duet book w dad) b b- a g f g a e e a a g g e e f f c c b b a a...



https://youtu.be/fzeqTyO5Mbs

Maple Leaf Rag

Composer/Performer: Scott Joplin


Style: Ragtime


Form: Multi-strain/March, intended to be played as written, simple meter, 2 beat feel

Piano roll!



https://youtu.be/O_dI6BZt06U

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Lyrics/Music: Irving Berlin


Style: Popular song


Form: ABAC verse


Unique due to inclusion of verse

From piano beginner books, call and response man and woman



https://youtu.be/T5NgStvUeeU

Down in the Dirt Road Blues

Composer/Singer/Guitarist: Charley Patton


Style: Country/Delta Blues


Form: Loose 12 bar blues


Delta BLUES guitar!



https://youtu.be/cuICVsaxJxc

Lost Your Head Blues

Vocals: Bessie Smith


Style: Classic/urban blues


Form: 12 bar blues

Horn, voice, piano, repeats lyrics



https://youtu.be/UTCnqYHMgbo

Dippermouth Blues

Group: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band


Style: New Orleans


Cornet soloist: King Oliver


2nd cornet: Louis Armstrong


Clarinet: Johnny Dodds


Drums: Baby Dodds


First significant jazz recording by black musicians

King

Black Bottom Stomp

Group: Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers


Piano: Jelly Roll (1st to write down jazz, 1st great jazz pianist)


Clarinet: Omer Simeon


Trombone: Kid Ory


Banjo: Johnny St. Cyr



ALL from New Orleans

Jelly

Cake Walking Babies From Home

Cornet: Louis Armstrong


Soprano sax: Sidney Bechet


Style: New Orleans jazz


Recorded in NYC

Louis

Potato Head Blues

Group: Louis Armstrong and His Hot 7


Trumpet: Louis Armstrong


Clarinet: Johnny Dodds


Piano: Lil Hardin (Memphis)


Banjo: Johnny St. Cyr


Drums: Baby Dodds


Style: New Orleans jazz

West End Blues

Group: Louis Armstrong and His Hot 5


Trumpet/vocals: Louis Armstrong


Piano: Earl "Fatha" Hines (Pennsylvania, trumpet style licks, cross instrumentation influence)


Drums: Zutty Singleton


Style: New Orleans jazz


Form: 12 bar blues

Singin' the Blues

Group: Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra


Cornet: Bix Beiderbecke (Iowa)


C-melody sax: Frankie Trumbauer (Illinois)


Style: Chicago jazz


Form: ABAC


Both were white, played sweeter laid back hot jazz

Black and Tan Fantasy

Group: Duke Ellington Orchestra


Composer: Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley


Piano: Duke Ellington


Trumpet: Bubber Miley


Trombone: "Tricky Sam" Nanton


Blues in minor mode

Wolverine Blues

Composer/pianist: Jelly Roll Morton


Clarinet: Johnny Dodds


Drums: Baby Dodds (playing for real on regular drums bc of new recording tech)