"THE STORY OF JAZZ"
Notes by Anjae Turman
- Jazz was an instant swing .
- It was the first type of genre that represented for the world.
- Some people viewed jazz as a sin.
- The roots of jazz was established in the western part of Africa.
- Jazz music started when Africans were migrated to America.
- Buddy Bolden was the first most popular jazz artist
- Louis Armstrong he was known as the “father of jazz”.
- Louis Armstrong combined all the aspects of jazz and created his own sound
- He was best known for his trumpet solo’s
- Jazz was first known in New Orleans
- New Orleans wasn’t the only city with a fresh jazz sound. Jelly Roll Morton was a jazz musician who performed in Chicago and Detroit.
- White Artists was known for recording music in the studio. In the studio, African Americans were not allowed to make music.
- The audience in the south became more accepting to jazz music.
- Jazz was born during the Roaring Twenties.
- Many artists relocated to Harlem in order to pursue careers as performers in nightclubs or on stage at night.
- Jazz was international
- In 1924, artist Sam Wooding came to Berlin and began performing in South America and Barcelona, Spain.
- Leslie started off as an alto and later on became a tenor
- The first leading ladies of jazz was Mary Marie Louis
- Harlem swing was a dance form they used to transition from swing to jazz.
- One of the first female jazz musicians was Lil Harvey
- Ragtime was invented initially, and then jazz was developed through time.
- John B Johnson was influenced by jazz, and he soon established his own musical performance, “Charleston.”
