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Music in the 1930s and 40s
By: Sierra Simmons
Jazz originated in New Orleans and its roots can be found in the musical traditions of both African and European cultures. Beginning in the 1930s with that start of the Great Depression Swing jazz emerged as a dominant form in American and was the start of bands and groups forming and performing at social clubs.
Influential People
Theolonious Munk
- Jazz pianist and composer, he also was very influential to Bud Powell and the development of modern jazz
Ella Fitzgerald
- A singer who rose in popularity after performing at the apollo theatre, she became known for fusing pop and jazz music together, and was referred to as the “queen of Scat”
Charlie Parker
- A jazz saxophonist who came up with a new way to play the saxophone jazz called technical swing
Bessie Smith
- considered to be the first notable female jazz vocalist and the “Empress of the blues”
Billie Holiday
- In the 1930s Billie emerged as a prominent modern jazz vocalist. she was skilled and influential to swing jazz. Holiday was influenced by Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith that helped her create her own distict timbre.
Bud Powell
- played around the same time as Munk, Powell was a skilled pianist and composer. His music was full of blues style bass, rhythmic and contained elements of swing
John Coltrane
- known for his saxophne playing, he was skilled and could mimic the piano and violin
Miles Davis
- miles Davis established himself as a trumpet player in the 1940s and began to work witn artist like John Coltrane. He is also known for his role in cool jazz
Key Concepts of the period
Harlem renaissance
- Time period where the jazz scene shifts from Harlem to the “streets” or the club scene that helped spread jazzz music and culture
Trad Jazz
- one of the earliest forms of jazz and contributes to blues, classical, and ragtime music.
Bebop
- a genre of music that first emerged as a newer more sophisicated approach to swing. Bebop required more knowledge of the instrument. bebop was more about the music composition rather than entertainment. Bebop allowed for individualism and diversity in music
Swing Band
- swing band was a form of jazz that was too fast to dance to, but allowed people to just listen to it.
The Big Four
- A jazz concept where instruments are played in 4 beats and on the second count of 4 they would play significantly louder and the process was repeated throughout the song
The Effect of Jazz
- Jazz provided a was of expression and individualism. it also brought black people together
In the late 1930s and early 1940s During World War 2, men were recruited and drafted to the military and the club and music scene seemed to have come to an end for both white and black artists. However, African American revolted from the social conformity and played music at descrete places and this promoted individualism.
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Conclusion
Jazz during the 1930s and 40s brought different styles of music together such as ragtime, folk, blues, classical ,and other that promoted individualism and helped to raise people’s spirits in day to day life during this time when doing things like dancing and singing and simply enjoying life was hard. key figures such as John Coltrane and Miles Davis helped revolutionalize jazz music and these figures as well as many other effects can be still be felt in jazz music today.
