The Story of Jazz Notes (Pt.1)
- Jazz used to be considered “sin music” and people who played it were looked down on
- Representative of World culture w/ roots deep in West Africa
- Began when African slaves were brought to New Orleans, their songs and dances of celebration planted the seeds of Jazz
- Triangles, board, Jawbone, banjo
- Ragtime flourished in the midwest
- Buddy bolden→ music’s first authentic legend
- Louis Armstrong → father of jazz
- The highest level of instrumental virtuosity
- Consolidated all aspects of jazz
- Father of organized solos
- New Orleans provided an environment for new and fresh art form
- Jelly Roll Martin brought Jazz to the east, Chicago and Detroit
- White people made 1st recorded jazz
- Harlem was a hub for talent and nightlife
- Ellington orchestra became synonymous with black culture in Harlem
- Sam Wooding → took Jazz overseas to Berlin in 1924 as well as Barcelona and South America
- Kansas Local Scene → Pete Johnson was a leader of boogie-woogie music which gained popularity in the 40’s
- Mary Lou Williams → 1st of the leading ladies of modern jazz
- Charlie Parker → along with Dizzy Gillespie created bop/Bebop music
- Jazz soon became America’s most popular music (also with the help of live radio)
