Class Notes
- Jazz is typically “upbeat” and on the swing.
- Afro-Cuban Jazz is in connection to Congo Square.
- Jazz roots are deeply entrenched in West Africa
- The greatest instrument in jazz was the banjo
- The first authentic legend was Buddy Bolden
- Louis Armstrong is the father of jazz
- Louis Armstrong is the father of organized solo.
- New Orleans provided a new environment for a fresh form of art.
- In Chicago and Detroit, Jelly Roll Morton came to perform. When other white musicians began to perform jazz, they made the first jazz record.
- Southern black audiences were more receptive to jazz and blues. The roaring 20s was mainly “roared” by jazz.
- Harlem became the destination for creativity.
- The Ellington orchestra became synonymous with Black culture in Harlem
- Mary Lou Williams became one of the first leading ladies of modern jazz.
- Charlie Parker
