“Jazz is the first ‘World Music'”
Roots in West Africa
- Began when African Slaves were taken to the Caribbean
- Lead to New Orleans (A main gateway for enslaved people from the Caribbean
- Gourd, Triangles, Jewish harps, Jawbone, Banjo
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
- Echoes what he heard in Congo Square
- Well known for it
- Mocked the sound of the banjo
- 1st lead to ragtime
- Gottschalk had an influence on Scott Joplin, then New Orleans
Buddy Bolden
- One of the first
- He is known along with the greatest Trumpet players (Oliver & Armstrong)
Louis Armstrong
- The whole concept of playing trumpet comes from him
- Father of the organized solo
- Known for his trumpet playing
- Played a trumpet better than anyone at that time
New Orleans was a melting pot so it was where many styles and cultures within music came together.
Morton
- Came to bring Jazz to Chicago & Detroit
Dixie Land Jazz Band
- Creators of Jazz
- World’s first Jazz recording
1919
- Many impactful things happened in the category and progression of Jazz
- Dixie Land Jazz Band toured England
- Oliver came to Chicago
Jazz Complimented the roaring 20’s era
- “Chicago was a hotbed of Jazz”
- King Oliver moved in
- Joe Oliver became one of the biggest names in Chicago.
- Louis Armstrong would practice off of King Olivers style
Bix Beiderbecke
- At the same time of Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
- Came to New York in 1923
- Piano
- Orchestra (most well known for)
- Good at composition of music
- Duke Ellington band was very strong
- Most complex of any composer
Harlem started to become the cultural center for black life in America
- Especially night life
- Mid-twenties Jazz was secure because it was so popular
Early Thirties
- Jazz was overseas
- African American entertainers were known world wide
Other Noted Names
- Snow
- Buck Clayton
- Ellington
Kansas City
Lesser Young
- Tenner Saxaphone
boogie-woogie was popular during the 1940’s
Mary Lou Williams
- One of the first leading ladies of modern jazz
Charlie Parker
Swing
