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Jazz. A Brief History of. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com.
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A Brief History of Jazz. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com. Contents (click to select): Prelude: A Caveat With Which to Begin Jazz Beginnings & Meanings Evolving to Jazz Early New Orleans Jazz Migrates North: Chicago & Harlem Father of Modern Jazz Big Band – All-American Swing Bop Cool, Free, & Fusion Smooth Jazz & Rap Jazz.
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“Brief” means some things are omitted,. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com.
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“90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half is the part people play while others are playing something they never played with anyone who played that part. So, if you play the wrong part, it’s right. If you play the right part, it might be right if you play it wrong enough. But if you play it too right, it’s wrong.”.
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New Orleans: Congo Square. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com.
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“Jazz” as a musical term didn’t arrive until the late 1910s.
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Probably derived from phrase: to “ jass it up” – meaning to give something energy or spark.
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Applied to music: “ Jass ” became “Jazz”. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com.
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At first, the terms “jazz” and “blues” were used interchangeably.
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Spontaneous creation of an instrumental or vocal melody -.
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Original Melody & Original Harmony. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com.
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II Embellished Melody & Original Harmony. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com.
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Improvised Melody & Original Harmony. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com.
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Improvised Melody & Altered Harmony. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com.
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© 2021 AmPopMusic.com. Begin at 2:20. Improvisation.
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Born in New Orleans: Jewish father/Creole mother.
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Influenced by compositions of Gottschalk. Llij1jl-llj1ffi-LLmJULllJ.
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Llij1jl-llj1ffi-LLmJULllJ. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com.
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Began as “instrumentalized” rags. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com.
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© 2021 AmPopMusic.com. New Orleans Jazz. ~1900. “ Raggin ’ the Tune”.
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Characteristics:. 1) Democratic – no single soloist.
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© 2021 AmPopMusic.com. New Orleans Jazz. Collective Improvisation.
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© 2021 AmPopMusic.com. New Orleans Jazz. 1) Democratic – no single soloist 2) ALL musicians had opportunity to play solos 3) No written music – everything improvised 4) Simultaneous “Collective Improvisation”.
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1) Began as an art gallery in 1961 in French Quarter.
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Restaurants, bars, political rallies. Private parties – Sunday afternoons at Lake Pontchartrain.
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Infamous red-light district of New Orleans. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com.
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Death of Scott Joplin. Closing of Storyville. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com.
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Closing of Storyville. Mississippi Riverboats provided travel & jobs for musicians.
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5-8 instrumentalists (1 player per instrument). No written arrangements Collective Improvisation No single featured soloist.
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8-12 instrumentalists (1-2 players per instrument).
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Learning io Listen to Jazz Jazz Cub ELES C icy BLIIES Ian Ion LEARNING TO LISTEN" Ame NEWORLEXNS CollectiVe Improvisation No Written Arrangements Simultaneous Melody & Countermelodies Five to Eight Instruments 'NWW_AMPOPMUSIC.COM rd ÉCJAZZ & BLUES LIVEO Gre Old Tie Jan * Early Chicago * dll Wight "Ong AUGUST 26TH, 1926 The sunset Cafe, 315 E. 35th St, Chicago HOT JAZZ, COLD DRINKS AND LOVELY LADIES LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS STOMPERS WITH BII BEIDERBECKE, URI HINES, & WWW.AMPOPMUSIC.COM @ 2015 AtnPopMusic.
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Learning io Listen to Jazz Jazz Cub ELES C icy BLIIES Ian Ion LEARNING TO LISTEN" Ame NEWORLEXNS CollectiVe Improvisation No Written Arrangements Simultaneous Melody & Countermelodies Five to Eight Instruments 'NWW_AMPOPMUSIC.COM rd ÉCJAZZ & BLUES LIVE Gre Old Tie Jan * Early Chicago * '7111 Wight "Ong AUGUST 26TH, 1926 The sunset Cafe, 315 E. 35th St, Chicago HOT JAZZ, COLD DRINKS AND LOVELY LADIES LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS STOMPERS WITH BII BEIDERBECKE, URI "INES, & WWW.AMPOPMUSIC.COM @ 2015 AtnPopMusic.
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amningto c Simultane Am to Early Jazz Click on the poster that best fits the style of early jazz you hear. LUES JAZZ&NJiSUVE tineas 0 201 ;.
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/ Congo quare. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com. Pre-Sazz: GOTTSCHALK & RAGTIME.
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How was “Early Jazz” different from New Orleans?.
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“King” Oliver: Left N.O. for Chicago when Storyville closed (trumpet).
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Louis Armstrong. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com. Early Jazz.
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1) First great jazz virtuoso instrumentalist. 2) Created dramatic flair in solos.
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4) Standardized swing eighth-note rhythm. 0/009 0/009 0/009 0/009 epu-tuq6!e IL/6!eJ1s 0/009 0/009 0/009.
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© 2021 AmPopMusic.com. The First Steps in Jazz Evolution.
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Or . . . How to tell one jazz style from another!.
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big Ban Ewing Tazz. © 2021 AmPopMusic.com. Congo Square.
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8-12 instrumentalists (1-2 players per instrument).
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Rhythm Section. Saxo hone Section. Learning io Listen to Jazz Jazz Cub ELES C icy BLIIES Ian Ion LEARNING TO LISTEN" Ame NEWORLEXNS CollectiVe Improvisation No Written Arrangements Simultaneous Melody & Countermelodies Five to Eight Instruments 'NWW_AMPOPMUSIC.COM rd ÉCJAZZ & BLUES LIVE Gre Old Tie Jan * Early Chicago * '7111 Wight "Ong AUGUST 26TH, 1926 The sunset Cafe, 315 E. 35th St, Chicago HOT JAZZ, COLD DRINKS AND LOVELY LADIES LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS STOMPERS WITH BII BEIDERBECKE, URI "INES, & WWW.AMPOPMUSIC.COM @ 2015 AtnPopMusic.
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Rhythm Section. Saxo hone Section. Learning io Listen to Jazz Jazz Cub ELES C icy BLIIES Ian Ion LEARNING TO LISTEN" Ame NEWORLEXNS CollectiVe Improvisation No Written Arrangements Simultaneous Melody & Countermelodies Five to Eight Instruments 'NWW_AMPOPMUSIC.COM rd ÉCJAZZ & BLUES LIVE Gre Old Tie Jan * Early Chicago * '7111 Wight "Ong AUGUST 26TH, 1926 The sunset Cafe, 315 E. 35th St, Chicago HOT JAZZ, COLD DRINKS AND LOVELY LADIES LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS STOMPERS WITH BII BEIDERBECKE, URI "INES, & WWW.AMPOPMUSIC.COM @ 2015 AtnPopMusic.
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Learning io Listen to Jazz Jazz Cub ELES C icy BLIIES Ian Ion LEARNING TO LISTEN" Ame NEWORLEXNS CollectiVe Improvisation No Written Arrangements Simultaneous Melody & Countermelodies Five to Eight Instruments 'NWW_AMPOPMUSIC.COM rd ÉCJAZZ & BLUES LIVE Gre Old Tie Jan * Early Chicago * '7111 Wight "Ong AUGUST 26TH, 1926 The sunset Cafe, 315 E. 35th St, Chicago HOT JAZZ, COLD DRINKS AND LOVELY LADIES LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS STOMPERS WITH BII BEIDERBECKE, URI "INES, & WWW.AMPOPMUSIC.COM @ 2015 AtnPopMusic.
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Learning io Listen to Jazz Jazz Cub ELES C icy BLIIES Ian Ion LEARNING TO LISTEN" Ame NEWORLEXNS CollectiVe Improvisation No Written Arrangements Simultaneous Melody & Countermelodies Five to Eight Instruments 'NWW_AMPOPMUSIC.COM rd ÉCJAZZ & BLUES LIVE Gre Old Tie Jan * Early Chicago * '7111 Wight "Ong AUGUST 26TH, 1926 The sunset Cafe, 315 E. 35th St, Chicago HOT JAZZ, COLD DRINKS AND LOVELY LADIES LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS STOMPERS WITH BII BEIDERBECKE, URI "INES, & WWW.AMPOPMUSIC.COM @ 2015 AtnPopMusic.
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Piano becomes center of the Big Band sound. Stride piano: ragtime with wider leaps in left hand.
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“Sweet” Big Band jazz: quiet, slow-dance, ballad-like.