History of Jazz Quiz #2 – Flashcards
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Congo Square
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a place where slaves were permitted to dance, now called Louis Armstrong Park, danced in ring-shouts
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Minstrel show
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developed before the Civil War. White performers would wear black makeup and mimic and ridicule the slave population, replaced by Vaudeville by 1900
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Work songs
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purely African in nature, since slaves were not allowed to talk in the fields, they communicated through song.
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Fisk Jubilee Singers
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strayed from minstrel shows, got their name from the Jubilee in "leviticus" where the slaves are set free, fund-raising group
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Great Migration
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many slaves migrated to the north to escape racial strife after WWI, affected where jazz music was recorded
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Ragtime
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usually thought of as piano genre, does not swing, came from military march form, AABBACCDD, even division of the beat
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Maple Leaf Rag
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composed by Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton. Joplin's was played on a piano roll. Morton's had more improv
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Race Records
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made music specifically for african american listeners, connected to Okeh Rcords, name not a perjorative
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Bessie Smith
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followed lead of Ma Rainey, sang Lost Your Head Blues, 1926
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Sidney Bechet
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black saxophonist, played Blue Horizon, 1944 part of Dixieland Revival,
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Jelly Roll Morton
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black pianist, performed Black Bottom Stomp, Maple Leaf Rag
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Robert Johnson
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black guitarist, sang Hell Hound on my Trail, 1937 nasal quality and difficult to count measures, influenced Eric Clapton
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Louis Amrstrong
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nicknamed "Satchmo," known for scat singing, being an "Uncle Tom," and stressing solo improv rather than group improv
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Struttin with some Barbecue
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Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, 1927
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Hotter than That
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Louis Armstrong, example of scat singing, response to a song "Hotter than Hell"
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West End Blues
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Armstrong's most famous opening cadenza, Earl Hines on piano
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Weather Bird
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1928, duo between Armstrong and Hines, slight competition in the song
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Leon Bix Beiderbecke
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played the cornet, more introspective music than Armstrong, first white performer to be admired by blacks, self taught, wanted to be remembered as a composer in "In a Mist"
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swing music
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emphasis on all 4 beats, only entertainment value, started in late 1920's, only time when jazz music was popular to listen to
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important developments in swing music
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stronger focus on arranging, musical literacy an essential, big band became the standard group, consolidation of the drum set.
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Fletcher Henderson Orchestra
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The Stampede and Wrappin it up, 1926 and 1934
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Count Basie's band
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Takes over Bennie Moten's band: Freddie Green-guitar, Jo Jones-drumes, Walter Page-bass, Count Basie-piano,
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Count Basie songs
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songs were part of Kansas City Swing Style: Doggin Around and Jumpin at the Woodside,
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Duke Ellington
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started playing jungle floor shows in NO, sophisticated background, moved to NYC, had a son Mercer, composer, pianist and bandleader. master of the three minute form because of the material he could pack in 3 mins. featured stronger players in his band, would write AABA | BAA
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Categories of Ellington's music
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Jungle pieces, Popular dance pieces, Mood Pieces, Solo features the suites
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East St. Louis Toodle-Oo and New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
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1926 and 1937, Ellington wrote about a homeless man in STL
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Concerto for Cootie
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focused on composition rather than improv, 1940, used different mutes throughout
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Golden Section
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based on Fibonacci series of numbers, found in Ellington's Warm Valley
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Benny Goodman
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King of Swing, extensive classical training, played with Bix at 14, defined jazz clarinet, autocratic method of conducting a band, popularized swing
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Benny Goodman Quartet
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first racially integrated band. Lionel Hampton-vibrophone, Gene Krupa-drums, Teddy Wilson-trumpet, Benny-clarinet,
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Sing, Sing, Sing
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featured Krupa on drums
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Swing Low Sweet Chariot
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Fisk Jubillee Singers
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Original Dixieland Jazz Band
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first jazz recording, "Livery Stable Blues" all white group
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Three Bix Period
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Wolverines, Frankie Trumbauer, and Paul Whiteman (more commerical)
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Brass v. Reeds concept
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call and response, also musicians can be doublers for two different instruments
