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Dixieland
~New Orleans
Solo vs accompaniment
Jazz instruments
-saxophones
-trumpets
-trombones
-clarinets
-rhythm section
*piano
*drums
*string bass
~walking bass line
Louis Armstrong-”Struttin With Some Barbecue”
~Jazz Legend
~Trumpet
~Scat singing
Benny Goodman-”That's A Plenty”
~Clarinetist
~1938 Carnegie Hall Concert
~Brought Jazz to forefront of society
Ragtime is the precursor to jazz
Known for syncopated rhythms
Scott Joplin
-Famous composer of ragtime music
-“The Entertainer,” “Maple Leaf Rag,” and
many more!
Listen to “Easy Winners” or “Original Rags”
Form
-Multiple sections in piece
-Raise your hands when you hear a new
section.
Generally known for medium to fast paced
tempos
-Music you can dance to!
Known for syncopated rhythms
-Straight 8ths vs. swung 8ths
demonstration
Birth of Big Bands
-Lots of instruments
*Full rhythm section (piano, string
bass, drums, guitar)
*Multiple saxophones and other
woodwinds (clarinets, flutes),
trumpets, and trombones
*Lots of soloists and heavy use of
improvisation
Benny Goodman
-“The King of Swing”
-Famous Clarinetist and Big Band
Leader
-Brought jazz to the forefront with
famed 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert
-Known for “Sing Sing Sing,”
“Stompin' at the Savoy,” and
many more
-Listen to “Sing Sing Sing”
*Since this is music to dance
to, let's move to the music!
Artie Shaw
-Famous Clarinet player and Big Band
Leader
-Known for “Begin the Beguine,”
“Stardust,” his “Concerto for Clarinet,”
and many more
Glenn Miller
-Famous Trombone player and Big Band Leader
-Disappeared while flying over the English Chanel
during WWII
-Known for such songs as “In the Mood” & “A String
of Pearls.”
Duke Ellington
-Famous Pianist, Big Band Leader, and composer
-Known for works like “It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got that Swing),”
“Take the A-Train,” and many more!
Buddy Rich
-Famous Drum Set player and Big Band leader
-Known for wild behavior, crazy drum solos, and Big Swing Face
-The muppet Animal is rumored to be modeled after him.
Stan Kenton
-Famous Trombone player and Big Band Leader
- Known for having a huge horn section
-Important songs include “Malaguena,” “Limehouse Blues,” and “Malaga” to name a few
-CD to know: Adventures in Jazz
Count Basie
-Famous Pianist and Big Band Leader
-Known for his works “One O'Clock Jump,” “April
in Paris,” & “Corner Pocket” to name a few.
The Crooners-Singers/Actors/Entertainers
Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin, &
Sammy Davis Jr.
aka the Rat Pack
Bing
Crosby
Nat King Cole
Ella Fitzgerald
-Outstanding female jazz
vocalist
-”The First Lady of Song”
-International renowned for
her voice and scat singing
Louis Armstrong
-Amazing trumpet player as
well as talented jazz singer
-Best known for creating scat
singing
-Famed for low, gravely
voice
Billie Holiday
-Famed Jazz Singer and Songwriter
-“What a Little Love Can Do” & “Easy Living”
Rosemary Clooney
-Famous Singer/Actress
-Aunt of George Clooney
-Listening to her rendition
of “Blue Skies”
~How do instruments
back her up?
-Characterized by fast tempo,
instrumental virtuosity and
improvisation
-"Bebop wasn't developed in any
deliberate way." (Thelonious
Monk)
-What we consider basis of
modern jazz
*Modal jazz, “cool jazz”
emerged from bebop
-Not as big of ensembles
*Smaller groups called
combos
*Just rhythm section and
soloist or two
*Contrast to big bands
Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet
J.J. Johnson
Trombone
Charlie “Bird” Parker
Saxophone
Clifford Brown, Trumpet
Cannonball Adderley
Alto Saxophone
John Coltrane, tenor sax
Thelonious Monk, pianist
Miles Davis
-Remarkable jazz trumpeter and innovator
-Kind of Blue considered to be one of the best jazz
albums ever recorded!
*All star combo featuring Miles Davis, John Coltrane
(tennor sax), Cannonball Adderley (alto sax), Bill
Evans and Wynton Kelly (piano), Jimmy Cobb (drum
set), and Paul Chambers (bass)
-Listen to “So What”
*Listen to unique interactions of the instruments in
smaller setting, more intimate sound