Big Bands, Hillbilly, Race Music, and Blues - Chapter 2 Flashcards
What was the period between the mid 1930s and 1940s commonly referred to?
“The Swing Era” or the “Big Band Era”
Difference between black and white musicians
Black musicians were known as sweet bands (e.g., Guy Lombardo) and white musicians were known for playing a hotter type of swinging jazz (e.g., Duke Ellington).
How did freedman identify black and white musicians
Identified black musicians with the body and natural spontaneity while he identified the whites with mind, calculation, and femineity.
Race and Hillbilly music origins
Record companies targeted new audiences between World War One and World War Two (1918-1940).
Who first applied the term “Race Music”
Ralph Peer
The “Blues” - What is it?
Describes a feeling “I got the blues,” twelve bar chorus, AAB text.
What was Mami Smith known as
Queen of the Blues
What was Bessie Smith known as
Empress of the Blues
What was W.C. Handy known as
Father of the Blues. The most influential of classic blues composers
