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Chapter 3 & 4 Flashcards

1
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Vocals with Jazz

A

the blues

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2
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Robert Johnson

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Country Blues - no set form

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3
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Leadbelly

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Worksong - during chores

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4
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Bessie Smith

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City Blues - entertainment

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5
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Brass Bands

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(String) Social gatherings

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6
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Front line

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(Old brass band) Trumpet, clarinet, trombone

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7
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Second line - instruments

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Tuba, bass drum, snare drum

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8
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Second line - 3 meanings

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  1. instrumentation
  2. Rhythm pattern (drums)
  3. People marching w/ band
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9
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Ragtime

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Solo piano music

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10
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Ragtime - left & right piano hands

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Left: steady march pattern
Right: lively syncopation

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11
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To Rag means:

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to syncopate

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12
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Ragtime - composed or not?

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composed, NO IMPROV

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13
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Scott Joplin

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most important ragtime SINGER

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14
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What year was ODJB 1st recording?

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1917

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15
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King Oliver

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Creole Jazz

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16
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Lil’ Hardin

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piano - 1st significant female jazz player

17
Q

Sousaphone

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wrap around marching tuba

18
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Father of Jazz

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Louis Armstrong

19
Q

Aspects of Louis Armstrong

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  1. First great jazz soloist
  2. Brought drama to solos
  3. Enormous brass tone/range
  4. Influenced popular music
  5. Popularized Scatting
20
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Bix Beiderbecke

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opposite style playing of armstrong

-combined 20th century w/ jazz

21
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“Hot” style of playing

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Louis armstrong

22
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“Cold” style of playing

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Bix Beiderbeck

23
Q

Empress of the blues

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Bessie Smith

24
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Characteristics of 20’s

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Jazz age, prohibition, speakeasy, flappers

25
Q

Chicagoans

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young white folks from New Orleans wanting to play jazz

26
Q

Earl “father” Hines

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horn-like piano

27
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Jelly Roll Morton

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1st important jazz composer, gap between ragtime and jazz (Red Hot Peppers)

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