Early Jazz Flashcards
Elizabeth Greenfield
Black Swan
Early minstrel artist that gained popularity in the late 1800s
Blind Tom
When was WWI?
1914-1918
Early Jazz trumpet player
Buddy Bolden
Pianist of ragtime, and early Jazz
Jelly Roll Morton
Sydney Bechet
Soprano Sax, and Clarinet
Freddie Keppard
Jazz Trumpet
First Jazz band to be recorded
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Mentor to Louis Armstrong
King Oliver
Renowned stride jazz pianist
Willie “The Lion” Smith
Trumpeteer
Bubber Miley
White band leader (King of jazz)
Paul Whiteman
Band leader, composer, pianist, trumpeteer in NYC
Fletcher Henderson
Jazz venue in NYC where up and coming legends would perform & dance
Roseland Ballroom
Renowned early blues black female vocalist
Bessie Smith