Exam 1 Flashcards
Thomas A. Dorsey
“Father of gospel”, fused together jazz and blues with gospel
Frisk Jubillee singers
First African American vocal performance tour
Country Blues
Uses bottlenecking
Vaudeville
Distinguished by female singers
Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith
Ma Rainey
“Mother of Blues”
Bessie Smith
“Empress of Blues”
W.C Handy
“Father of Blues” first to publish blues
Minstrelsy
Comedic and Racist form of entertainment (dancing, song, jokes)
James Bland
Minstrelsy performer and song composer
Bert Williams
Taught Edward VII of England to dance
Ragtime
Syncopated piano style. People danced close together
Scott Joplin
King of Ragtime writers and was classically trained
Tin Pan Alley
Section of New York (Manhattan) where sheet music was published
The Castles
Husband and wife who popularized Ragtime with whites who traveled with James Reese Europe
Brass Bands
Trompet/Cornet, Trombone, symbols, bass drum, snare, violin. (AABB) pattern
Creols of Color
Jazz band (blacks)
Congo Square
Slaves were given Sunday off to dance and play music.
Front Line
Trumpet/Cornet, Trombone, Clarinet
Storyville
Area of prostitution, nightclubs, gambling, and music
Great Migration
Largest internal relocation of people in history of USA. Went to Northern Cities for betting paying jobs and equality
Joe “King” Oliver
Claims to invent collective improvisation, Louis Armstrong’s mentor, “kid Ory’s band”, started “King Oliver Creole Jazz band” in Chicago
Jellyroll Morton
Pianist, “King Porter Stomp”, “Jellyroll Morton and his Hot peppers.
Freddic Keppard
Cornet, Creol Jazz band, played with handkerchief over hand
The original Dixieland Jazz Band
First band to record a song in 1917
Buddy Bolden
Cornet, known as “The Big Noise”
Sidney Bechet
Saxophone, moved to paris
Harlem Renaissance
Result of the great migration
Duke Ellington
Cotton Club, Piano player (Big band and stride, most prolific composer, and big bands)
Bubber Miley
Trademark of Jungle Jazz
Paul Whiteman
“King of Jazz”, semi-classical, symphonic jazz, paid musicians well
“Changes”
Features Rhythm Boys with scat breaks
Bing Crosby
Worked with Paul Whiteman, used microphone technique, sounded conversational
Don Redman
Arranger for Fletcher henderson, all instruments. Led his own orchestra and wrote arrangements for Paul Whiteman Orchestra, Court Basie and Dorsey Brothers
James P. Johnson
“Father of Stride”, fat wallers teacher, Played at rent parties
What are some of Louis Armstrong’s Contributions to Jazz?
Blues scale and harmonic form, solo improb, scat singing, fusing dixieland and Tin Pan Alley songs, and taught the world swing!
Louis Armstrong
Riverboat for three years (learned how to play sheet music, Worked with Oliver in Creol Jazz band, played with lil’ hardin, Hot five and Hot seven (recording group only, “West end Blues” trumpet solo to start, slower and mutes, scat singing voice, and civil rights actavist
Earl hines
Pianist, trumpet style on the piano
Bix Biederbeck
Cornetist/piano (behind Louis), knowon for unique town quality and improvisational style
Chicago Style
Austin High Gang, expansive solos and polyphonic theme statements
Coleman Hawkins
Template for saxophone, “Body and Sol” greatest jazz song of all time, vocalase
