Exam #2 Flashcards
The blues began as…
An unaccompanied solo vocal style
Where did jazz orginate?
New Orleans
How did early brass bands influence jazz?
- brass was always used for events and jazz was the dance music of this time.
How did ragtime piano influence jazz?
- it popularized using accents before and after the best instead of always directly on it.
- it was a forerunner for jazz
- today jazz musicians play “around” the beat partly because ragtime made the practice popular.
What is the significance of Scott Joplin’s musical contribution?
- He was the famous composer to ragtime music.
- His pieces and their syncopations influenced the development of early jazz playing styles.
What is improvisation?
The practice of spontaneously varying individual parts.
What is call and response?
- one member or one section of the band offers a musical phrase that is like a question.
- Another member or section then follows it with a new phrase that is like an answer.
What new musical developments occurred in early jazz?
- much of each performance was improvised
- rhythmic feeling was looser and more relaxed, thus anticipating jazz swing feel
- it generated some of it’s own repertory of compositions
- it produced more complexity
- it was even more exciting than ragtime, blues, or brass band music
Who were the best-known soloists from New Orleans?
- Louis Armstrong
- Sidney Bechet
When and where was New Orleans jazz recorded?
In Chicago in the early 1920s
What is one of the most distinctive features of New Orleans jazz?
Soloists!!
Which band made the first jazz recording? What was it?
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
Dixie Jazz Band One-Step
Who is often called the father of jazz?
Louis Armstrong
Why is Jelly Roll Morton considered historically significant?
- He was the first important jazz composer.
- He introduced arranging practices in his small-group performances that came to be imitated during early stages in the history of big bands.
- He was one of the first jazz musicians to blend composition with improvisation.
- He recorded piano solos that were well-organized, forcefully executed musical statements with horn-like lines in them.
- He helped bridge the gap b/w ragtime piano and jazz piano style by loosening ragtime’s rhythmic feeling and decreasing it’s embellishments.
Describe Bix Beiderbecke’s sound and style.
- His tone was softer, lighter weight, and less brassy than Louis’.
- His rhythmic approach was less aggressive.
