Jazz Artist Flashcards
Sidney Bechet
First Saxophonist
Made Jazz International
Played in King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
Jelly Roll Morton
Swing Player
Born in 1890
Recorded for Gennet Label
Used Spanish Influences
Louis Armstrong
Cornet/Trumpet
Popularized Scatting
Father of Jazz Singing
High note trumpet player with vibrato
Buddy Bolden
Cornet
First Musician with Timbre
Father of Jazz
Johnny Dodds
Clarinet
Played in King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
Fletcher Henderson
First black band leader in New York
James P. Johnson
Pianist
Founder of Stride
Scott Joplin
Pianist
Founder of Ragtime
Freddie Keppard
Cornet
Took jazz outside of New Orleans
Fate Marble
Hired Armstrong onto the riverboat band
Jimmie Noone
Creole Clarinetist
King Oliver
Cornet Player
Popularized mutes
Mentor to Louis Armstrong
Don Redman
Composer that set a template for jazz improve
Bessie Smith
Queen of Blues
Died in a car wreck
Paul Whiteman
Created symphonic jazz