Jazz Music Flashcards
A lively musical style syncopated with rhythms and improvisation by the African-Americans.
Jazz Music
How is Jazz music performed?
Performed by a small group of 3-8 musicians or a big band.
What is a Big band in Jazz Music?
A Jazz band that composes of 3 groups
What are the instruments of Jazz Music?
Woodwinds, Brass, Rhythm section, and Improvisation
It allows the singer to sing with scoops and groans and bent tones.
Blues
Who are the Blues singers in Jazz Music?
Bessie Smith, Mia Rainey, Billie Holiday
A piece of popular music for solo piano developed in St. Louis and Kansas City
Ragtime
A popular jazz style developed in New Orleans that consisted of 5-8 performances that play the trombone and the clarinet.
Dixieland Jazz
Developed in the 1920s performed by big bands with fifteen musicians
Swing
A Jazz Swing that is for dancing, entertainment, and easy listening
Sweet Swing
Big band jazz created by more skillful jazz composers and performers. This type is also called concert jazz.
Hot Swing
He is the “King of Swing” and he created Benny Goodman’s Jazz
Benjamin “Benny” Goodman
An aggressive and fast performance by smaller ensembles called combos that individualistic performance. An important jazz style in 1940
Bebop aka bebop or bop
Greatest improviser in Jazz
Charlie Parker
An aggressive interpretation like Bebop
Cool Jazz
