Song Facts Flashcards
Reckless blues
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong was not smiths favorite to record with
It’s all right baby
Most popular performers at sunset cafe
Big joe turner and pete johnson
West end blues
The west end refers to the furthest west end of a lake in Louisiana
Louis armstrong and his hot five
Nows the time
Recorded during “the greatest jazz session ever”
charlie parker
A sailboat in the moonlight
Holliday was known for singing emotional songs
Billie Holliday
So what
Unusual piece for the time period
Miles Davis
The buzzard lope
Refers to how slaves were often thrown into fields after their death and devoured by buzzards
Bessie Jones
Soon one morning
Was meant to be a truthful piece
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Down home rag
His recording is not well known
Wilbur Sweetman
Dixie jazz band one step
First jazz song released commercially
ODJB
Dead man blues
Referred to burial ritual
Jelly Roll
Snake rag
Recorded twice
Snake refers to the way it’s played
King Oliver
Doctor jazz
Became popular song
Jelly Roll
Cake walking babies
Refers to the cakewalk dance
Red onion jazz babies
Changes
Suggests changes In the band
Paul Whiteman
You’ve got to be modernistic
Transition from regime to stride
James P Johnson
Black and Tan fantasy
Refers to clubs who would allow both races
Duke Ellington
Hotter than that
No one knows who wrote it
Louis and his hot 5
Singin the blues
Not played as written
One of the most imitated of all time
Frank Traumbaeur
Weather bird
Louis and earl hines
Structure is Different from his other compositions
One hour
His first classic
Coleman Hawkins
Dinah
Features vibraphone
Band was the only one with vibraphone at the time
Benny Goodman quartet
Blue Lou
Rarely ever sung but was recorded by Ella
Fletcher henderson band
Star dust
Artie shaw and orchestra
Recorded with his big band
Taint what you do
African American perspective
Walkin n swingin
Earned her only a few dollars
Made her more well known
Andy Kirk and 12 clouds of joy
One o clock jump
Count basie and orchestra
Hour of the morning it was first broadcast
Mood indigo
Based on an account by Ellington
Ellington
Blood count
Referred to his poor health
His last composition
Ellington
Conga brava
Ellington
Ellington dropped it from his repertoire quickly
Oh! Lady be good
Song became identified with Ella
She performed it many times
Body and soul
Hawkins didn’t want to play it
Played without rehearsal
Hawkins
I’m coming Virginia
Features Reinhardt
Benny carter and orchestra
Christopher Columbus
Integrates stride and swing
Meant to be funny
Fats waller
Blue skies
Originally put on a different album
Ella Fitzgerald
Over the rainbow
Only 5 surviving versions
For movie wizard of oz
Art Tatum
Swing to bop
One of his best performances
Exists by accident
Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian vs Django Reinhardt
Charlie had a more hornlike sound while Reinhardt created a whole new sound “hot” guitar
Charlie was more influenced by horn players
Reinhardt had little influence on charlie’s playing style
