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Jazz• 1920’s to 1960’s most popular• American Made• Swing Style• Improvisation
Jazz• Ragtime
– 1897 - 1920’s– African American Invention– Performed on piano usually in bars or
saloons
• Big Band– 1920’s - 1940’s– Saxes, Trumpets, Trombones, Piano, Guitar,
Bass, Drums
Jazz• Dixieland
– 1940’s - 1950’s– New Orleans– clarinet, trumpet, trombone, sousaphone,
banjo, bass, drums
• Bebop– 1940’s - 1960’s– technically based– improvisation intensive
Jazz• Latin
– 1950’s - 1970’s– non-swing– ethnic instruments
• Fusion– 1960’s - 1970’s– mix of rock and bebop– technically challenging– radical notes and rhythms
Jazz• Pop Jazz
– popular, movie & TV music performed in big band format
• Smooth Jazz– solo artists– simple melodies
Jazz
• Ragtime - Scott Joplin • From Sedalia, Missouri• Attended Smith College 1896• Wrote Marches, Waltzes and
is considered the ‘Father of Ragtime’
Jazz• Big Band - Glenn Miller• Formed a band during
high school• Played trombone,
composed and arranged Big Band Music
• In 1942 he joined the Army Air Force and was commissioned to provide music for the troops
Jazz
• Dixieland - Louis Armstrong (aka Satchmo)
• From New Orleans• Trumpet player and
vocalist with a very unique voice
• Worked as a performer on a Riverboat, in a pit orchestra on Broadway
Jazz• Bebop - Charlie Parker
(aka Bird)• From Kansas City, Kansas• Started playing
Saxophone at 11 and joined high school band at 14
• Moved to NY in 1939 to pursue a music career
Jazz• Latin – Stan Kenton• Grew up in
California• Often criticized for
his ‘modern’ approach to big band
Jazz• Fusion - Herbie
Hancock• From Chicago• Studied classical
music at an early age• Considered a child
prodigy• Innovator of modern
jazz
Jazz• Pop – Maynard
Ferguson• From Verdun, Quebec• Hired in 1950 by Stan
Kenton• Noted for his ‘screetch
trumpet’ high notes• Formed his own bands
from 1956 on
Jazz• Smooth Jazz
– Kenny Gorelick– From Seattle, Washington– Started Saxophone at age
10– Failed on his first audition
for school jazz band– Guinness Book of World
Records for longest note on Sax: 45:47