Or Maybe You Do YOU DON’T KNOW JAZZ

The purpose of this class is to introduce you to the musical genre

called jazz and to help you find something in that genre that you like.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLASS

JOE “KING” OLIVER, 1881-1938

Jazz New Orleans

GENRES

EUBIE BLAKE, 1887-1983

Jazz Popular music

Ragtime

GENRES

JELLY ROLL MORTON, 1890-1941

RagtimeJazz

Jazz BluesDixieland

Swing

STYLES INCLUDED

BESSIE SMITH, 1894-1937

BluesJazz Blues

GENRES

DUKE ELLINGTON, 1899-1974

JazzBig Band

Jazz OrchestraClassical/ Jazz Fusion

Sound Tracks

GENRES

LOUIS ARMSTRONG 1901-1971

Creole JazzDixieland Jazz

Big BandHot Jazz

Pop

GENRES

WILLIAM “COUNT” BASIE, 1904-1984

Big BandJazz

Blues

GENRES

BILLIE HOLIDAY, 1915-1959

Blues Jazz

GENRES

ELLA FITZGERALD, 1917-1996

SwingBee Bop

Traditional PopVocal Jazz

Blues

GENRES

THELONIOUS MONK , 1917-1982

JazzCool JazzBee Bop

Hard Bop

GENRES

DIZZY GILLESPIE

JazzBebop

Afro-Cuban Jazz

GENRES

NAT “KING” COLE, 1919-1965

Vocal JazzSwing

Traditional Pop

GENRES

CHARLIE “BIRD” PARKER, 1920-1955

JazzBee Bob

GENRES

CHARLES MINGUS, 1922-1979

JazzHard Bop

BebopAvant-garde Jazz

Post bop Third Stream

Orchestral JazzFree Jazz

GENRES

MILES DAVIS, 1926-1991

Avant-guarded JazzHard Bee Bop

Modal Jazz Free Jazz

GENRES

JOHN COLTRANE, 1926-1967

BluesBebop

Cool JazzFusion

GENRES

SARAH VAUGHAN, 1927-1990

Vocal JazzBebop

Smooth JazzTraditional Pop

Bosa Nova

GENRES

SONNY ROLLINS, 1930-

JazzHard Bop

GENRES

Dave Brubeck QuartetWynton Marsalis & and the Live from

Lincoln Center OrchestraChick Corea

Harry Connick Jr.Seth McFarlane

Rod StewartPaul McCartney

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