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25 Cards in this Set
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St. Louis Blues |
Bessie Smith, Blues -bluesy muted trumpet, slow, woman singing |
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Buzzard Lope |
Bessie Jones, AA Folk Song, Spiritual -chanting/singing, clapping |
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Castle House Rag |
James Reese Europe, Ragtime -strings, flute, clarinet, syncopated, sounds like Tom and Jerry music |
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Dixie Jazz Band |
Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Early Jazz, New Orleans -trombone glissando, fast clarinet, collective improvisation |
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Dead Man Blues |
Jelly Roll Morton, Early Jazz, Blues, New Orleans -very slow, clarinet and trumpet, high vibrato clarinet solo |
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Changes |
Paul Whiteman, Early Jazz, Fusion -starts with legato passage, then jazzy trumpet, eventually has male singing |
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East St. Louis Toodle-oo |
Duke Ellington, Early Jazz, Blues -gloomy sounding, Louis Armstrong vocal-like trumpet solo |
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Snake Rag |
King Oliver, Early Jazz, New Orleans -extended trombone glissando, collective improvisation with trumpets and clarinets, ascending trombone line |
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Copenhagen |
Fletcher Henderson, Early Jazz, Big Bands -heavy clarinet and vibrato, that line that ascends and has an even bigger descent, upbeat, lots of heavy tuba |
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West End Blues |
Louis Armstrong, Early Jazz, New York, Blues -begins with upbeat trumpet solo, then gets slow |
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Singin' the Blues |
Bix Beiderbecke, Early Jazz -heavy saxophone! |
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King Porter Stomp |
Benny Goodman, Early Jazz -fast swing, lots of trumpet, very arranged, lots of sax soli |
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Louis Armstrong |
Turned jazz into an art form, popularized individual solos, from New Orleans but eventually made it up to New York |
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Fletcher Henderson |
First important arranger and composer, created sections (brass, saxes, etc.) |
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Paul Whiteman |
Pretty much created jazz fusions, responsible for symphonic jazz |
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Jelly Roll Morton |
First important composer and arranger |
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Bix Beiderbecke |
Played with a more temperate style (less about the attack, more smooth) |
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Buddy Bolden |
First important jazz musician, invented jazz |
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James P. Johnson |
Piano player, arranger, invented stride piano |
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Coleman Hawkins |
Popularized the saxophone (yeah d00d!) |
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Marching Bands |
Instrumentation! (New Orleans, Big Bands) |
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Ragtime |
SYN-CO-PAA-TION (all forms) |
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AA Folk Songs |
Call and Response, Vocals, Blues (all forms but swing) |
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Blues |
Bluesy notes (all forms) |
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Causes of the Swing Era |
Great Depression, Stock Market Crash, WWII |