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-Mobile, Alabama
-Ragtime Ambassador
-First black orchestra leader to record for major label. |
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-New Orleans, Louisiana
-Jazz Archetype
-First Cornet "King" |
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-New Orleans, Louisiana
-Clarinet and Sax
-First Jazz musician to be recognized as artist |
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-New Orleans, Louisiana
-First white Jazz musician
-Drums/saxophone |
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| Original Dixieland Jass Band |
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-Creators of Jazz
-"Livery Stable Blues" |
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-New Orleans, Louisiana
-Unofficial father of Jazz
-Trumpet
-Hot Jazz |
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-Georgia
-Piano/Arranger/Bandleader
-Unofficial Godfather of swing
-Created Black Swan record label |
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-"King of Jazz"
-Attempted to to bridge gap between Jazz and Classical Music
"King of Jazz" talking/color film |
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-Tacoma, Washington
-Singer
-Worked w/ Paul Whiteman |
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-Davenport, Iowa
-Cornet/Trumpet
-"Jazz Me Blues" |
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-aka New Negro Movement
-An intellectual and cultural movement that would serve to uplift race.
-ca. 1919-early 1930's |
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| -10th of "negroes" have to be at a good socioeconomic status. |
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-Washington DC
-Piano/Composer/Arranger/Bandleader |
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-New York
-Managed Duke Ellington |
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-Limited Improvisation; arrangements
-4 sections: Trumpets, Trombones, Woodwinds, Rhythm |
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-New York City
-Organ/Piano/Composer |
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-Toledo, Oh
-Piano
-"God"
-Brought stride piano to its highest artistic level, arguably one of the greatest piano players of all time. |
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-Chicago
-"King of swing"
-Initiated swing era
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-Chicago
-"Queen of swing"
-Bandleader/Tap-dancer |
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-Red Bank, New Jersey
-Piano/Bandleader |
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-Born in NY, raised in CT
-Clarinet/Bandleader
-King of Clarinet |
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-NY
-Bandleader/Singer/Drummer
-Hipster |
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| Musician's Union Recording Ban |
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-Lasted from August 1942 to as late as November 1944
-Caused the rise in popularity of vocalists |
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-South Carolina
-Bebop exponent/founder
-Trumpet/Composer/Bandleader
-Hipster |
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-Kansas
-Arguably one of the greatest improvisers in Jazz.
-Alto sax |
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-North Carolina
-Bebop exponent/founder
-Piano/Composer |
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| -Process of altering chords. Melody stays the same. |
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| -Process of taking an existing song and replacing the melody with a new one. |
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| The Golden Age of Recording Studios |
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-California
-Piano/Composer/Bandleader
-Released #2 top-selling Jazz album of all time "Time Out"
-Dave Brubeck Quartet |
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-Alton, Illinois
-Trumpet/Bandleader/Composer
-Played role in virtually every major jazz development since WWII
-Miles Davis Quintet |
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-Pittsburgh
-Drummer/Bandleader
-Hard bop founder
-Founder of The Jazz Messengers |
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-Nogales, Arizona
-Bass/Composer/Bandleader
-Hybrid Jazz; pioneer in mixing Jazz styles |
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-Hamlet, North Carolina
-Composer/Woodwinds
-Jazz saint--Church of John Coltrane--
-Revolutionized chordal playing
-"My Favorite Things"
-"A Love Supreme" |
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