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Jazz - Places
Important Places In Jazz History
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Undergraduate 1
04/29/2010

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Birthplace of Jazz, Armstrong, Morton, Oliver, Keppard, Kid Ory
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New Orleans
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Strip of Land in New Orleans where prositution was legal, and, as a result, many jazz clubs sprung up
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Storyville
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Spot where slaves could perform their ancestral music without interruption
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Place Congo/Congo Square
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Club in Harlem where Duke Ellington got his first big break
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Cotton Club
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Ballroom in Harlem where Chick Webb was a regular performer
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Savoy Ballroom
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Hothouse for bebop music
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Minton's Playhouse
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Ballroom in Los Angeles where Benny Goodman was named "The King of Swing"
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Palomar Ballroom
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City where First American Jazz Festival was held
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Newport, RI
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City where the arranger was all important in swing music
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New York
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City where "head arrangements" were used in swing music; also the birthplace of Charlie Parker
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Kansas City
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In 1938, Beeny Goodman's group was the first jazz band to play here
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Carnegie Hall
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