Scott Joplin had played in New York, and other great musicians followed in his footsteps. After The Original Dixieland Jazz Band played on Broadway, jazz musicians imitated the New Orleans sound. While not attaining the undisciplined and wildly erratic beat of New Orleans jazz, the popularity of jazz in New York increased drastically. The 1920s proved to be a Golden Age of jazz in New York. Jazz was diverse and appealed to people from every echelon of society.
Sharon Bellingeri English III: 1 Mrs. Sledden 25, May 2011 Sounds of a Nation The loud, ringing sound of a trumpet’s blare, the fresh rhythm of guitars, and the clear crisp voices uplifted in song; these were just a few of the common sounds that could be heard during the 1920s. The Jazz Age incorporated more than just jazz, with blues booming, ballads and ragtime filling the air, and show tunes enrapturing audiences on and off the stage, the 1920s were alive with all kinds of music. The 1920s brought significant changes to music in America with new musicians, styles, and innovations, all of which would influence music around the world for years to come. Jazz music was a significant source of music in the 1920s, a style which originated
b. Louis Armstrong was the first ambassador of jazz. c. Louis Armstrong was both a talented singer and trumpet player. d. Louis Armstrong, a gifted musician, had a profound impact on jazz. _____7. The selection is primarily written in a(n) _______________ mode.
Thus these sessions resulted in some of the most important masterpieces of early jazz, of which West End Blues is arguably the best known. Other important recordings include Basin Street Blues, Tight Like This, Saint James Infirmary, and Weather Bird. In the last named, only Armstrong and Hines are present, turning an old rag number into a tour-de-force of inspired musical runs as the trumpet and piano playfully come together, draw apart to compete, and come together again, over several
History Of Jazz Mus 225 Professor Hebert A. Smith, M.A 1. Race Record played what value in the development of African American music. Prior to the emergence of rhythm & blues as a musical genre in the 1940s, "race music" and "race records" were terms used to categorize practically all types of African-American music. Race records were the first examples of popular music recorded by and marketed to black Americans. Reflecting the segregated status of American society and culture, race records were separate catalogs of African-American music.
Mambo music is up tempo and mainly instrumental that has many different distinctions and definitions. It is a big-band dance music genre featuring antiphonal sectional arrangements for contrasting brass instruments. Typical instruments involved in a mambo song are the conga, cajon, bongo, timbales, claves, upright bass, piano, trombones, trumpets, and saxophone. Mambo has its origins in American big band style of music mashed together with Cuban ideas of the montuno and danzon. The montuno involves a rhythmic backbeat infused with often-improvised solos.
“The Harlem Renaissance emerged amid social and intellectual upheaval in the African American Community.”(Wintz1). Jazz was a specific type of music that black professionalized in. Blacks prospered significantly from Jazz. “Louis Armstrong became the first great jazz soloist when he moved from King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band in Chicago to Fletcher Henderson's band in New York City in 1924”(Britannica). Armstrong was a famous jazz artist during the Harlem renaissance.
His style then became simpler, replacing the experimentation of his earlier years with a more mature approach that used every note to its greatest advantage. He rerecorded some of his earlier songs with great results. In 1924, Armstrong enjoyed a brief stint with bandleader and arranger Fletcher Henderson in New York City. By the time jazz pianist Lil Hardin, who would become the second of his three wives, persuaded Armstrong to work independently around 1925, he had switched from the cornet to the trumpet. During the next few years he made recordings fronting his own musicians; depending on the number assembled, they were known as the Hot Five or the Hot Seven.
Cultural Contact in the Cradle of Jazz: A Brief History............................................ Cultural Remnants Made Visible: The New Orleans Jazz Festival........................... The Mardi Gras Indians ............................................................................................. CHAPTER V. UNRAVELING MUSICAL AND CULTURAL ELEMENTS: ... Common Ground: African and Native American Musical Compatibility................. Unification in Sound: Vocables in Native American Music ..................................... All in the Stomp Dance: Dance as an Intrinsic Element of Music ............................ From Parker to Pullen: The Heritage of Some Jazz Greats ....................................... CHAPTER VI. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................... REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................... 23 27 28 30 34 35 38 39 42 49
This characteristic of jazz rhythm is syncopation, which is accenting offbeats or an unstressed beat. Jazz music catches the attention of the listener by the way the rhythmic elements are put together. This is known as “swing”, and it catches the listener’s attention because it has a beat that you want to tap your foot to. Just like in previous eras where the composer put the composition together and then reviews it or practices it before performing it so do jazz performers. Jazz music also shows or creates emotion in its listeners just as previous eras had.