Bebop or bop is a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo‚ instrumental virtuosity‚ and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody. It was developed in the early and mid-1940s. It first surfaced in musicians’ argot some time during the first two years of American involvement in the Second World War. This style of jazz ultimately became synonymous with modern jazz‚ as either category reached a certain final maturity in the 1960s. The 1939 recording of "Body and Soul"
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KEN BURNS: JAZZ What is Jazz? Jazz is one of the few arts that will be considered truly American. Founded primarily in the south during the 1800’s‚ this form of music was the first significant African American contribution that would be heard all around the world. Its constantly changing nature and loose rules allow it to be flexible and therefore‚ viable to audiences of all ages. Why is it unique to the American experience? Jazz is one of the few arts that will be considered truly American.
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Jazz is a form of music that originated in the early 1910s‚ in New Orleans‚ mostly performed by African Americans who had their new found freedom due to slavery being recently abolished. Unfortunately it was a while till jazz was recognized in the main stream‚ as African Americas were struggling to find jobs and could only really find them as entertainers in small bars and such. Jazz was thought to have come from African tribal music that evolved by the performers using foreign instruments instead
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themselves. Folk music was introduced more into this period along with unconventional rhythms and practices. Non-European music was incorporated into the composers who were discovered in the Twentieth Century. American Jazz started to being introduced during this period which led into the Jazz period. There are a lot of developments that branched out into what music is today. Lastly since music was introduced with new technology and the latest advances‚ it was easier to introduce new music and show off
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To be specific - focusing on five performances: First one comes before this period. Laying down framework that comes later: A concert at the Carnegie Hall‚ 1938‚ called Spirituals to Swing. Second one‚ in 1939 another concert-same title. Then we come to Post war period - A concert‚ in 1953 that became known as Jazz - Massey Hall‚ Canada. Referred to at times as the quintet of the year - the five musicians that played were some of the foremost Bebop musicians at the time. Both live events. Subsequently
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learned various styles of jazz with the explanation of different singers’ jazz songs. Before taking this class‚ I just thought the jazz was all about swing style; which is from New Orleans Jazz style with big bands and collective sounds. However‚ through this class‚ I realized that there is more than swing style‚ which are bebop‚ cool‚ hard bop‚ Chicago style and so on. It was interesting to see how different types there are inside one genre called ‘jazz’‚ when I thought jazz was already just one genre
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lived a prosperous life with a lot of success and an equal amount of downfalls. Louis Armstrong’s story goes back to over one hundred years ago. Nicknamed Satch‚ Satchmo‚ Satchelmouth‚ Dipper‚ and Dippermouth Louis Armstrong took over and changed the jazz industry to what we know it as today. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4‚ 1901 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. His father‚ William Armstrong‚ abandoned the family during Louis’ infant years. Louis Armstrong’s mother‚ Mayann Armstrong was a prostitute
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Webster and Charlie Parker. Swing Street reference to 52nd street which hosted major jazz clubs during the swing and the bebop era. Minton’s Playhouse a Harlem jazz club that saw the emergence of bebop and hosted artists such as Dizzy Gillespie‚ Charlie Christian. the house band included Thelonious Monk on piano‚ Joe Guy on trumpet‚ Nick Fenton on bass‚ and Kenny Clarke on drums. Billy Strayhorn famous for his collaboration with Duke Ellington. Billy Berg’s jazz club in Hollywood. Lionel
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Throughout the book; Swing the Sickle for the Harvest is Ripe‚ Berry covers a lot of the issues such slavery and bondage. She shows how complicated life is for a slave and the slave holders. The gender‚ labor and social relationship throughout Georgia around the mid-1800s. Many words were used to describe how gender played a role throughout the book: “skilled and unskilled”. The two counties that was in the book was Wilkes‚ and Glynn Counties. These two counties had different slave systems. Wilkes
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King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band‚ prf. Dippermouth blues [LP9856] Lewis‚ Meade "Lux" Honky Tonk Train Blues Louis Armstrong‚ prf. West End Blues [CDA 13024] Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five‚ prf. Struttin’ with some barbeque [LP 9856] Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven‚ prf. Potato Head Blues [CDA 13024] Morganfield‚ McKinley (Muddy Waters) Got My Mojo Working [CDA 100037 v.7] Morton‚ Ferdinand (Jelly Roll). Trumpet: King Oliver King Porter [CDA 7483] Original Dixieland Jazz Band‚ prf. Livery Stable
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