The Birth of Jazz

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The Birth of Jazz

• Blues
• Jazz
• Dixieland
• Boogie Woogie
• Ragtime
• Swing

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The Origin of Blues

• African origin
• Slaves
• Slow and sad
• YouTube - Big Bill Broonzy - Just A Dream
• Improvisation
• Question and answer
• YouTube - Sesame Street - Hoots the Owl teaches
  scat singing
• Scat singing
• YouTube - Ella Fitzgerald One note Samba (scat
  singing) 1969

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Blues and Jazz Instruments

• Dixieland Bands YouTube - Louis Armstrong - When
  The Saints Go Marching In
• Trumpet muted (con sordino) YouTube - LEE
  MORGAN ON MUTED TRUMPET.mp4
• Trombone - glissando
• Clarinet
• String Bass Pizzicato
• YouTube - George Mraz Walking Bass Line (
  Relaxin' at Camerillo)
• Piano
• Guitar
• Banjo
• Drums

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Dixieland Jazz

• Original jazz
• Uses small dixieland band

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Boogie Woogie

• 12-bar blues sequence
• Repetitive left-hand bass
• Syncopated rhythms between hands
• YouTube - Boogie Woogie Piano Tommy Johnson

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Ragtime

• Style from 1890s
• Usually on piano
• Moderate speed
• Scott Joplin
• Right hand syncopated melody
• Left hand chordal part
• YouTube - Scott Joplin - The Entertainer

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Swing

• Form of Jazz
• Big bands
• Vocals
• YouTube - In The Mood

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Concepts to remember

• Syncopation
• Walking bass
• Ostinato/riff
• Glissando
• Backing vocals
• Improvisation