MUSI 3200A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver
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1910 beginning of the great migration of african americans for the south to northern cities. 1922-1930 height of the harlem renaissance: arts in ny"s largest african american neighborhood. 1923 charleston dance craze sweeps nation. 1927 first talking picture" the jazz singer, starring al jolson. Embellishments became more important than the tunes themselves. All group members soloing at the same time: trumpet played melody, trombone harmonized melody, clarinet soloed around melody. Original dixieland jazz band: new orleans jazz first recorded in new york and chicago, not new orleans, original dixieland jazz band (odjb) first to make jazz recording in 1917, bandleader cornetist nick larocca (1889-1961, listening lively . Chicago school: group of young white musicians, from chicago, that emulated styles of new orleans jazz musicians. Jelly roll morton (1890-1941: pianist/composer, first important jazz composer. Father of the stride piano: harsher, more like horn player than piano player, listening ain"t misbehavin. His most famous compositions is carolina shout" (1921)
