MUS 1600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Original Dixieland Jass Band
Document Summary
Recorded by duke ellington and his washingtonians, 1927. Began with african-american and creole musicians in new orleans c. 1900. Influenced by many musical styles, but esp. ragtime and the blues. Some ragtime pianists helped introduce jazz: e. g. Jelly roll morton, new orleans pianist and composer. In new orleans, played by small groups of musicians for dancing in loud clubs. Use of loud front-line instruments, esp. brass. Sound recording invented in 1877 by edison, but not used widely for music immediately. Captures early jazz and other popular music of the 1910s-20s. First recordings of jazz: all-white group the original dixieland jazz band (odjb), Recordings include tiger rag, which was adopted by lsu in 1926. Odjb promoted themselves as the creators of jazz : they were not. A jazz craze in northern cities (e. g. , chicago, new york) after musicians from new. Embrace of jazz by young white audiences: social rebellion. Associated with new forms of sexually risqu dance.
