... , hookers, and gamblers, of random violence and enigmatic jolts of good fortune." (Bergreen P. 75) Soon after he began playing, Armstrong was made leader of the band. This is when Louis began to come into his own as a performer. His personality was born, he wasn't just a musician, he was a true entertainer ... on the riverboats, what he was waiting for arrived. He received an invitation from King Oliver to join his band in Chicago. Louis soon became a great asset to King Olivers' band. King Oliver took Louis and molded him into the next great trumpet player. Louis and Joe complimented ea...

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... she was able to cope with his death was to focus on her flourishing career, so she decided to go on tour with The Count Basie Band. Traveling, as well as touring conditions were extremely horrible for Billie and the other bandmates because of the lack of stability. In other words, the ... members of The Count Basie Band experienced a tremendous amount of racism, they had to travel from one city to the next sometimes having to take loans to even eat and find ... a place to stay while traveling to different cities. But despite the harsh conditions that she experienced traveling with an al...

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... it include; Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, and Bennie Goodman. Bennie Goodman, however, also was a leader for Big Bands. The sound of Big Band was derived from the arrangements of Paul Whiteman, who toned down the dense polyrhythms and raw sounds in order to "civilize- it for a white ... adding more dissonance. This type of symphonic jazz would also go on to influence twentieth century American symphonic music. After the heyday of Big Band arrangement, Bebop emerged in New York City in the late 1940s. Centered around Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gilespie, Thelonious Monk, and Bud Powell, .....

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... was becoming one of the most famous night clubs in the country. These daily broadcasts gave the Cotton Club and Ellington national reputation. By 1929, the band's name was widely known. Ellington liked all the attention and continued to play. He did not care what he played, as long as his audiences ... constantly reiterated statement. Ellington had no intent to play over the radio but as the chance came, he realized it would help increase the popularity of the band. Ellington was composing his music for the people. He wrote it to persuade, influence, entertain, disturb, amuse, and excite ...

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... was being established in America, it was an exciting era of development and change. Swing is the jazz style that came about in the early nineteen-thirties and emphasized big band. It spilled into the late nineteen-forty's and then remained popular in recordings, film, and television music. Most swing-style groups had at least 10 musicians and featured at least ... that was rhythmically undeniable. For these reasons, the musical period of the nineteen-thirties and the nineteen-forties has been called the swing era and big-band era. Two of the more famous Swing Band leaders were Tommy Dor...

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... audiences liked it. Ellington had no intent to play over the radio but as the chance came, he realized it would help increase the popularity of the band. Ellington was composing his music for the people. He wrote it to persuade, influence, entertain, disturb, amuse, and excite the people, which it certainly ... all musicians must deal with in order to be successful. Yet at the same time, Ellington had a willingness to endure disorder and without it the band would not have played with the looseness needed to play simple jazz. Ellington often broke rules in order to reach new heights. The...

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... a slave in Virginia and hard work was nothing new to her mother. Sally Fagan never married Billie's father Clarence Holiday. He was a guitar player in a band with Fletcher Henderson, and because of this gig he abandoned the family to become a performer. Too young to know the difference, her mother left her with any member ... did not go so well (Gyurko). However it was very clear that she would be a star. Two years later she met up with a pick-up band led by Teddy Wilson and they immediately clicked. During 1935 -1942 she would record some of her finest records of her career. It was als...

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... New Orleans by mainly those of Afro-American descent. Early exponents of this dance music were Jelly Roll Martin (a blues player) and Scott Joplin (ragtime). The terms "Jazz" and "Jazz Band" first surfaced in the year 1900. Some say this occurred in New Orleans, although similar music was played at the same time in other places. The most prominent exponents of ... I, Jazz music had evolved and was aided by the development of the recording industry. The small dance band ensemble grew into the larger orchestra known as the "Big Band". The music of the Big Bands became known as "Swing." Tw...

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... , was Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. In 1922, Armstrong rode the train from New Orleans to Chicago to join his mentor Joe Oliver and play in the King Oliver Creole Jazz Band. The Creole Jazz Band was busy playing the popular Lincoln Gardens Cafe, which catered to the growing African-American population in Chicago. During this time, Armstrong gained the reputation as a highly talented ... cornet player. In 1923, he was the first jazz musician to be recorded by Gennett Records while playing with the Creole Jazz Band. Okeh Records also recorded the band again before he left for New York in 1924...

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... original song (Alexander). Jazz is distinctively an American form of music. Its history occupies a much smaller span of time. Its origins are found in the early 1900s as some dance band leaders in the southern U.S. began playing music that combined ragtime and blues. Early exponents of this dance music were Jelly Roll Martin and Scott Joplin, who were both blues players ... . The terms "Jazz" and "Jazz Band" first surfaced in the year 1900. Some say this occurred in New Orleans, although similar music was played at the same time in other places. The most prominent exponents of ... ...

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... African Americans were crucial to the spread and innovation of jazz, whites were the dominant figures in the actual populization of the form. Groups such as the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, which mainly consisted of white musicians, would establish a firm standing in jazz history before any of the great African American jazz musicians were able to be publicized. White jazz groups ... ...

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