... African-American composer and wrote a composition called "The Harlem Rag" that same year. Over the years of Ragtime's popularity a number of composers merged as the voice of this musical form. James Scott, Louis Chauvin, Joseph Lamb and Scott Joplin just to name a few. Little is known of the early development of Ragtime, but nevertheless it is clear that it surfaced after ... 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 Dorsey and Harry James. Journalists and jazz fans drew distinction...

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... larger orchestra known as the "Big Band". The music of the Big Bands became known as "Swing." Two of the more famous Swing band leaders were Tommy Dorsey and Harry James. In the late 40s and through the 50s, a different kind of Jazz became popular. This music, played by a very small ensemble, was much more sophisticated and complex. Its rich harmonic ... the symphony orchestra's large size and diversity of instruments provides many different sounds and wide dynamic range. In classical music, the composer strives for control; he uses printed music to guide and direct the musicians throug...

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... on which he had relied since he was a child." (Bergreen p. 110) Once playing on this place the famous Joe `King" Oliver, his idol, spotted him. (Louis followed King Oliver wherever he was playing. Luis would show up and ask to carry his bag and help out with other things). He ... they knew what was coming up next, but they would play those breaks and never miss." (Jones & Chilton p.60) For Armstrong his years with King Oliver were inspiring. Louis was well known throughout Chicago. Louis' name was also well known throughout the jazz world. He was being asked to play ... go on the road an...

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... ", which recently was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Famee in 2005. Although Billie was experiencing major success, her personal life was deterioting slowly but surely. In 1941, she married James Monroe. As a known heavy drink, Billie began using hard drugs after marrying Monroe, and even though their marriage did not last, she continued drinking and using drugs. In 1941, Holiday ... ...

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... our lives! Music, particularly jazz, eases the pain and heals the heart as we continue to grow and learn about ourselves and the world we live in. Works Cited Lincoln, James Collier, Duke Ellington. Oxford Press, New York 1987 Witt, Charlotte V. B., et al The Humanities: Cultural Roots and Continuities. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston, New York 1997 25 pages Seymour, Gene, Jazz ... ...

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James Baldwin and Alice Walker, both wrote about and lived through problems concerning African Americans in the 1900's. These problems affected them on global and local levels. Baldwin wrote in "Notes ... ...

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... during the 1920s was known as Society Dance Bands. These were mainly big bands designed primarily for dancing. These bands were so successful that earlier "giants" of Jazz such as King Joe Oliver tried to copy their sound ("Jazz, the First Thirty Years"). The next type of jazz to develop during the 1920s was known as Urban Blues. This was played ... both Chicago and New York, 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 pop...

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... , combined with the popular music percussion established by Big Band and Bebop. Pop music makes use of all the different African-influenced aspects at one time or another. For example, James Brown uses call and response, between his vocal parts and the instrumentalists in his band, as a signature characteristic of his work. Also, blues still remains popular, and artists like R.L. Burnside ... ...

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... the social climate of America during the period of time after the First World War. When people think of jazz, they usually associate it with the likes of Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, and Jelly Roll Morton. Even though African Americans were crucial to the spread and innovation of jazz, whites were the dominant figures in the actual populization of the form ... ...

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