... of the full orchestra but with the addition of increasingly larger percussion sections, which add many, unique and unheard of sounds than in earlier music. Early Jazz music was played in small ensembles making use of clarinet, tuba, cornet, baritone, drums, and piano. Dixieland groups of New Orleans had ... this era were predominantly wind orchestras containing alto and tenor sax sections, trumpet and trombone sections, along with piano and drums. When Bop music arrived, the alto saxophone and trumpet were the preferred instruments of the major soloists who were backed up by piano, strin...

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... Price). Jazz musicians were not formally trained; they usually learned by ear. Some songs were transcribed and written down, but not in precise ways. Jazz music became more of a passed on tradition that a musician learned through interaction with other players. In a similar way, the modern Jazz musician must rely ... been written on the origins of jazz based on black American life styles. One of the most important times in history that influenced jazz music the most was the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance brought about many great changes. It was a time for expressing the Africa...

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... one of the first to be heard by a nationwide audience. Many of his performances at the Cotton Club in Harlem were broadcast. Such broadcasts were responsible for both popularizing the music, and making its performers household names. Also, as the role of solo improvisation diminished, the bandleader played a much more important role. Thus, Duke Ellington, in conjunction with Billy ... Strayhorn, became known for his carefully, and elegantly composed arrangements. In particular, he created a controversial style known as "Jungle Music."" It contained many African influenced elements, incl...

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... jazz" (93) The Cotton Club lost some of its freshness as performers played dazzling, yet emotionless jazz but Ellington brought his own style of music which interested the nation's people. During the Cotton Club years, the Duke Ellington Orchestra began to win distinction for its thorough musicians and homogeneity. ... Ellington was fighting to be admired in the popular music business and because of the Cotton Club opportunity, he was. Ellington's first break came when Ted Husing, one of the band's fan, arranged ... all the attention and continued to play. He did not care what he playe...

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... were changes politically, economically, and spiritually that were some of the occurrences that helped Ellington become the genius he was. The world of music was expanding, sharing its enthusiasm throughout the world. This evolution of jazz aroused the curiosity of the nation. As Blacks received their freedom ... Collier, 93). The Cotton Club lost some of its freshness as performers played dazzling, yet emotionless jazz but Ellington brought his own style of music, which interested the nation's people. During the Cotton Club years, the Duke Ellington Orchestra began to win distinction for ...

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... fourteen on his father's request and for all practical reasons his childhood was over. He moved back in with his mother and started playing music again. He played back in the old neighborhood dance halls and saloons that were run by gangsters. Then in 1917 prostitution in Storyville was ... that he couldn't take. King Oliver, Louis's mentor left North to Chicago while Louis stayed behind; he still didn't earn enough from his music to support himself. . Louis Armstrong was hired in May of 1919 to play on a riverboat that traveled the Mississippi River from New Orleans to ... Blues" (Bergr...

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... blues. At this same time, four million slaves had become American citizens. The four million slaves mixed their African background with church music that was around them and would create the heart of jazz. Among the artist that had the most important impact on jazz were Clarance ... 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 three or four saxophones, two or three trumpets, two or three trombones .....

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... musicians (Kenney). Most of these musicians were influenced by New Orleans musicians such as Freddie Keppard, Louis Armstrong, and Joe Oliver. However, these musicians took a more scholarly approach to the music, which may explain why the style had an aggressive and forceful feel to it. Some famous Chicago Jazz musicians include Benny Goodman, Frank Teschemacher, and Bud Freeman (Davis 112). Many ... of Traditional New Orleans Jazz"). After traveling to New York, Armstrong joined a professional orchestra playing in the midst of the Harlem renaissance. There, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong co...

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... make its make its mark in the world during the social and economic tumult after World War I known as the "Roaring 20's". "Black classical music", "Negro music", or whichever term you would like to use, has played a fundamental role in the development of American life. Over the course of my research, ... sufficient sex expression to create a minor perversion among adolescents who consciously or subconsciously form the habit of partial expression of sex to the accompaniment of 'hot' music?" These dances created a fit of hysteria among conservative Americans, as well as among religious figu...

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... even more to grieve her loss. Although she was struggling in her personal life, she she was a becoming somewhat of a jazz icon as well as becoming a major star in pop music. She got an opportunity to star alogside her idol Louis Armstrong in the 1947 film New Orleans, playing the role of a maid. Because of her use of drugs and heavy ... made into the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues with singer Diana Ross playing the part of Holiday, which helped create peoples interest and love of her pure and beautiful music....

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... of her finest records of her career. It was also at this time she would prove her self worthy of being part of the who's who of Jazz and Swing music. "Holiday hoped to combine Louis Armstrong's swing and Bessie Smith's sound -(Yanow). The result was her own fresh sound. She had a small voice and did not scat but her innovative ... ). Her birth name and place had been wrong for several years and had to be changed on her tomb stone (Walker). " It was how she seemed to live through her music that made her so unique. Hell, anybody can sing a song; but when you the listener can identify with ...

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