MUSIC JAZZ BABY JAZZ The Jazz Age saw a new change in music Jazz Music Jazz grew out of the southern USA New Orleans moved north and flourished Created by AfricanAmerican communities Jazz music ID: 1018587
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1. 1920’S ENTERTAINMENT:MUSIC
2. JAZZ BABY, JAZZ!The Jazz Age saw a new change in music
3. Jazz MusicJazz grew out of the southern USA (New Orleans), moved north and flourishedCreated by African-American communitiesJazz music was the popular style of music (Big Band era)
4. Edythe Turnham and Her Band (Photo courtesy Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc.; Dorothy Hilbert Collection.)
5. Jazz Music was …New and excitingPopular with the young rebel group (speakeasies)Made more available through the radio and recordsUpbeatHad the reputation of being “immoral” with older parents (racist reasons)Centers on the use of improvisation
6. Canadian RadioWhat was important, though Canadians probably did not realize it at the time, was the emphasis that the CRBC, which became the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1936, put on home grown talent. The Mart Kenney band, broadcasting from Vancouver, became known from coast to coast in the thirties.
7. The Jazz BandTrumpet,Clarinet,Trombone,Piano, Singer, andBanjoFats WallerLouis Armstrong
8. TheSoloistLouis “Satchmo” ArmstrongFerdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton“King” OliverLombardo Brothers
9. Swing MusicSwing music develops from jazz music in the mid 1930’sSwing was a dance form of jazzIt was simple, lack of string instruments, and included lots of improvisation
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11. Swing KingsBenny GoodmanCount Basie
12. Live Music was King!The 1920s and 1930s was the era of live musicPeople swarmed to the dance halls
13. Live Music was King!There was many famous Canadian Dance Bands who regularly performed at the same dance hallHarry Bedlington and His Whispering Orchestra - The Savann, TorontoFred Culley - Royal York Hotel, TorontoTrump Davison - Club EsquireGlenn Gray - Casa Loma, TorontoNelson Hatch - The Old Mill, TorontoMart Kenney and His Western Gentlemen - All of Western CanadaHorace Lapp - Royal Muskoka HotelFerde Mowrie - Club Embassy, TorontoBert Niosi - Palais Royale, TorontoDal Richards - Panorama Roof Gardens, Hotel VancouverDon Romanelli - Royal York Hotel, TorontoLuigi Romanelli - King Edward Hotel, TorontoOzzi Williams - Club Kingsway, Toronto
14. Guy Lombardoand his Royal CanadiansHe was the most popular band leader on the American music scene at the timeGuy Lombardo was born in London, OntarioHis band, the Royal Canadians, sold at least 100 million recordsBetween 1929 and 1952, there wasn’t a single year that his record didn’t chart (21 of them were at #1)CDN
15. Photograph of the Syd Dean band in full swingPhotograph of dancers at the Regent Ballroom