PPT-Blues & Jazz

Blues evolved and no one single person is credited with its invention Musicologist credit Charlie Charley Patton as the first known blues artist The Blues begins to travel With the success of early blues artist the blues will begin to spread to other parts of the rural south and across the country developing different regional styles and stars. History of Rock & Roll . Chpt. . 12. The Vietnam War . Vietnam Protest. The Psychedelic Blues . The music of the oppressed race . Made popular by College kids . Jimi. Hendrix. Part Cherokee . From a broken home in Seattle . Jazz. Typical Instruments. Vocals. Piano. Banjo. Guitar. Double bass. Trumpet. Trombone. Saxophone. Tuba. Clarinet. Flute. Bass guitar. Drum kit. Vibraphone. Characteristics of Jazz. Because it spans music from over 100 years now, jazz can be very difficult to define. African American vocal music. Slaves not permitted to bring instruments. Drumming. specifically forbidden. Playing of European instruments permitted. Musicians also served as tribal historians and social commentators. MUH 271 Jazz History. Buddy Bolden. "Sometime around 1897, the Charles "Buddy" Bolden band began filling the dance halls and streets of New Orleans with a new kind of music. Instead of following the notes on sheet music like they were a railroad track, Buddy made his cornet an extension of his emotions. To this rough Negro barber, popular melodies were only points of embarkation for funky, hip-swinging improvisation. Some twenty years later this new music would be called . History of Rock & Roll . Chpt. . 12. The Vietnam War . Vietnam Protest. The Psychedelic Blues . The music of the oppressed race . Made popular by College kids . Jimi. Hendrix. Part Cherokee . From a broken home in Seattle . Armstrong. Jazz plus Jazz = Jazz (Parks & Rec). Is This Jazz?. Some. Eras and Genres in Jazz. New Orleans – (late. 1890s-1920?). Chicago – (1920s). Swing. – (1930s-40). Bebop – (1940s. 1957. 1966. 1971. Blues Timeline. African-American slave trade brings workers to Southern . states (Mississippi) . in America, forced to work on plantations. Work songs are sung to pass the time and poor working . New York, November 19-20, 2002. WGBH. Presented by: Anne Zeiser. Martin Scorsese Presents. PROJECT ELEMENTS. 3. Project Elements. TV . Series-7 part (PBS) (. M. artin Scorsese). Radio Series-13 part (PRI). Glamour, culture, and excitement!. The Lost Generation. Finding a new meaning of life in postwar America. La Vie Boehme!. "Bohemian" is applied to people who live unconventional, usually artistic, lives.. King of Ragtime. Born in Texas – moved to St. Louis. Maple Leaf Rag. The Entertainer. A Guest of Honor: Lost first opera. Opera: . Treemonisha. (not staged until 70’s). Died . of syphilis. Maple Leaf Rag. French. African. American. Birthplace of Jazz . New Orleans, LA. Jazz is the only art form born in the USA. All other art forms come from the rest of the world to our melting pot. The Blues . African tradition. American music. Summary. A . small. . historical. point. Rock’n’roll (teenagers’ music). My favorites. Small historial point. Time of SLAVERY (Africans and Europeans). Emancipation and segregation : the BLUES. Blending musical traditions!. Items we’ll be discussing:. Origins of early recording. Impact of technology. First composers. What early jazz sounds like. Impacts of Jazz on music. Early Recording. Early 20. www.americanradiohistory.com