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Early Jazz
Considered by some, the only true American Art form!
Slide2Blending musical traditions!
Items we’ll be discussing:
Origins of early recording
Impact of technology
First composers
What early jazz sounds likeImpacts of Jazz on music
Slide3Early Recording
Slide4Early 20
th Century Technology
Technology and Media
The invention of
the phonograph
and the radio familiarized many Americans with music from remote places, and gave countless musicians new and more diverse audiences
.
The marketing of music through
broadcasting and
record sales
not only diversifies musical culture, but changes
its
aspirations (goals).
Cultural Impacts
Musicians who once made music for the understanding of
a small
community, or for everyday ritual purposes, now
often made
music intent
on engaging in a larger dialogue
.
Listeners were encouraged to seek to
understand the
music of
landscapes and communities
remote from their own.
Slide5W.C. Handy (1873-1958)
Alabama native
Middle class/well educated
Self taught trumpeter and composer
Graduated college w/ honors
Became professor at AL black college
Slide6W.C. Handy (1873-1958)
Was inspired in 1910s by rural music
Wanted to compose what he called “new American music”
When he died, 150,000 people attended his funeral procession
Slide7W.C. Handy (1873-1958)
Important Works:
Memphis Blues
(1912)
Beale St. Blues
(1916)St. Louis Blues (1919)
Slide8Early Jazz of 1920s
Slide9The Term “Jazz”
Refers
to virtually any style of
music innovated
by
early 20th-century African American entertainers.Highly influenced by New Orleans’ cultural differencesAfrican American musicians living and working along the Miss River were its inventors
Animated History of
Jazz
History of Preservation Hall, NOLA
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
-”Short Dress Gal”
Slide10Morgana @ Preservation Hall, NOLA, February 2018
Slide11Impact of New Orleans Jazz on Music & Culture
Since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Jazz has been the “anchor” to help rebuild the city physically as well as culturally
Treme
on HBO Theme Song
Music Brings a City Back
Slide12Developments of jazz in the 1920s
Josephine Baker
Slide13Heard in clubs across the Western world (Europe)
African American musicians had warmer welcomes overseas
Early 1900s, term was used for all Black music coming out of certain cities out of South; In NY it was considered “exotic” & “unusual”
Late 1920s is “internationalized”
Slide14Impact of Jazz on the World
Stars like Josephine Baker made jazz an international success
Now the whole world was being exposed to this very unique and popular trend in music
Music that was seen as very distinctly “American”
Bye
Bye Blackbird
Slide15The Efforts to Preserve Jazz= Preserving America
Jazz is considered to be one of our most treasured arts in the U.S.
After the Hurricane Katrina storm, efforts have been put in place to “save” this American treasure
How do we “preserve” any valuable aspect of a given society?
You teach it to the next generations…
Young Arts ProgramFoo Fighters: Sonic Highways-New Orleans