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Early Jazz Considered by some, the only true American Art form! Early Jazz Considered by some, the only true American Art form!

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Early Jazz Considered by some, the only true American Art form! - PPT Presentation

Blending musical traditions Items well 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 ID: 802321

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Early Jazz

Considered by some, the only true American Art form!

Slide2

Blending 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

Slide3

Early Recording

Slide4

Early 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.

Slide5

W.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

Slide6

W.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

Slide7

W.C. Handy (1873-1958)

Important Works:

Memphis Blues

(1912)

Beale St. Blues

(1916)St. Louis Blues (1919)

Slide8

Early Jazz of 1920s

Slide9

The 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”

Slide10

Morgana @ Preservation Hall, NOLA, February 2018

Slide11

Impact 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

Slide12

Developments of jazz in the 1920s

Josephine Baker

Slide13

Heard 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”

Slide14

Impact 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

Slide15

The 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