The Development of Jazz

Characteristics of Jazz

• Instruments
• Style (Swing)
• Improvisation

Instruments

• Brass - Trumpet/Trombone
• Woodwinds - Saxophone/Clarinet
• Rhythm - drumset/bass/Piano/Guitar

Style

• Swing - smooth syncopated eighth notes

with a triple instead of a duple feel.

Improvisation

• Creation of a melody over an accompaniment

Origins

DixieLand

Louis Armstrong

Big Bands

Jazz - an American Art Form

A Look at the development of Jazz

The Blues

Robert Johnson

King Olivers Creole Jazz Band

Dippermouth Blues

Black Bottom Stomp

Jelly Roll Morton

Ragtime

Scott Joplin

The Entertainer

Glen Miller

In The Mood

Benny Goodman

Sing, Sing, Sing