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The History of Jazz Timeline
Jazz Timeline
Prezi Template by Justus Weaver
1850
Beginning of the Blues
1850-1950
Musical Characteristics of Blues
- Call and response shouts
- functional expression
- improvised music (no planning)
The first sounds of the blues:
Could be heard throughout the Mississippi Delta in the south.
Examples of Blues Composers
"St. Louis Blues" by W.C Handy
Muddy Waters (1915-1983
"Im your Hoochie Coochie Man"
Billie Holiday (1915-1959)
"All of Me"
1892
Ragtime Jazz
1893
Americans were first exposed to ragtime jazz at the Chicago Worlds Fair in 1893
Musial Characteristics of Ragtime
- syncopation in which melodic accents fall between metrical beats
- Harmonic orthodoxy
- Simple syncopation; the music was rarely rhythmically complex
Examples of Ragtime Jazz
Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
"The Entertainer"
Joseph Lamb (1887-1960)
"Bohemia Rag"
Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
Blended Ragtime with Dance Routines
1900
The Early Stages of Jazz
Early 1900's
Jazz was becoming more and more popular but the first track wasn't recorded until 1917
The original Dixieland Jazz Band released the first record in New Orleans in 1917!
Early Jazz Period Works
"In the early jazz period, W.C. Handy’s classic, “St. Louis Blues.” is considered the most famous blues composition, the song was the most-recorded of all time
Early Period of Jazz Composers
Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Buddy Bolden (1877-1931)
1935
Swing Jazz Period
1935-1946
Musical Characteristics of Swing
- Swing blended with other genres to create new music styles
- easy listening
- simple
- clear honophonic texture
Swing Dances
Benny Goodmand
"Sing, Sing Sing"
Louis Armstrong
"West End Blues"
Duke Ellington
1940
Bebop
1940-1955
Musical Characteristics
- focus on improvisation
- borrowing from swing
- foundation of modern jazz
Examples of Bebop
Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
Max Roach
Credited with Bebop style of Drumming
1950
Brass Bands
Early brass bands include the Eureka Brass Band, the Onward Brass Band, the Excelsior Brass Band, the Tuxedo Brass Band, the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, the Camelia Brass Band, and the Olympia Brass Band.
Eureka Brass Band
The Olympia Brass Band
Musical characteristics of Brass Bands
- lots of instruments
- group of people