MU239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Buddy Bolden, Homer Plessy, Ma Rainey
26 Sep 2018
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Hot music", wasn"t known as jazz in its first decade or so. Creoles of color" (french, didn"t identify as black or white) Difference between english and french slave system. When english slave owners raped women slaves and had offspring, they were seen as property. When the french slave owners had children with women slaves, they were seen as people. Systemic racism (institutional racism) starts with how segregation begins during the reconstruction period. Mixed ensembles (black and creole players) fuse blues (improv, individuality, call and response) with ragtime (syncopation, technique, form) Solo piano in brothels fuses blues and rag elements. Buddy bolden (september 6, 1877-november 4, 1931) Considered the first new orleans jazz cornetist. Front line (trumpet, clarinet, trombone): play melodies. Back line (piano, percussion, banjo, tuba): keep beat and play harmony. Complex arrangements and song structure including solos, and stop-time chorus (rhythmic breaks for solo features) Autobiographical themes of relationships, range of emotions.
