MUSIC 0711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Mary Lou Williams, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Cow Cow Davenport
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Kansas city (1920) chicago new york kansas city (1930) The focal point of jazz in the late 1920s. Wild atmosphere played role in wars, involved in kansas city gold rush saloon principal market place. Midwestern shuffle take off of boogie-woogie style: differed so much from smoother dance styles that would later evolve. Territory bands another name for kansas city type of music: travelling bands, hard-swinging bands, improvisation. Stock market crash (1929) the world began to realize the southwest contribution of. Kansas city: music came to a halt across america at the time, except for kansas city. Musicians poured into kansas city jam sessions went on. Scott joplin father of ragtime texas to sadalia 1894. King joe oliver new orleans to chicago. Ma rainey mother of the blues wild cats jazz band. Thomas a. dorsey father of gospel king of gospel . Bessie smith empress of the blues tennessee to toba. Fletcher henderson georgia to new york, swing formula.
