ETHNOMUS 50A Lecture 2: ETHNOMUSICOLOGY JAZZ 50A - Week 2
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If only one musician, he/she has to take on both roles. Interact with the other members of the band aka must be able to listen well. Improvisation aspect of jazz came from blues and the syncopation/swing feel element came from ragtime. In the late 1800s, there was a great need of entertainment in news orleans: diff cultures were blended/integrated, new orleans = center of the slave trade, blues = express feelings. African american vs. caucasian musicians: african american musicians didn"t have much of the musical training that. Caucasian/creoles had: african american musicians tended to have to learn music by ear predisposed to become improvisers, not good at reading music. Muskrat ramble by louis armstrong: 1926, trombone solo cornet solo clarinet solo, vibrato in armstrong"s cornet solo, crescendo, aabb, piano and banjo provides harmony. Research: https://ccle. ucla. edu/mod/page/view. php?id=122148, https://guides. library. ucla. edu/jazz, scholar. google. com, visit and search the music library in smb, use the library catalog to find specific items jstor. org.
