MUSIC103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jelly Roll Morton, David Fincher, Louis Armstrong
8 Sep 2016
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Segregating sounds & developing markets: big bands, hillbilly, race music. Borrows from vogue dancers and the house ball community in new york city. Race and power in music business (return to jazz and swing - 1930s and 1940s) Music canonized as jazz : small hot combos (i. e. louis armstrong) and ragtime- influenced compositions (i. e. jelly roll morton) This is distinct from what was seen to be popular at the time: recall the jazz age and sweet dance music. Racial politics: music initially made by and for african americans, becoming pauperized by white bandleaders (recall also the jazz age ) Brackets chapter 3: downbeat 0 a magazine for jazz connoisseurs. Distinction between sweet bands and hot, swinging bands continues. White musicians: mind, calculation, femininity ( even college girls like white swing bands) The differences between how white jazz musicians are treated, versus that of black musicians. Celebrities of jazz age are still getting by.
