MUSIC 0711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jean Goldkette, Louis Armstrong, Scat Singing
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2 magnet cities for jazz in the 1920s. Why chicago: chicago was the city of hope, industrial center provided work for southern workers who migrated. Movement can be seen as both a push and a pull: lack of work in the south pushed black americans out of the south, pull was the opportunities that existed in chicago. Black music on chicago"s south side: classical blues, boogie-woogie piano, traditional new orleans music. Boogie-woogie: started in mining camps in the midwest and southwest, first performed on the guitar, in chicago during the 1920s. Most vigorous jazz in the 1920s was performed at house rent parties: only the best jazz musicians could get in without having to pay. In new york in the 1920s: house rent parties were also held, style of music was based on ragtime harlem stride piano. King oliver"s jazz band (creole jazz band: brought up louis armstrong to play cornet in his band as well.
