MUS 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Buddy Bolden
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Jazz: based on the late 19th century african-american songs. Improvised, rarely written down: usually strict tempo or beat, bravado, risk-taking, individuality, various instruments, often performed in intimate settings, uniquely american, heavily influenced rock and roll, classical, and stage music. Blues (late 1800s-present: usually specific chords: 12-bar blues, (cid:862)blue notes(cid:863): flatte(cid:374)ed/ lo(cid:449)e(cid:396)ed (cid:374)otes 7ths and 6ths, so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es spi(cid:396)itual/(cid:863)gospel(cid:863) (cid:373)usi(cid:272, used (cid:271)y el(cid:448)is p(cid:396)esley to (cid:862)i(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) (cid:396)o(cid:272)k a(cid:374)d roll, southern roots, major blues musicians. Ragtime (1900-1920: primarily piano, featu(cid:396)es sy(cid:374)(cid:272)opated (cid:396)hyth(cid:373) (cid:862)(cid:373)ispla(cid:272)ed (cid:271)eat(cid:863, development primarily in missouri, i(cid:373)ila(cid:396)ities to (cid:862)nyc(cid:863) st(cid:396)ide pia(cid:374)o style, major ragtime musicians. New orleans jazz: brass, tuba, woodwinds, piano. (cid:862)jelly roll(cid:863) mo(cid:396)to(cid:374); style goes f(cid:396)o(cid:373) (cid:396)agti(cid:373)e to s(cid:449)i(cid:374)g. Swing and the big band era (1930-1945: rise in mainstream popularity of jazz, economy meant cheap musicians and bigger bands, less syncopated than earlier jazz, (cid:862)s(cid:449)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:396)hyth(cid:373) Swing eighth notes: two flavors of songs.
