MUS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Freddie Keppard, Jelly Roll Morton
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Mus 106 - lecture 7 - jazz takes roots. The only place in america where african slaves were allowed to perform their own music and dance. Many brass bands sponsored by fraternal and social clubs. New orleans funeral tradition based on african tradition. Dirge - somber music played on way to burial. Second line - upbeat music played on return. Kkk and other white supremacist groups form. 1896: plessy v. ferguson ruling by u. s. supreme court. Supreme court rules separate but equal constitutional. After 1894: african american and creole musicians begin to exchange musical ideas. 1897-1917: 38 block area - 200 sporting houses". Professors - piano players who would play at these sporting houses. Due to this, many new orleans musicians moved north. Around 1910, a new hybrid band emerges. Around 1915, the words jass and later, jazz, come into use. Spent the rest of his life in a mental institution. 1915: turned down opportunity to make first jazz recording.
