MUS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: William Hale Thompson, Jim Crow Laws, Bugs Moran
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Mus 106 - lecture 8 - chapter 4: the jazz age. Southern black migration to northern industrial cities. Chicago is a hub for many rail lines, including the illinois central. Because jazz is an improvised art form, recorded performances are critical to its history. April 1923: first important jazz recordings made by king oliver"s band. Grew up in the battlefield/black storyville in new orleans. 1922: moves to chicago to play with king oliver at lincoln gardens. 1923: participates in first important jazz recordings. Armstrong makes profound influence on nyc musicians with his modern swing. 1925-1928: hot five and hot seven recordings. Recordings change jazz performance focus on soloist rather than rhythmic concept ensemble. Heebie jeebies one of the first recorded examples of scat singing. Raised the bar for technical mastery of all jazz instruments. Invented jazz singing (personal interpretation and scat singing) Invented swing a joyful and flexible interpretation of rhythmic ideas. Use of pop songs as jazz repertoire.
