MUS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Don Redman, Double Bass, Deficit Spending
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Mus 106 - lecture 10 - chapter 5: new york and kansas city. Awakening of a new black cultural, political, and intellectual awareness. 1920: harlem becomes the largest black community in the u. s. To many middle-class blacks, jazz is not a high culture. Harlem contained many large, expensive nightclubs operated by gangsters. Harlem dance halls catered to growing public interest in dancing. Savoy ballroom largest and most famous dance hall. 1920s: black music revue becomes popular on broadway. Public tastes shift to more physical, exciting black-styled dancing. Term describing music publishing industry in nyc. Tin pan alley composers used standardized song form and romantic lyrics. The music business and the birth of the radio. Musicians must be based on nyc to be successful. Helped music stores sell music and sheet music. Early 1920s: hottest black big band in nyc. Had great soloists louis armstrong, coleman hawkins. Don redman and benny carter arrangers.
