VPMB94H3 Chapter 5: VPMB94 Chapter 5 Review
21 Feb 2012
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Chapter 5 early jazz: combo jazz prior to the middle 1930s. Earliest jazz had roots in ragtime, blues & brass band music. Later styles of jazz: performance was improvised, rhythmic feeling was looser & more relaxed. Anticipate jazz swing feeling: generated some of its own repertory of compositions, collective improvised, exciting! Home of the the austin high gang , known as dixieland. Place where new orleans musicians were first recorded. Earliest form of jazz was characterized by collective improvisation, with all group members playing at the same time. Activity of several horn lines sounding at the same time without clashing. Decorate melody played by trumpet, known as obbligato. Designate musical figure that sounds in the background. Trombone outlines chord notes & fills in low-pitched harmony notes. New orleans jazz was first recorded in chicago & new york, not new orleans. Original dixieland jazz band (odjb) made the first recording. Played dixie jazz band one-step & livery stable blues .
