Jazz Timeline

1. Performers: - Scott Joplin "Maple Leaf Rag" - Jelly Roll Morton "Shreveport Stop" - Ernest Morgan "La Pas Ma La" Video of Maple Leaf Rag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reI43yUCaUI

1.1. Destinations

2. 1900 - Ragtime - Dance Hall and Saloon Music - Duple meter at moderate march tempo - Left hand keeps the steady beat on piano - Syncopated Rhythm

3. 1912 - Blues - Vocal and Instrumental Form - 12 bar musical structure - 3 part vocal structure a a' b - Strophic Form

4. Performers: - Bessie Smith "Lost your Head Blues" - Hart Ward's "Dallas Blues" - Blind Blake "Early Morning Blues" Video of Lost your Head Blues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYsGYWQT690

5. 1925 - New Orleans Style - Also called Dixieland - Front Line of Horns supported by rhythm section - March or Church Melody, Ragtime, Pop and Blues - Improvised Arrangements - Multiple instruments improvising simultaneously - Theme and Variation Form - Scat Singing

6. Performers: - Louis Armstrong "Hotter Than That" - Kid Ory "Muskrat Ramble" - Sidney Betchet "Summertime" Video of Hotter Than That: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAlrpx40UnE

7. Brass Bands: - Consisting mainly of brass instruments, often with a percussion section and some wind instruments

8. 1935 - Swing - Written music, indented for dancing - Large Band; 15 to 20 players - Theme and Variation Forms - Melody performed by groups

9. Performers: - Fletcher Henderson "Sugar Foot Stomp" - Duke Ellington "Take the A Train" - Coleman Hawkins "Body and Soul" Video of Sugar Foot Stomp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjEiyhESlh4

10. 1950 - Bebop: - Indented for listening, not dancing - Melodic phrases varied in length - Chords built with 6 or 7 notes

11. Performers: - Charlie Parker "KoKo" - Dizzy Gillespie "No More Blues" - Max Roach "Freedom Day" Video of KoKo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okrNwE6GI70

12. Roots of Jazz

13. Early Jazz