Jazz Timeline
by Katie Lewis
1. Ragtime
1.1. Music Characteristics: Mostly ensemble; pieces were repetitive; simple harmonies; tunes learned by ear; everyone plays all the time except for soloists
1.1.1. Early Jazz
1.1.1.1. Buddy Bolden
1.1.1.2. Tommy Turpin
1.1.1.3. Scott Joplin
2. Blues
2.1. Music Characteristics: call-and-response pattern, "blue notes" which are flatter in pitch than other music styles, early blues verses repeated a single line four times; then began AAB pattern
2.1.1. Ray Charles
2.1.2. B.B. King
2.1.3. Bessie Smith
3. Brass
3.1. Music Characteristics: virtuoso music; no duplication in rhythm; instrumental; fast tempo; complex chord progressions; improvisation based on combination of harmonic structure
3.1.1. Swing
3.1.1.1. Louis Armstrong
3.1.1.2. Benny Goodman
3.1.1.2.1. Bebop
3.1.1.3. Billie Holiday