Jazz Timeline

1. Early Jazz(Chicago/New Orleans)-(popular 1917-1935) Artists- Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington. Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Lyrics)

2. Swing (popular 1935-1946) Artists- Count Bassie, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday Ella Fitzgerald - Cry me a river

3. Bebop(1940-1955)- Artists- Bud Powell, Max Roach, Miles Davis All Blues- Miles Davis

4. Blues- A root of Jazz- Melancholic and sad. Cyclic musical form. Composers- Bessie Davis, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy Buddy Guy - Damn Right I've Got The Blues

5. Ragtime- A root of Jazz- Harmonic movement was tonic to dominant. Recapitulation was necessary. Piano Music, essentially. Composers- James Scott, Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb Ragtime Piano : SCOTT JOPLIN . " The Entertainer " (1902)

6. Brass Bands- A root of Jazz-British Style. Has a distinctive bright-mellow sound. Composers-Gilbert Vinter, Eric Ball, John McCabe John McCabe: Sam (1973)