The History of Jazz by Isabel Baba

1. Blues

1.1. Musical Characteristics: The Blues originated on Southern plantations in the 19th century. It incorporated spirituals, work songs, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads.

1.2. Performers/Composers B.B King, Buddy Guy, Robert Johnson

2. Ragtime

2.1. Musical Characteristics: It's a musical genre which enjoyed its peak between 1897 and 1918.It has a 'ragged' rhythm and found its characteristic expression in formally structured piano compositions.

2.2. Performers/Composers: Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton

3. Brassbands

3.1. Musical Characteristics: The Brass band movement of the British Isles began as an effort to provide the working class a social and cultural outlet.

3.2. Performers/Composers; Eric Ball, Edwrd Gregson, Elgar Howarth

4. Early Jazz

4.1. New Orleans

4.1.1. Musical Characteristics: Jazz began to emerge as part of a broad musical revolution encompassing ragtime, blues, spirituals, marches, and it reflected the profound contributions of people of African heritage to this new and distinctly American music

4.1.2. Performers/Composers: Wynton Marsalis, Charles "Buddy" Bolden, Louis Daniel Armstrong

4.1.3. Recordings

4.2. Chicago

4.2.1. Musical Characteristics: Its artists and influence inspired a new generation of music; modern rock, pop, alternative music and more all have roots in Chicago jazz and owe much to its founders.

4.2.2. Performers/Composers; Tony Jackson, Freddie Keppard, Manuel Perez

4.2.3. Recordings

5. Bebop

5.1. Musical Characteristics: Developed in the mid-1940s which featured songs characterized by a fast tempo, complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation.

5.2. Performers/Composers: Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie

5.3. Recordings

6. Swing

6.1. Musical Characteristics: The name swing came from the 'swing feel' where the emphasis is on the off-beat or weaker pulse in the music. Swing bands had soloists who would improvise over the melody.

6.2. Performers/Composers: Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman

6.3. Recordings