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THE ORIGIN OF JAZZ
Jazz is a musical tradition and style of music thatoriginated at the beginning of the 20th century inAfrican American communities in the Southern
United States from a mixture of African andEuropean music traditions. Jazz is actually a slangterm that was used in the west. From its earlydevelopment until the present, jazz has been one of the
most popular type of music from 20th to the 21stcentury in America.
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LOUIS ARMSTRONG
Louis Armstrong wasoneof
the mostinfluential artistsin
thehistory of music.Louis
Armstrong was bornin New
Orleans,Louisiana,on
August 4, 1901,he began
playingthecornet atthe
ageof 13. Armstrong
perfectedtheimprovisedjazz solo as we know it
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DUKE ELLINGTON
Oneofthe mostsignificantfiguresinmusichistory, Edward Kennedy DukeEllington who was bornon April 29,1899,in Washington,D.C. He beganstudyingthe piano atthe ageofseven. Hestarted playing jazz as a
teenager, and movedto New YorkCity to become a bandleader. As apianist,composer, and bandleader,Ellington wasoneofthecreatorsofthe big bandsound, whichfueledthe"swing" era. Hecontinuedleading andcomposingfor his jazz orchestra untilhisdeathin 1974.
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JOHN BIRKS DIZZY
John Birks was a trumpeter,bandleader, andcomposer JohnBirksDizzy Gillespie was bornonOctober 21, 1917,inCheraw,SouthCarolina. Hegothisfirst
musiclessonfrom hisfather andtook offfrom there. He movedtoNew York City in 1937 and metmusicianssuch as Thelonious MonkandCharlie Parker. Together theyexperimented with jazz andcame
up withthe bebop sound
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CORNET IN JAZZ
Th corn tis r ssinstrum ntv r similar to th
trump t, distin uish d its conical ore
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PIANO
The pianohas been anbig partofthe jazzsinceitscreation,in both
solo andgroup settings.Its roleofthe pianoinjazz ishugeduetothefactthattheinstrumenthascombined melodic
andharmonicfeatures.
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TRUMPET
Trumpetsare amon the oldestmusical
instruments,datin ack to atleast 5 CE. Theare constructed of rasstubin benttwice
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Southern Gospel originated in
the 1800s and 1900s. It was a
mix of Christian Gospel lyrics,with bluegrass, and jazz. This
type of music was first sang by
slaves in order to communicate
with each other. But, as soon aschurches discovered this type of
music, traveling preachers
began to speak about it and
many people, especially African
Americans, took a liking to thisnew style of music. It soon
became the most popular music
in the South and its churches.
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A very popular song that slaves
sang during the era of Southern
Gospel was, Wade in the Water.
This song was sung by slaves to
convey what to do when running
away from their masters. Back
when slaves escaped, they did it
during the night to make it difficultfor their masters to find them.
However, the slave owners would
get their hounds to hunt down and
find the slaves using their scent.
The song, Wade in the Water,was made to tell slaves that,
when theyre attempting to run
away, they should wade in the
wade because dogs cant trackdown scents their scents that