Jazz• 1920’s to 1960’s most popular• American Made• Swing Style• Improvisation

Jazz• Ragtime

– 1897 - 1920’s– African American Invention– Performed on piano usually in bars or

saloons

• Big Band– 1920’s - 1940’s– Saxes, Trumpets, Trombones, Piano, Guitar,

Bass, Drums

Jazz• Dixieland

– 1940’s - 1950’s– New Orleans– clarinet, trumpet, trombone, sousaphone,

banjo, bass, drums

• Bebop– 1940’s - 1960’s– technically based– improvisation intensive

Jazz• Latin

– 1950’s - 1970’s– non-swing– ethnic instruments

• Fusion– 1960’s - 1970’s– mix of rock and bebop– technically challenging– radical notes and rhythms

Jazz• Pop Jazz

– popular, movie & TV music performed in big band format

• Smooth Jazz– solo artists– simple melodies

Jazz

• Ragtime - Scott Joplin • From Sedalia, Missouri• Attended Smith College 1896• Wrote Marches, Waltzes and

is considered the ‘Father of Ragtime’

Jazz• Big Band - Glenn Miller• Formed a band during

high school• Played trombone,

composed and arranged Big Band Music

• In 1942 he joined the Army Air Force and was commissioned to provide music for the troops

Jazz

• Dixieland - Louis Armstrong (aka Satchmo)

• From New Orleans• Trumpet player and

vocalist with a very unique voice

• Worked as a performer on a Riverboat, in a pit orchestra on Broadway

Jazz• Bebop - Charlie Parker

(aka Bird)• From Kansas City, Kansas• Started playing

Saxophone at 11 and joined high school band at 14

• Moved to NY in 1939 to pursue a music career

Jazz• Latin – Stan Kenton• Grew up in

California• Often criticized for

his ‘modern’ approach to big band

Jazz• Fusion - Herbie

Hancock• From Chicago• Studied classical

music at an early age• Considered a child

prodigy• Innovator of modern

jazz

Jazz• Pop – Maynard

Ferguson• From Verdun, Quebec• Hired in 1950 by Stan

Kenton• Noted for his ‘screetch

trumpet’ high notes• Formed his own bands

from 1956 on

Jazz• Smooth Jazz

– Kenny Gorelick– From Seattle, Washington– Started Saxophone at age

10– Failed on his first audition

for school jazz band– Guinness Book of World

Records for longest note on Sax: 45:47