History of Jazz

Many early jazz musicians credited him and the members of his band with being the originators of what came to be known as "jazz", though the term was not in common musical use until after the era of Bolden's prominence. At least one writer has labeled him the father of jazz.^[3] He is credited with creating a looser, more improvised version of ragtime and adding blues to it;

Creole Jazz band
Moved to Chicago
Known for his use of Mutes
Playing style influenced Armstrong

Born in New Orleans
Showed that collective improvisation was not the only approach to jazz horn work.
Was one of the first great soloists
Was one of the first musicians to refine a rhythmic conception that:
Abandoned stiffness of ragtime
Employed swing eighthnote patterns
Syncopated selected rhythmic figuires
Popularized scat singing

Davenport, IA
Played coronet and piano
Offered listeners an approach that contrasted Armstrong's
A warm, bell-like tone
Played rhythms with considerable restraint
Was interested in singing together unusual note

Pianist Composer-arranger, and bandleader in New Orleans
Performed ragtime and jazz style music
Was the first important jazz composers and several of his pieces became well known in rearranged from when played other bands
He was one of the first jazz composer and several of his pieces became well known
He was one of the first jazz musicians to balance composition with improvsation while retaining the excitement of collectively improvised jazz

Was part of the East Coast jazz piano tradition
His worked smoothed the transition from ragtime to jazz
Wrote "The Charleston"
One of the first jazz musicians to bradcast on the radio
Considered "the father of stride-piano"
Relied less on dramatic devices and more breathtaking flow

Had an enormous influence during the late 1920s
Used great physical force used to strike the piano key to make a "brassy" sound
Right handed lines sounded like jazz trumpet playing
"Trumpet style" or "Horn like"
Played very hard
Flexible

Bandleader
Leader of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s
"King of Jazz"

Pianist, Arranger/Composer
Created the first big band with Don Redmen
Worked on "block-chord"arranging within sections
Pitted the saxes against the Brass
Led the most commercially successful band of the African American Jazz Bands
1st black musician to be hired by a white band

American jazz musician, arranger, bandleader and composer.
harmonized melody lines and pseudo-solos within separate sections
formed his own band in 1931^[3] (featuring, for a time, Fletcher Henderson's younger brother Horace on piano), which got a residency at the famous Manhattan jazz

Led one of the most influential big bands from the late 1920’s until his death in 1974.
Pianists, Composer, Arranger, Bandleader

• Developed new techniques that became hallmarks of his style:
  • Used voicing across sections.
  • Used wordless vocals.
  • Used “Growl” style Trumpet and Trombone.
  • Wrote specifically for the original playing styles of the band members

Joined the Ellington Band as a composer/arranger and pianist in 1938.

• Worked so closely with Ellington that it is difficult to separate their work. Often shared credit.
• Composed “Take the A-Train”, the band theme song.

Clarinetist who led the best-known jazz oriented big band
His group had a hard-driving sound and showcased his swinging and highly agile clarinet playing
Was oen of the most popular figuires in the music industry
Influenced the course of jazz by providing exposure for other improvisers
Known as "the king of swing"
led the first integrated band

• Was originally a Fats Waller influenced stride pianist.

• Impeccable sense of timing.

• Succinct and compact statements.
• Artfully used silence to pace his lines.

Pianist, Singer
Most influencial of 1930s Pianists
Lightened up Left Hand- more comping
Pioneered the ues of drummer-less trio
Group consisted of:
Piano
Bass
Guitar