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A True American Art Form

Jazz originated in the late 1800s through the music of African American slaves and musicians. It first began as ragtime music and evolved through different eras and styles like Dixieland jazz played by small bands in the South, big band swing music of the 1930s, bebop which featured faster tempos in the 1940s-50s, cool jazz of the 1950s, modal jazz based on musical modes in the late 1950s, free jazz which experimented with tonality and meter in the 1960s, post bop which blended different jazz styles of the 1960s-70s, and fusion which combined jazz and rock elements in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Each era featured influential artists that defined the

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A True American Art Form

Jazz originated in the late 1800s through the music of African American slaves and musicians. It first began as ragtime music and evolved through different eras and styles like Dixieland jazz played by small bands in the South, big band swing music of the 1930s, bebop which featured faster tempos in the 1940s-50s, cool jazz of the 1950s, modal jazz based on musical modes in the late 1950s, free jazz which experimented with tonality and meter in the 1960s, post bop which blended different jazz styles of the 1960s-70s, and fusion which combined jazz and rock elements in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Each era featured influential artists that defined the

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Jazz

A true American Art Form


Beginnings
Originated in the late 1800s
& early 1900s
Slaves from Africa began to
play instruments and sing
First form was called
Ragtime
African American musicians
began to provide music for
entertainment
Dixieland
Small bands formed from marching bands in the
south
Travelled throughout the south to play jazz music
in black communities
Used clarinet, trombone, trumpet, & string bass
Artists Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Jelly
Roll Morton
Swing Music
Big Bands became
popular in the 1930s
Broadcast live over radio
Became dance music
Expanded instrumentation
Artists Benny Goodman,
Glenn Miller, Duke
Ellington, Count Basie
Bebop
Named for the sound the
music made
Fast tempos no longer
dance music
Musicians Music
1940s-1950s
Used more dissonance
Artists Dizzy Gillespie,
Charlie Parker, Max Roach,
Bud Powell
Cool Jazz
Early 1950s
Calm and smooth
Less dissonance &
slower tempos
Artists Miles Davis,
Chet Baker, Bill Evans,
Stan Getz
Modal Jazz
Late 1950s
Music based on modes
Fewer chord changes
Artists Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans
Free Jazz
Early 1960s
Meter, beat, &
tonality begin to
disappear
Controversial at first
Artists John
Coltrane, Charles
Mingus, Sun Ra, Eric
Dolphy
Post Bop
1960s 1970s
Blended elements
of bebop, modal
jazz, & free jazz
Artists Wayne
Shorter, Herbie
Hancock, Lee
Morgan
Fusion
Late 1960s early
1970s
Influenced by
electric music
Blend of rock & jazz
Often used complex
chords, beat, &
melodies
Artists Miles
Davis, Chick Corea,
Jaco Pastorius,
Weather Report

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