Early Jazz Characteristics
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- Created on: 21-01-18 13:06
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- Early Jazz Characteristics
- Vocal blues orientated before blues - its influenced by novel sounds
- **** singing originated during the jazz period
- Blending improvisational approaches with ragtime, blues, spiritual, marches and popular tunes
- First bands used the same instrumentation as American brass bands
- Trumpet, Clarinet, trombone, tuba/double bass, drums, occasional sax
- Chicago = the jazz cntre of the world in the 1920's
- Piano now features horn like lines e.g. long-short and swung more than ragtime
- Louis Armstrong
- Large tone + Wide range
- Improvisation was always well construted
- 1st solo to effectively demonstrate both solo and collective improvisation
- **** singing
- Recognisable growly voice
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