A Brief History of Jazz

A Brief History of Jazz

The Origins of Jazz in AmericaAfrican slaves in the American South began using European musical instruments in the early 19th century

They incorporated their tribal musical traditions with European minstrel performances

24/28/2011Cody Graham Power Point Final ProjectRagtime and Dixie MusicScott Joplin and others popularized Ragtime music in the late 19th century and early 20th centuryAlong with Ragtime, southern Dixie music created many of the foundations for what would later be called Jazz

Swing and the Big BandsJazz music became more popular in the 1920s and 1930s with the rise of Swing music and the big band orchestras

Many of Jazzs pioneers (Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald) were making influential music at this time

Bebop breaks the moldJazzs popularity continued to grow in the 1940s, but a counter jazz movement (called Bebop) influenced what was to come later in Jazz music

Musicians like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie led the Bebop movement

Miles Davis and Cool JazzMiles Davis broke from his early Bebop days and started a new Jazz movement (Cool Jazz) in the 1950s and 1960s

This period had the peak and the start of the decline of Jazzs popularity (Rock n Roll was rising at this time)

The ManJazz moves to the fringeFrom the 1970s to today, Jazz music has lost a lot of its popularity

Experimental artists like Ornette Coleman and the Free Jazz movement were not popular with mainstream listeners

Ken Burns documentary on Jazz brought back some of the interest in this genre

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