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THE ORIGIN OF JAZZ

Jazz is a musical tradition and style of music thatoriginated at the beginning of the 20th century inAfrican American communities in the Southern

United States from a mixture of African andEuropean music traditions. Jazz is actually a slangterm that was used in the west. From its earlydevelopment until the present, jazz has been one of the

most popular type of music from 20th to the 21stcentury in America.

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG

Louis Armstrong wasoneof

the mostinfluential artistsin

thehistory of music.Louis

Armstrong was bornin New

Orleans,Louisiana,on

August 4, 1901,he began

playingthecornet atthe

ageof 13. Armstrong

perfectedtheimprovisedjazz solo as we know it

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DUKE ELLINGTON

Oneofthe mostsignificantfiguresinmusichistory, Edward Kennedy DukeEllington who was bornon April 29,1899,in Washington,D.C. He beganstudyingthe piano atthe ageofseven. Hestarted playing jazz as a

teenager, and movedto New YorkCity to become a bandleader. As apianist,composer, and bandleader,Ellington wasoneofthecreatorsofthe big bandsound, whichfueledthe"swing" era. Hecontinuedleading andcomposingfor his jazz orchestra untilhisdeathin 1974.

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JOHN BIRKS DIZZY

John Birks was a trumpeter,bandleader, andcomposer JohnBirksDizzy Gillespie was bornonOctober 21, 1917,inCheraw,SouthCarolina. Hegothisfirst

musiclessonfrom hisfather andtook offfrom there. He movedtoNew York City in 1937 and metmusicianssuch as Thelonious MonkandCharlie Parker. Together theyexperimented with jazz andcame

up withthe bebop sound

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CORNET IN JAZZ

Th corn tis r ssinstrum ntv r similar to th

trump t, distin uish d its conical ore

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PIANO

The pianohas been anbig partofthe jazzsinceitscreation,in both

solo andgroup settings.Its roleofthe pianoinjazz ishugeduetothefactthattheinstrumenthascombined melodic

andharmonicfeatures.

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TRUMPET

Trumpetsare amon the oldestmusical

instruments,datin ack to atleast 5 CE. Theare constructed of rasstubin benttwice

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Southern Gospel originated in

the 1800s and 1900s. It was a

mix of Christian Gospel lyrics,with bluegrass, and jazz. This

type of music was first sang by

slaves in order to communicate

with each other. But, as soon aschurches discovered this type of

music, traveling preachers

began to speak about it and

many people, especially African

Americans, took a liking to thisnew style of music. It soon

became the most popular music

in the South and its churches.

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A very popular song that slaves

sang during the era of Southern

Gospel was, Wade in the Water.

This song was sung by slaves to

convey what to do when running

away from their masters. Back

when slaves escaped, they did it

during the night to make it difficultfor their masters to find them.

However, the slave owners would

get their hounds to hunt down and

find the slaves using their scent.

The song, Wade in the Water,was made to tell slaves that,

when theyre attempting to run

away, they should wade in the

wade because dogs cant trackdown scents their scents that