Area of Study D: Jazz (optional)

Ragtime 1890-1917 solo piano style, steady left hand/syncopated right hand. 

Scott Joplin, piano - here he is on a piano roll:

Dixieland (a term still used today for traditional jazz) Roots in post WW1. Here is the first Jazz recording!

Early Jazz 1900-1928 collective improvisation, use of banjo and tuba.

Louis Armstrong, trumpet - here he is with the Hot Five:

Jelly Roll Morton, piano – here he is with his Red Hot Peppers in Doctor Jazz:

Swing 1930-1945 big band, written arrangements, dance music

Count Basie, piano - here he is in a Boogie Woogie inspired number (rather entertaining visuals):

 Duke Ellington, piano - another movie with the most famous bandleader in jazz history. Ray Nance on violin and vocals:

 Benny Goodman, clarinet - now this is swing!

Bebop 1940-1955 virtuosic, complex, rangy, jazz as art, small group, focus on the soloist

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet – this features both Dizzy and ‘The Bird’ Charlie Parker ‘Salt Peanuts’:

Cool 1949-1955 relaxed feel, soft, incorporation of classical music elements

Chet Baker, trumpet – Here is Chet on vocals and flugelhorn: