Early Jazz

Jazz Early Jazz The earliest easily useable jazz recordings are from the 1920s and early 1930s. Trumpet player and vocaliser Louis Armstrong ("Pops", "Satchmo") was by far the most important figure of this period. He played with groups called the Hot Five and the Hot Seven; each recordings you can find of these groups are recommended. The style of these groups, and many others of the period, is frequently referred to as New siege of Orleans jazz or Dixieland. It is characterized by collective improvisation, in which all performers simultaneously play extemporize melodic lines within the harmonic structure of the tune.

Louis, as a singer, is credited with the invention of scat, in which the vocalist makes up meaningless syllables to sing improvised lines. Other notable performers of New Orleans or Dixieland jazz include clarinetist knot Dodds, soprano saxophone player Sidney Bechet, trumpeter King Oliver, and trombone player Kid Ory. Other styles popular during this period were ...If you want to play a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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