Original Dixieland Jass Band

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band Influence The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, although not the first of many jazz musicians, made a big impact on jazz community by popularizing the culture of jazz throughout the nation. They consisted of five members from New Orleans: Nick LaRocca, leader and cornet; Larry Shields, clarinet; Tony Sbarbaro, drums; Eddie Edwards, trombone; and Henry Ragas (replaced by Russel Robinson), piano. The grouped gained popularity around the 1910s-20s. They gained popularity

The Great Depression. During this time jazz became a popular genre of music and led to the creation of many sub-genres. It originated in New Orleans and other areas of the south eastern portion of the U.S. with Dixieland, which later on spread to other major cities and evolved into big band jazz and swing. It connected the drastically different cultures of the musically inclined individuals of New Orleans and the troubled african american culture of the south. This changed many people’s lives, giving

brothels (Cooke, 1999). The mixture of the bands playing there was of the highest diversity, as numerous dance bands were playing along with the marching bands. Nevertheless, all these bands were mostly arranged and organized

avenue to earn money through their talents. However, racial prejudice brought with it, cultural appropriation and as jazz became popular with white America, white musicians attempted to steal the ownership of the genre. For instance, The Original Dixieland Jass Band that gained recognition

Assignment Cover Sheet Tutor Name: Lee Borrie, Doug Brush Assignment Title: MUSA 540 Essay One Course Name: Level 5 Contextual Studies Date Due: 26/06/15 Time Due: 9:00am Student ID Number: 99128623 I declare that this assignment is all my own work The Development of jazz in the early 20th Century In the late 19th Century, a new art from was emerging out of the combination of all that had gone before it on American soil... jazz. Many factors propelled jazz music into the 20th century

contact with African American music for the first time. This contact came when Orpheus McAdoo’s Virginia Jubilee Singers. Orpheus McAdoo, a graduate of Hampton Institute, now known as Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia joined five members of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers, an African American a capella group from Fisk University and began to tour places such as Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. When he returned to the U.S., he added four members to the minstrel troupe and in 1890 they found

The years following the first World War were years of change for the United States. Not all the change was good – the decade began with a brief depression and was plagued with issues regarding civil rights, income inequality and unemployment. The latter two issues were underlying signs of the impending doom that would mark the end of the “roaring twenties”. But until then, the twenties did roar. The economy flourished and industry reshaped the way Americans lived, worked and thought. New art forms

music, birthed jazz into this new era. Ragtime is more musically composed than jazz and most often found to be more upbeat and springy. Jazz is based on the art of improvisation and is rarely found written down. The term jazz originated from the word “jass”, which was used to describe promiscuous acts, but later took on the harsher ending sounds of the “zz” and changed its’ meaning. (“Gold Coast Jazz Society” 2/3) African Americans migrated from the rural South to the urban North during the 1890s in

The Jazz music of the Big Band Era was the peak of over thirty years of musical development. Jazz was so innovative and different that it could literally sweep the world, changing the musical styles of nearly every country. Big band Jazz that makes the feet tap and the heart race with excitement that it is recognized with nearly every type of music. The musical and cultural revolution that brought about Jazz was a direct result of African-Americans pursuing careers in the arts following the United

cultural melting pot, and began to spread the “New Orleans Sound”. They contributed to what would soon be known as Jazz in 1917. The spontaneous nature of Jazz’s syncopation and sound makes it a very humanistic style of music and makes every performance original. Every day we improvise, whether it is in conversation or spur of the moment decisions. These truly unique elements caused Jazz to become a symbol of America, and changed music forever. The roots of Jazz lie in the southern plantations, where slaves