Places
This city is the birthplace of jazz.
New Orleans
This musician emulated all the parts of a jazz band in his piano playing and also demanded that improvisers in his compositions not steal the spotlight from the band.
Jelly Roll Morton
Many early jazz musicians got their training by being in this group and running errands for the band members.
2nd Line
This was the first jazz song ever recorded, and it was performed by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
Livery Stable Blues
The name for a type of swing composition based off a short melody that is repeated by the band, sometimes in unison and sometimes with improvised harmonies.
Riff Chart
This city received a large influx of early jazz musicians, aided by the large African American migration to northern cities.
Chicago
The first to write swing music that set different instrument sections against one another in a call and response style.
Fletcher Henderson
The musical group that was a product of black social clubs and imitated the components of a march (melody, countermelody, bass counterline, bass line) by ear.
Parade Bands
His orchestra was similar to the large size of Benny Goodman's, and he was a clarinet band leader with sweet tone.
Artie Shaw
He strove for high art within the context of pop and jazz music and for a time played at the whites-only Cotton Club in New York City.
Duke Ellington
This famous integrated ballroom in New York City was home to Chick Webb’s band and elite dancers who advanced the Lindy Hop.
Savoy Ballroom
The most famous artist of Kansas City style swing.
Count Basie
The name for the early New Orleans style of jazz.
Dixieland
His orchestra was a large swing band like Glenn Miller's. He was credited for turning the trombone into a soloistic instrument with a sweeter tone.
Tommy Dorsey
The term is used to describe the immense popularity of jazz and dances like the Charleston in the 1920s.
Jazz Age
This style of jazz music had musicians that could and write music. The music was more complex.
New York Style
Nicknamed the “King of Swing,” his band kicked off a period of unprecedented popularity for swing music and also performed at Carnegie Hall.
Benny Goodman
Early New Orleans bands played in this style, in which each performer played his own line independently from the others, resulting in many melodic lines sounding at once.
Polyphonic
He was a trumpet band leader and had formal instruction. His band's sound was more flashy and upbeat.
Louis Armstrong
The name for the style of piano playing that originated in New York City and was similar to ragtime but faster, driving, and utilizing improvisation.
Stride (piano)
This style of jazz music started out as less swing with musicians not formally trained. Based on more traditional blues.
Kansas City Style
His big band was one of the most famous, especially for the song “In the Mood.”
Glenn Miller
The name of the first bass drum beat that deviated from the standard march beat.
Big Four
His band was credited with more mellow jazz arrangements while he would lead the band on the cornet.
Bix Beiderbecke
Jazz artist and band leader credited for adding and pioneering the use of trumpet mutes.
King Oliver