Dixieland
This city, a major port and cultural melting pot, is widely considered the birthplace of jazz and Dixieland music.
This upbeat, danceable style of jazz became wildly popular with young people in the 1920s and 1930s.
What is swing music?
This fast, complex style of jazz emerged in the 1940s as a reaction to swing and was especially popular in New York City.
What is bebop?
This decade saw the emergence of Cool Jazz, following the bebop era.
What is the 1950s?
Jazz fusion combined jazz music with these other popular music genres.
This woodwind instrument, very popular in Dixieland bands, improvised freely over top the melody.
What is the clarinet?
This clarinetist, known as the “King of Swing,” led a famous orchestra beginning in 1938 and helped popularize the swing era nationwide.
Who is Benny Goodman?
This U.S. city became the central hub for bebop in the 1940s.
What is New York City?
This trumpeter led the Cool Jazz movement and released the famous album “The Birth of the Cool.”
Who is Miles Davis?
Jazz fusion emerged to combine jazz with popular music in this decade.
What is the 1970s?
Dixieland bands used whatever instruments were available, but this instrument, played by musicians like King Oliver and later Louis Armstrong, usually carried the main melody.
What is the trumpet? (cornet)
During the 1920s and early swing era, these secret clubs served illegal alcohol and became hotspots for jazz and social dancing.
What are speakeasies?
Born in Kansas City and moving to New York in 1939, this saxophonist nicknamed “Bird” remains one of the most influential jazz musicians in history.
Who is Charlie Parker?
This album by Miles Davis—featuring songs like “Blue in Green”—is considered one of the most popular and influential jazz albums ever recorded.
What is "Kind of Blue"?
Jazz fusion evolved in part because jazz musicians of the 1970s sought to connect with popular audiences, often incorporating this type of instrumentation from rock and funk bands.
What are electric instruments?
After the Civil War, this type of ensemble disbanded, leaving behind instruments that helped future jazz musicians form Dixieland groups.
What are military bands?
A typical swing band might include trumpets, trombones, saxophones, clarinets, piano, bass, drums, and this stringed instrument, used for rhythm and harmony.
What is the guitar?
Known as “The Ambassador of Jazz,” this bebop trumpeter traveled through Europe, the Middle East, and Asia during the Cold War, introducing authentic American jazz to countries that had never heard it live.
Who is Dizzy Gillespie?
This decade saw the emergence of Cool Jazz, following the bebop era.
What is the 1950s?
Herbie Hancock’s 1973 re-recording of “Watermelon Man” on the Head Hunters album imitates this traditional Central African musical technique using a glass bottle.
What is the hindewhu?
Dixieland features a “loose” melody and this musical practice, where multiple musicians simultaneously create new lines over the tune.
What is improvisation?
This energetic dance, featured in “Hellzapoppin’,” became one of the most iconic styles associated with swing music during the 1930s.
What is the Lindy Hop?
This pianist, known for his interesting melodies and unique playing style, wrote bebop classics like “Round Midnight” and “Blue Monk.”
Who is Theloneous Monk?
This jazz pianist and bandleader re-recorded “Watermelon Man” in 1973 with his band the Head Hunters, adding funk grooves and electric instruments.
Who is Herbie Hancock?