What city was the most cosmopolitan city in the South?
What city was the most cosmopolitan city in the South? New Orleans
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What instrument did Buddy Bolden Play?
Buddy Bolden played the cornet.
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When was Armstrong born?
Armstrong was born in 1901 in a poor New Orleans neighborhood.
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Who opened in London with a troup called the Southern Syncopated Orchestra?
Sidney Bechet
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Who were the Uptown and Downtown Blacks?
The Uptown Blacks were blacks that were given no educational opportunities while the Dowtown Blacks were called Creoles.
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What styles of music did people from everywhere bring?
People from everywhere brought African, Latin, and Caribbean rhythms; from Mississippi blues, European classical piano, and opera to the gospel of the Baptist Holiness Church.
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What instrument did Jelly Roll Morton play?
What instrument did Jelly Roll Morton play? Jelly Roll Morton played the piano
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What main instrument did Arnstorng play?
Louis Armstrong played the trumpet
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How and Why did slaves improvise?
Slaves used new techniques during that period of time called improvisation. The reason why they improvised was because they had no money for lesons.
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What was the first heard black muisc heard in the Midwestern cities?
Ragtime
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Who is Freddie Keppard?
Freddie Keppard was a cornetist who had a six-man Original Creole Orchestra.
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What band did Armstrong play for?
Louis Armstrong played in Fletcher Henderson's band.
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What colleges did Creoles attend?
What colleges did Creoles attend? Creoles attended United States colleges as well as European colleges.
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What affected New Orleans music?
What affected New Orleans music? The Jim Crow Law
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What instrument did Freddie Keppard play?
Freddie Keppard played the cornet
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Why did Armstrong leave the band?
Armstorng left the band because the band members were coming in late, drunk when they came to rehearsel, and unprofessional.
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Who divided the Uptown and Downtown Blacks?
The French and Spanish
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In what year did black people start coming to Chicago?
By the early 1920's
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What cornetist made his horn whinny like a horse?
Nick LaRocca
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Is Louis Armstrong a composer?
Yes Armstrong was a composer. He composed more than fifty songs.