Early Jazz Project

1. Early Jazz
Tabatha Washington
Music 1101 Project
Spring 2023

2. When was Jazz created?
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February 26, 1917

3. What is Jazz characterized by?
Swing and blues notes, complex chords, call and response vocals,
polyrhythms and improvisation
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4. Who were the
pioneers of
Jazz?
Miles Davis, Duke Ellington,
Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker,
and Ella Fitzgerald

5. Who were the most famous Jazz
musicians?
Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, and Duke Ellington were some of the
most famous jazz musicians.
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6. Who are the most important Jazz
artists now?
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Esperanza Spalding, Brad Mehldau, and Sylvia Brooks

7. Background on Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans,
Louisiana.
He recorded several songs throughout his career, he is known
for songs like “Star Dust”, “La Vie En Rose”, and What a
Wonderful World”.
Beginning in 1919, Armstrong spent his summers playing on
riverboats with a band led by Fate Marable.
He died July 6, 1971.
I like Louis Armstrong because his songs are nice when I
listen to it.
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8. “Hello Dolly”
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9. Biography on Jelly Roll Morton
Morton was born Ferdinand Joseph Le Menthe in 1885 to a middle-class
Creole family on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans. By the time Jelly was in
his early twenties, he was an in-demand musician, playing the entire Gulf
Coast and West Coast. He created some of the most creative music that ever
emerged – tunes like “King Porter Stomp”, “New Orleans Blues,” “Kansas
City Stomp.”
Jelly Roll Morton died in 1941.
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10. “Black Bottom Stomp”

11. Background on Duke Ellington
He was born Edward Kennedy Ellington in Washington, D.C.
on April 29, 1899, into a middle-class black family.
Although he originally aspired to be a painter, Ellington became
interested in music in his early teens.
In 1923, he moved to New York and became a leader of his
band. Duke’s band was hired to play regularly at the Cotton
Club.
“Sophisticated Lady”, “Prelude to a Kiss”, “Don’t Get Around
Much Anymore”, and “Satin Doll” are some of his most
recognized songs.
Duke Ellington died on May 24, 1974.
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12. “Satin Doll”

13. Works Cited
Louis Armstrong Biography. (2014b, April 3). Biography.com Website. Retrieved April 12, 2023,
from https://www.biography.com
American musical icon defined jazz big band. (n.d.). Retrieved April 12, 2023, from
https://www.songhall.org/profile/Duke_Ellington
Jelly Roll Morton - Black Bottom Stomp. (2013, July 9). [Video file]. Retrieved April 12, 2023,
from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcgIrAyNGGM
Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly Live! (2007, November 11). [Video file]. Retrieved April
12, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYs&t=124s
Duke Ellington - Satin Doll (1962) [official video]. (2012, December 12). [Video file].
Retrieved April 12, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTFPV1pk654
Jelly Roll Morton. (n.d.). Retrieved April 12, 2023,
from https://www.neworleans.com/things-to-do/music/history-and-traditions/jelly-roll-
morton/#:~:text=Buddy%20Bolden%20may%20have%20been,his%20compositions%2
0became%20jazz%20staples.
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