Or Maybe You Do
YOU DON’T KNOW JAZZ
The purpose of this class is to introduce you to
the musical genre called jazz and to help you find
something in that genre that you like.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLASS
JOE “KING” OLIVER, 1881-1938
Jazz New Orleans
GENRES
EUBIE BLAKE, 1887-1983
Jazz
Popular music
Ragtime
GENRES
JELLY ROLL MORTON, 1890-1941
Ragtime
Jazz
Jazz Blues
Dixieland
Swing
STYLES INCLUDED
BESSIE SMITH, 1894-1937
Blues
Jazz Blues
GENRES
DUKE ELLINGTON, 1899-1974
Jazz
Big Band
Jazz Orchestra
Classical/ Jazz Fusion
Sound Tracks
GENRES
LOUIS ARMSTRONG 1901-1971
Creole Jazz
Dixieland Jazz
Big Band
Hot Jazz
Pop
GENRES
WILLIAM “COUNT” BASIE, 1904-1984
Big Band
Jazz
Blues
GENRES
BILLIE HOLIDAY, 1915-1959
Blues
Jazz
GENRES
ELLA FITZGERALD, 1917-1996
Swing
Bee Bop
Traditional Pop
Vocal Jazz
Blues
GENRES
THELONIOUS MONK , 1917-1982
Jazz
Cool Jazz
Bee Bop
Hard Bop
GENRES
DIZZY GILLESPIE
Jazz
Bebop
Afro-Cuban Jazz
GENRES
NAT “KING” COLE, 1919-1965
Vocal Jazz
Swing
Traditional Pop
GENRES
CHARLIE “BIRD” PARKER,
1920-1955
Jazz
Bee Bob
GENRES
CHARLES MINGUS, 1922-1979
Jazz
Hard Bop
Bebop
Avant-garde Jazz
Post bop
Third Stream
Orchestral Jazz
Free Jazz
GENRES
MILES DAVIS, 1926-1991
Avant-guarded Jazz
Hard Bee Bop
Modal Jazz
Free Jazz
GENRES
JOHN COLTRANE, 1926-1967
Blues
Bebop
Cool Jazz
Fusion
GENRES
SARAH VAUGHAN, 1927-1990
Vocal Jazz
Bebop
Smooth Jazz
Traditional Pop
Bosa Nova
GENRES
SONNY ROLLINS, 1930-
Jazz
Hard Bop
GENRES
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Wynton Marsalis & and the Live from Lincoln
Center Orchestra
Chick Corea
Harry Connick Jr.
Seth McFarlane
Rod Stewart
Paul McCartney
HONORABLE MENTIONS

You don't know jazz