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Jazz Music

By rwilso21

  • Tommy Turpin writes Harlem Rag, the first known ragtime composition

    Tommy Turpin writes Harlem Rag, the first known ragtime composition
    Harlem Rag

  • Pianist Scott Joplin publishes his first two rags.

    Pianist Scott Joplin publishes his first two rags.

  • Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is published and sells over 100,000 copies.

    Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is published and sells over 100,000 copies.
    Maple Leaf Rag

  • Duke Ellington is born.

    Duke Ellington is born.

  • Louis Armstrong recorded his first Hot Five records - the first time he recorded under his own name.

    Louis Armstrong recorded his first Hot Five records - the first time he recorded under his own name.

  • Jazz groups were Big Bands

    Jazz groups were Big Bands
    Swing offered individual musicians a chance to improvise melodic, thematic solos

  • Bebop

    Bebop
    Bop soloists engaged in harmonic improvisation, often avoiding the melody altogether after the first chorus.

  • Free Jazz

    Free Jazz
    Referred to as "Avante Garde", although true Free Jazz soloists shed even the ensemble arrangement structure, giving for a totally "free" impulse experience to the music.

  • Fusion

    Mixture of Jazz improvisation with the energy and new rhythms of Rock and World music

  • Smooth Jazz

    Smooth Jazz
    Evolving from Fusion, but leaving behind the energetic solos and dynamic crescendos