Ken Burns: Jazz Musicians of Unit 1

Jazz History

How was Buddy Bolden different from other trumpet players of that time?

louder, more innovative, creative

What happened to Buddy Bolden in 1906?

Best Jazz Musician in New Orleans

Where did Jelly-Roll Morton first work as a teenager? Night watchman?

worked playing music in Storyville, told gma he was a night watchman

What kind of guy was Jelly-Roll Morton?

his biggest fan, all-around entertainer

What is significant about Morton traveling and playing all over the U.S.?

spread jazz nationally

Louis’s birthday: When did he think it was? When was it really?

July 4th, 1900, August 9th, 1901

What was Louis Armstrongs’ home life/childhood like?

raised by a single mother, lived in poverty

What happened to Armstrong on New Year’s Day 1913? Where was he sent?

Arrested for firing a gun, sent to Colored Waifs home

Who was Louis’s idol?

Joe Oliver (King Oliver)

What year did Louis leave for Chicago and why?

1922 to join King Olivers band

What was the “great migration”?

black individuals moved north in seach of freedom and jobs

When did Louis Armstrong first record with Joe Oliver’s band?

1923

What year did Sidney Bechet come back to the states? Why did he come then?

1922, deported due to an altercation with a prostitute

What kind of man was Bechet?

trouble, a challenger