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Blues

style of music that was started during the slavery period before the Civil War

 the Original Dixieland Jazz Band

 The first musician to be recorded for Jazz

piano

 The main instrument for ragtime

Prohibition

helped spread the live performance of Jazz as it allowed more venues for Jazz to be played during the 1920s

The Great Migration

 term used for when African-Americans were leaving the deep south to get away from Jim Crow laws starting in 1922

spiritual

An early song form that was sung by slaves while they worked in the fields

improvisation

Making up music while it is being played (instantaneous creation of music)

The Mississippi River

 led to both jazz and blues spreading to Chicago

Fletcher Henderson

wrote arrangements for Benny Goodman’s band that gave his band a more authentic “Harlem” sound

King of Swing

Benny Goodman

Artie Shaw

known for his classically influenced swing music

The Great Depression

helped to spread the popularity of swing music due to its uplifting dancing

Bebop

 intricate playing and focus on soloing

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

 credited for creating Bebop when they wished for jazz to become more intricate and focused on individual jazz talent

Miles Davis

 known for developing and creating Cool Jazz,  the first to combine rock and jazz together to create fusion,  The best selling jazz album of all time is Kind of Blue by him

Cool jazz

based on laid-back melodical songs and solos

 rock music

created out of blues, country, gospel and jazz styles

 James Brown

 known as the “Godfather of Soul” due to his influence

The Woodstock Festival

 known as the culmination of the 1960s pop music period

Ray Charles

 popular for incorporating soul with the usage of gospel with rhythm and blues as well as using the piano for soul/R&B music

Pink Floyd

 1970s rock band who was one of the popular of all time with its record of staying on the Billboard charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988 which was longer than any album in history

funk

 rock mixed with soul

 Grandmaster Flash

The first popular DJ in rap music

N.W.A.

founders of gangster rap

 Alternative music

created out of the lifestyle expectations and experiences of Generation X (those born 1965-1980), got its big break on college radio

Grunge

originated in Seattle

Country music

became more popular after the September 11th terrorist attacks due to its use of American nationalism in the early to mid 2000s

iTunes

The first online music distribution store for MP3s and audio

Trap music

inspired by electronic dance music and hip-hop/rap, was created and became popular in the 2010s

Bob Dylan

 was known for their use of folk music to bring up social events of the 1960s

New York and Los Angeles

 known as the main music production cities in the United States in the 1960s

The Twist

 a popular song along with a dance that led to the older generation starting to accept rock music