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St Louis Blues writer

W.C. Handy

Urban Female Blues was replaced in the 20s by __

Boogie Woogie and Big Band Blues

Delta Blues

Robert Johnson, 8-bar blues, intimate, soulful

Piedmont Blues

Fulton Allen, quicker syncopated ragtime patterns, finger-picked guitar plays both melody and bass

Texas Blues

Blind Lemon Jefferson, improvised guitar melodies, closer to jazz in its swung rhythms

Memphis Blues

BB King, syncopated, danceable, often used in vaudeville

Queen of Tin Pan Alley

Bernice Petkere

__ rpm __ disc replaced __ rpm __ disc

33, vinyl, 78, shellac

invention of 33rpm vinyl led to development of __

45rpm single

Radio Stations started popping up in the US in the ___

20s

Development of microphone led to the emergence of ____

crooners, a more intimate vocal style while accompanying big bands, less need for belting

Name 4 Golden Age Big Bands

‘Old Testament’ Count Basie Band, Benny Goodman Band, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra

Features of Golden Age Big Band music

Riffs, featured soloists, chonk chonk rhythm section, music for dancing

Name 3 Post-war Big Bands

‘New Testament’ Count Basie Band, Ellington Orchestra, Nelson Riddle Orchestra

How was the Duke Ellington Orchestra different?

more complex arrangements, more political slant, classical crossover

How was the ‘New Testament’ Count Basie Band different?

more complex arrangements, fewer soloists, a less fixed group of musicians (although standard rhythm section)

How was the Nelson Riddle Orchestra different?

added strings to arrangements, often focused on vocalists like Frank Sinatra or Ella Fitzgerald

Common traits of jazz harmony

extended chords, chromatic harmony, secondary dominants, tritone substitutions, blues scale, mixtures of maj/min with modality