Music in america final

Blues

Early African American vocal music about life/love, the foundation of jazz

Combos

Small jazz groups

Dixieland Jazz

White version of New Orleans jazz

Stride Piano

Left hand bass and chords, right hand melody

Louis Armstrong

Trumpet player who revolutionized jazz with improvisation

Scatting

Singing nonsense syllables (vocal improvisation)

Sweet Jazz

Arranged jazz with little improvisation

Big Bands

Large swing groups (12–18 players)

Bebop

Fast, complex, modern jazz style

Cool Jazz

Smooth, relaxed jazz with classical influence

Benny Goodman

Popularized swing (clarinetist)

Duke Ellington

Composer and bandleader

Billie Holiday

Emotional jazz singer

Charlie Parker

Bebop saxophone legend

Dizzy Gillespie

Bebop trumpet, complex rhythms

Dave Brubeck

Known for unusual rhythms (Take Five)

Miles Davis

Created cool jazz

Jam

Improvised music session

Riff

Short repeated musical phrase

Vibrato

Slight pitch variation for expression

Bluegrass

Fast acoustic string music (banjo, fiddle)

Honky-tonk

Emotional lyrics, amplified sound

Rockabilly

Country and early rock

Western Swing

Country and jazz instruments

Nashville Sound

Smooth, commercial country

Jimmie Rodgers

“Father of Country Music,” used yodel

Johnny Cash

“Man in Black,” storytelling songs

Patsy Cline

Country and pop crossover singer

Grand Ole Opry

Made Nashville country music center

Cover Recording

New version of someone else’s song

Tango

Argentina dance with habanera rhythm

Samba

Brazilian carnival dance

Bossa Nova

Smooth, modern samba

Mambo

Afro-Cuban big band dance music

Calypso

Trinidad storytelling songs

Reggae

Caribbean rhythm-based music

Conga

Cuban drum and dance style

Mariachi

Mexican band (trumpets and strings)

Xavier Cugat

Helped bring Latin music into U.S. pop