Pop music vocab exam 2

jazz craze

next stage in the african americanization of ballroom dance

jazz

sometimes called jass or hot music emerged from new orleans around 1900

dance bands

violin guitar mandolin string bass

first recordings

made in NYC and chicago

nick larocca

led of a white group from new orleans called the Orginal Dixieland Jazz Band

king joe oliver

cornestist, played in brass bands and dance bands, crossed economical and racial boundaries

louis armstrong

established core of featured jazz, influenced the development of mainstream popular singing, famous trumpet player

jazz age

era in popular culture in america

segregation in dance orchestras

most successful orchestras able to extend appeal across racial boundaries

paul whiteman

king of jazz, defended jazz against its moral critics, jazz based dance music

danzon

mildy africanized style of ballroom dance music

Justo “don” azpiazu

leader of major cuban dance

george gershwin

songwriter who did the most to bridge the gulf between art music and popular music a

al jolson

known as the “worlds greatest entertainer”

the mighty five of tin pan alley

jerome kern, richard rodgers, george gershwin, cole porter, irving berlin

AABA

structure and verse and chorus froms from the 19th century

irving berlin

recognized as the most productive varied and creative of the tin pan alley songwriters

what makes a song a standard

rhythm, quickly recorded by many artist, circulation for more than seven decades

mamie smith

black vaudeville performer

race music

promotional catchphrase applied by ralph peer

ralph peer

worked as an assistant on mamie smith first recording sessions, seek out recording local talent

william christopher handy

alabama born, father of the blues, cornet player

blues

genre that emerged in black communities of the deep south around the end of the 19th century, first recorded outside the country blues

bar or measure

unit of music

harmony

progression of chords marked by chord changes and certain points in the music

hillbilly music

country and western music, developed from folk songs and ballads

coon creek girls

featuring vocals by lily may, british broadside ballad

lulu belle

most popular female country music performer, stars of radio national barn dance

pioneers of country music

the carter family

woodrow willson “woody” guthrie

compsed songs that were more overtly political in nature, known as protest singer

swing

jazz inspired music developed in the late 1920s by black dance bands in NY

1935-1945

large dance band orchestras

big bands

for big dance halls and appeared on the radio and record players

new deal era

ethos of swing music, unfettered enjoyment

MCA

music corporation of americ, largest agency and became the dominant booking

network radio

most important means of promoting popular music