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Early Jazz Artists

Early Jazz Artists. Buddy Bolden. probable 1 st jazz artist (“inventor of jazz”) loudness of his playing distinctive timbre and attack “seductive” style of playing, particularly slow blues no known recordings. Freddie Keppard. one of the 1 st New Orleans musicians to travel widely

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Early Jazz Artists

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  1. Early Jazz Artists

  2. Buddy Bolden • probable 1st jazz artist (“inventor of jazz”) • loudness of his playing • distinctive timbre and attack • “seductive” style of playing, particularly slow blues • no known recordings

  3. Freddie Keppard • one of the 1st New Orleans musicians to travel widely • star of the Creole Jazz Band (played vaudeville theaters throughout the US) • allegedly refused an opportunity to record in 1916

  4. Original Dixieland Jazz Band • played at Reisenweber’s Restaurant in New York in 1917 (probable 1st jazz group to play extended engagement in New York) • “Livery Stable Blues” and “Dixie Jass Band One-Step” probable 1st jazz recordings • relationship between white and black musicians

  5. Jelly Roll Morton • 1st jazz composer – proved that the music could be written down • falsely claimed to have invented jazz • assimilated a number of musical styles • 1923 recordings with Gennett Records in Richmond, IN (1st integrated recording session) • fall 1926, Victor recordings with Red Hot Peppers • LC recordings with Alan Lomax (1938) • died in 1941 just before a revival of interest in NO jazz

  6. Joe “King” Oliver • achieved local fame in band led by trombonist Kid Ory • particularly noted for variety of mutes • moved to Chicago in 1918; after time on the road, returned in 1922 to form King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band • 1923 Gennett recordings introduced Louis Armstrong to the world

  7. Sidney Bechet • clarinet, later soprano saxophone • toured with Will Marion Cook to Europe • tour Europe again on his own, returned to NY in 1921 • hired briefly by Duke Ellington, but preferred soloist status • time spent in Europe may have contributed to relative lack of renown in US

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