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The jazz age: Famous Jazz musicians

The jazz age: Famous Jazz musicians. Lindsey Fulton ETE 100 Section January 29, 2010. The golden age of jazz.

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The jazz age: Famous Jazz musicians

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  1. The jazz age:Famous Jazz musicians Lindsey Fulton ETE 100 Section January 29, 2010

  2. The golden age of jazz • In the years between 1939 and 1948, William Gottlieb's cumbersome Speed Graphic press camera captured the elusive moments of what he called "a golden age" of jazz--the era of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Mary Lou Williams, Eddie Condon, Charlie Parker, Nat King Cole. (Stokes) • He photographed jazz musicians performing in nightclubs, concert halls, recording sessions, and sometimes even in moments of relaxation backstage or in their dressing rooms.

  3. Louis Armstrong Portrait of Louis Armstrong. He was a famous trumpeter and singer in the jazz age.

  4. Mary lou Williams • Pianist • Composer • Arranger

  5. Nat King Cole • Nat's early career was mainly piano playing. • He played a lot in a trio with one of his brothers. • The trio did not have a drummer because Nat's piano playing kept rhythm so well. • By the time Nat was 20 his music was known in every beer joint in L.A.

  6. Duke Ellington

  7. Duke Ellington • One of the originators of Big-Band Jazz • Ellington and his band played for more than half a century.

  8. Ray Nance Ray Nance, Ellington's "Utility Man," at the Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946. (Music Division, LC-GLB23-0652)

  9. Ella fitzgerald • An impressive photo of a truly impressive singer EllaFitzgerald at the Downbeat. • She formed a singing partnership with Louis Armstrong, toured with Dizzy Gillespie and appeared in television specials with Duke Ellington.

  10. Ella fitzgerald

  11. Work Cited • Biography.com . (n.d.). Retrieved February 3, 2010, from http://www.biography.com/articles/Duke-Ellington- 9286338?part=2 • Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime. (n.d.). Retrieved from Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j6avX7ebkM • Ella Fitzgerald Biography. (2007, April 29). Retrieved from Suite101: http://jazz.suite101.com/article.cfm/ella_fitzgerald • Gottlieb, W. P. (n.d.). Photographs from the Golden Age. Retrieved February 1, 2010, from http://www.loc.gov: http://memory.loc.gov • Library of Congress. (1962). Retrieved February 3, 2010, from http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgibin/query/h?pp/PPALL:@field(NUMBER+ @1(cph+3c15052)) • Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly Live. (n.d.). Retrieved from Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYs&feature=related • Noble, A. (1998, March). The Story of Nat King Cole. Retrieved February 3, 2010, from http://members.tip.net.au/~bnoble/natkcole/nat_cole.htm#early • Stokes, W. R. (1995, October). The Faces of Jazz. Retrieved February 1, 2010, from www.loc.gov: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wghtml/wgfaces.html

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