Jazz History (Origins - Cool Jazz)

What musical characteristic do you hear in this Bebop example?

Jazz is said to have started in what city?

What music technique is being used in this excerpt?

African Spirituals were religious songs.

What style of music is this?

When Bebop started, all American's loved its new, different sound.

Musical technique where one person sings, then the group responds.

What style of Jazz is this? *hint* 1930's-40's

Which of these is a characteristic of Swing/Big Band Jazz?

The spontaneous creation of new melodies during a performance is called…

This is an example of Bebop…

Which of these is a characteristic of Cool Jazz?

Which music genres came before Blues and Jazz?

Scott Joplin was the "Father of the Blues

Two or more different rhythms happening at the same time is called…

Cool Jazz in the 1950's sounded the same as Bebop in the 1940's

What style of piano music is this?

Dissonant Harmonies sound…

Ragtime was dance music written for what instrument?

Ma Rainey was a famous singer in the early years of what genre?

Which of these are characteristics of Bebop?

What style of music is this?

Which of these music genres did NOT influence early Jazz?

What two musical characteristics do you hear in this Cool Jazz example?

The melodies in Ragtime music often use rhythms that accent the off-beats. What is this called?