Glenn Miller (19041944) was a brilliant arranger, an outstanding businessman, and a fine trombone player. The Swing Era - Jazz in America While the trumpet is commonly featured in a swing band, a saxophone is also often used to enhance melodies. "walking bass" accompaniment, - Harmony Vocalists began to strike out on their own. However, some of the major artists, such as Ellington and Basie, provided much of the music for their orchestras themselves. Short, repeated refrains or phrases, or riffs, are common in jazz. of the most creative composers in the history of jazz, particularly renowned Bandleaders dealt with these obstacles through rigid discipline (Glenn Miller) and canny psychology (Duke Ellington). (, : This can be best described as "composing and The trumpet section included four trumpets; the first was responsible for the highest notes. Q G("CH^T)daA]yg~zN^y>.g~01D%>7dj.|K+8'9 q*U!i|O1#"v\YOGtc_GD1JL. Then, during the Swing Era, the sax player Coleman Hawkins changed the way jazz approached improvisation from melody to harmony (horizontal to vertical). BASIE popularized "pure" jazz through a "Big Band" Swing as popular music usually had vocals, such as Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," and was intended for dancing. Company B, was popularized through records and film by The Andrews Sisters during World War How relevant do you believe the poem is today? Alto sax player, arranger, and bandleader Jimmie Lunceford (19021947) studied music at and graduated from Fisk University in 1926. Tucker, Sherrie. Big Band Arranging | 2 | Getting Started Evan Rogers | Orchestrator !/$v}5cliH_+B9W#PBY]C ::B) . (who are noted for their blending of Afro-Cuban jazz elements within a Although many of these bands maintain a close tie to the swinging style of the Basie and Herman bands, others exhibit a new and very individualized style. Since he could not read music, Webb memorized the arrangements. He received his BA in Political Science from the University of Chicago and an M.A. (Click improvised solo structure on the choruses: (1) piano--Ellington), (2) jazz When you mentioned the word Jazz to the average person, they probably think of Swing music, and for good reason. Jazz Big Band Grinnell College Musical Instrument Collection The repertoire of swing bands featured both jazz and popular arrangements. Swing grew out of New Orleans Jazz and the evolved into Bebop. 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The size could be anywhere from about 12 to 30 players. Unlike the concert band, the lead players should never be seated on the end of the section. [14][12][13] [15][16][17][18], Twenty-first century big bands can be considerably larger than their predecessors, exceeding 20 players, with some European bands using 29 instruments and some reaching 50. In 1927, he taught music at Manassas High School in Memphis and organized a student jazz band. In the 1970s, popular fusion groups included BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS, CHICAGO, and SANTANA highly-improvisatory new style of jazz called "Bebop" was developed The History of Jazz. With the exception of Jelly Roll Morton, who continued playing in the New Orleans style, bandleaders paid attention to the demand for dance music and created their own big bands. The popularity of many of the major bands was amplified by star vocalists, such as Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb, Billie Holiday and Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie, Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest with Harry James, Doris Day with Les Brown,[40] and Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman. Fish, Scott K. Duke Ellington vs Chick Webb: We Tore Them Up, Man. March 1, 2016. https://scottkfish.com/2016/03/01/5221/. bWkwf>JW'wJj_]6/?NxP]-0_wg"2;WjbuY5sujr7g/sueG>trp~ZBV7]M(//m!o/f[^fb]x>f]aX?UnAW|ng)]s? IMPORTANT MUSICIANS: Louis Armstrong (cornet/trumpet), Bix Beiderbecke (cornet), Jelly Roll Morton (piano/composer), Sidney Bechet (soprano sax, clarinet), Earl "Fatha" Hines (piano) Swing/Big Band Era (1930-1945) by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. interacts with the bass and drums, and how the beat is divided up in complex Swing was almost entirely commercial and part of the mass entertainment industry. By the 1930s, these and other cities became major centers for the development of the swing style. clip on the basic jazz rhythm section), - Bass Many of the great swing bands broke up, as the times and tastes changed. Count Basie became an Oklahoma City Blue Devil around 1929 and also played with Bennie Moten. The "Modern Popular Music" chart below, (London: Paladin) 1987. style known as SWING. One of the most common forms used in jazz Instead of just embellishing the melody, he created a whole new melody based on the songs harmony by arpeggiating the chords and adding further chord alterations and substitutions to make his solo more complex. Thats what makes it stand out. to jazz, "Call and Response" was a common musical device. (5) tromboneJoe Nanton, and (6) clarinetBarney Bigard. A distinction is often made between so-called "hard bands", such as those of Count Basie and Tommy Dorsey, which emphasized quick hard-driving jump tunes, and "sweet bands", such as the Glenn Miller Orchestra and the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra,[41][42]. The stage was set up with five saxophones, two altos, two tenors, and one baritone, stage front left with four trombones directly behind them, and three trumpets at the back, the electric guitar was in center stage with . ensemble intimate style of Dixieland jazz into a harder-edged full band sound. Benny Goodman (19091986) was a superior clarinetist who began appearing on stage by the age of twelve. Swing is a term often used in reference to large dance bands of 15 or more musicians that played written arrangements using improvised sections alternating with arranged passages by brass and/or reeds. Important New York figures of this time include Chick Webb, Jimmie Lunceford, and Duke Ellington. In New Orleans, black Hawkins made his first recording with Fletcher Henderson and he would go on to perform throughout England and Europe. Apart from the star soloists, many musicians received low wages and would abandon the tour if bookings disappeared. innovators include pianist Dave BRUBECK Kansas City was busy with musical activity from the early 1920s to about 1938. is America's Ra's eclectic music was played by a roster of musicians from ten to thirty and was presented as theater, with costumes, dancers, and special effects.[1]. Coleman Hawkins (19041969) was the first great saxophonist of jazz. of American jazz. Their styles are uniquely different, yet both helped shape the definition of the pure jazz singer. In swing, the saxophone was usually featured as the leading instrumental soloist. Much like the stock in Gumbo, it provides an essential rhythmic and harmonic element in swing music. Four trombones comprised the trombone section. Trumpets provide a brash buzzing sound thats well suited for a melody. Beginning in the mid-1920s, big bands, then typically consisting of 10-25 pieces, came to dominate popular music. A ballad is a simple song, usually romantic in nature, and uses the same melody for each stanza. featuring trumpeter Chet BAKER). early style of "Hot Jazz" made its way north to Chicago and east to [3] In the late 1930s, Shep Fields incorporated a solo accordion, temple blocks, piccolo and a viola into his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra. In This is where one section (say, the brass section, i.e., trumpets and trombones) would play a musical phrase and then be "answered" by another section (say, the saxes); the first phrase is the call, the answer is the response (like a musical conversation). saxophonist Gerry MULLIGAN (of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet She led her Swingphony while playing marimba. [9] During the 1940s, somewhat smaller configurations of the big band emerged in the form of the "rhythm sextet". listeners to love jazz.. His sax playing is distinguished by a full tone, flowing lines, and heavy vibrato. As a result, employment opportunities for jazz musicians increased and Kansas City became a jazz mecca. Yes drums are like the Roux or Fil in Gumbo. Critics and historians refer to these groups as ghost bands because of the absence of their leaders and new personnel. trombonist Glenn MILLER incorporated 1570 0 obj <>stream And they played dance music. The Cotton Club, Harlem, New York City, early 1930s. (of the Dave Brubeck Quartet that also featured alto saxophonist Paul DESMOND), Up until that time, it was viewed with ridicule and looked upon as a curiosity. California. And after years of economic depression, many Americans wanted to have fun. His "C" 3. In the early 1950s a smoother, more The first chorus of an arrangement introduces the melody and is followed by choruses of development. A general format emerged from the creation of a swing jazz arrangement. D. in History from the University of California, Berkeley. Goodmans clarinet playing was a combination of great wit, precise musicianship, beautiful subtleties, and never-ending swing. He was the recipient of a Fulbright Lecturing/Research Fellowship in Japan, where he taught courses in African American History and researched the history of jazz in Japan. are described below. The 194244 musicians' strike worsened the situation. They gave a greater role to bandleaders, arrangers, and sections of instruments rather than soloists. Ch 7 Quiz Flashcards | Quizlet Hickman relied on Ferde Grof, Whiteman on Bill Challis. For this reason the pianists left hand generally just played chords on the beat; while his right hand built rhythmic patterns around chords and chord tone, and especially guide tone often just playing arpeggios or simple bluesy licks. In 1925, bandleader Paul Whiteman Figure 2: Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis Samplephonics Soulful Brass Constructions Foremost, they accentuated the movement of choreographed dancers. The swing era took place during which two important historical events? The popular appeal of Benny Goodman's Trio and Quartet had a good deal to do with the extroverted energy of. Hot Swing (people like Duke Ellington) was more daring, experimental, faster, with longer improvisations, stronger rhythmic drive, and a rough blues feeling. Unit 5 serene style of "cool jazz" became the rage on the west coast. His efforts helped make it possible for jazz musicians to earn a decent wage. The Glenn Miller Band worked the best jobs and recorded often. trumpet. and the Lincoln Center Jazz Jazz began in New Orleans in the Blues tradition, then became popular with white listeners during the World War singing" (in which he sings like an instrument on scat Packed with Ph.D.s, this scientific swing band performs a play list that leans heavily toward the heavens. and Ph. This also contributed to the loose and spontaneous feel of KC Jazz. Others challenged him, and battle of the bands became a regular feature of theater performances. Please change your browser preferences to enable javascript, and reload this page. A drummer, bass player (string bass), piano player, and guitarist formed the rhythm section. As swing developed, the second player became responsible for most of the jazz solos. This lineup was typical of swing era bands. is exactly what the jazz musician does to keep track of the blues formone here to see a YouTube clip on jazz improvisation). Swing is sandwiched between two huge historical events. So band leaders used various arrangement techniques to keep the song interesting, such as: Tutti (all horns playing a melodic line in harmony), Soli (one section featured playing a melodic line in harmony), Shout Chorus (climatic tutti section at the end of the arrangement), Riffs (repeated short melodic and/or rhythmic pattern), Call and Response Riffs (often between the horns and the rhythm section), Solos (single person improvising usually behind a relatively simple harmonic background), Swing Music was smooth, easy-listening and simple. Trumpet image courtesy: PJ via Wikimedia Commons, Saxophone image courtesy: via Wikimedia Commons, Keyboard image courtesy: Eurotuber via Wikimedia Commons, Double Bass image courtesy: David Price via Wikimedia Commons, Drum set image courtesy: Pbroks13 via Wikimedia Commons, Gumbo image courtesy: Amadscientist via Wikimedia Commons, For more than 10 years, The Classic Swing Band of Dallas has offered the best in live entertainment. History of Big Band Jazz | JAZZ Aspen Snowmass Trumpets feature a hollow brass tube that is doubles back on itself twice. While all my lessons are free, if you find them useful please consider donating to help keep them coming. All the big bands would go up there. 1920s as a blending of blues, ragtime, and civic brass band traditions, then this They established independent patterns for the trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and the rhythm section within segments of the arrangement that featured improvised solos. sense means to merge styles together. [32] They experiment, often with one player coming up with a simple musical figure leading to development within the same section and then further expansion by other sections, with the entire band then memorizing the way they are going to perform the piece, without writing it on sheet music. The Timeline of African American Music has been made possible in part by a major grant from theNational Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Whether your event needs a small ensemble or a full big band sound, we have the professionalism and class needed for functions requiring real live music! Steve Zegree; sax: Trent Kynaston; bass: Tom Knific; drums: Tim Froncek). African American theaters and night clubs, the Apollo, the Savoy, and the Lafayette, became legendary for presenting jazz combos and orchestras. clarinetist, In the late 1940s, progressive In the mid-1930s, he was the featured soloist in the Basie Orchestra. Since 1960, several newer types hmk6^/,$mA% The successful bands of the Swing Era featured carefully composed arrangements that held many talented players together. initiated by a 4-measure lead-in improvised over a "C" chord Swing music ruled the airwaves and the dance floors throughout the 1930s to the mid-40s, and the artists that led swing bands became internationally beloved celebrities. (String Bass or Electric Bass), plucked with the fingers, often providing a Guiding Principals. A. Rolfe, Anna Mae Winburn, and Ina Ray Hutton.[35]. ,r,el1)PrPer{mN,cq+W!yJn?@}gU-+GACIuyrPgnpQCZ76il9%0A9b vr, Q&L Sc3oX *{{toV These bands had identifiable leaders, such as Glenn Miller and the Dorsey brothers, who placed their individual stamps on their musical arrangements. Ella Fitzgerald contributed to the success of Webbs band in New York City. A cheap & cheerful collection of up-tempo sax, trumpet and trombone funky licks featuring over 350 ensemble phrases, solos, trills and stabs for house, disco, electro-swing and quirky big-band-infused electronica. In Harlem, the creative and literary arts, Black musicals, and big band entertainment flourished within the movement known as the Harlem Renaissance, in which music played as great or possibly a greater role than literature. note-for-note. [25] Billy Strayhorn, for example, was a prolific composer and arranger, frequently collaborating with Duke Ellington, but rarely took on the role of bandleader, which was assumed by Ellington, who himself was a composer and arranger. Swing band music was organized in homophonywhere two or more instruments played similar or complementary lines. The Glenn Miller band was one of the most popular bands of the Swing Era. Three bypass valves over the tube can be used to lower the pitch of the trumpet. Apple Loops/REX/WAV. below to see YouTube performance clips), - This exact format is employed today by the many high school and college jazz ensembles around the country as well as overseas. Boogie-woogie is characterized by its well-known "big band" backup, the most famous example, The Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy from Performers played, sang, danced, and presented shows and stand-up comedy in these large entertainment venues. Another interesting and important development happened with Swing improvisation. Here are the five most common swing band instruments, and how they commonly fit into swing music. Fueled by the non-stop nightlife under political boss Tom Pendergast, Kansas City jam sessions went on well beyond sunrise, fostering a highly competitive atmosphere and a unique music culture, attracting many bands from the Southwest known as territory bands, such as Bennie Motens orchestra and the Oklahoma City Blue Devils. He toured in many parts of the world and was also commissioned to record classical compositions. But there were a few instrumental popular hits, such as Count Basie's "One O'Clock Jump" and Miller's "In the Mood." 3. introduction, the main theme, and four varied improvised choruses. Some bands were "society bands" which relied on strong ensembles but little on soloists or vocalists, such as the bands of Guy Lombardo and Paul Whiteman. art form--a unique blending of West African and Western European/American The swing era represented the pinnacle of jazzs popularity. here to see a YouTube video on "swing" groove vs. other types of Other research interests include African popular music and the use of oral history and photography in the study of culture. Modern big bands can be found playing all styles of jazz music. grooves), - One Oclock Jump: The Unforgettable History of the Oklahoma City Blue Devils. New York in the late 1920s. By 1937, the "sweet jazz band" saxophonist Shep Fields was also featured over the airways on the NBC radio network in his Rippling Rhythm Revue, which also showcased a young Bob Hope as the announcer. Swing bands featured a large ensemble of [37] As jazz migrated from its New Orleans origin to Chicago and New York City, energetic, suggestive dances traveled with it. during the World War II years. A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.Big bands originated during the early 1910s and dominated jazz in the early 1940s when swing was most popular. of Company B (1941). These musical ensembles associated with the swing era. The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 19301945. New York in the late 1920s. The In the early years of Jazz, and up until the Swing Era, the piano was still very much rooted in the rhythm section of the band. Bandleader Charlie Barnet's recording of "Cherokee" in 1942 and "The Moose" in 1943 have been called the beginning of the bop era. The instrumental lineup of a big band will vary from ensemble to ensemble, but is typically composed of around 17 musicians, divided into four sections: five saxophones; four trombones; four trumpets; a rhythm section of piano, double bass and drums; Common additions might include guitar, french horn, tuba or a vocalist. - a vocalist with piano or a small backup group. Her version of the nursery rhyme A-Tisket, A-Tasket (1938) brought her international fame. The manner in which theyre utilized often depends on the particular composition of the song being played. Basie, Count. Many bands featured strong instrumentalists whose sounds dominated, such as the clarinets of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, the trombone of Jack Teagarden, the trumpet of Harry James, the drums of Gene Krupa, and the vibes of Lionel Hampton. attractive to general listeners. The rhythm section of the Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet excluded which instrument? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_band&oldid=1142698476, This page was last edited on 3 March 2023, at 22:19. Keyboards are the swing band equivalent of rice in Gumbo. early style of "Hot Jazz" made its way north to Chicago and east to Which white swing clarinetist and bandleader, who spent as much of his early career as he could in Harlem, once said, "I was actually leading the life of a Negro musician"? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
. Many musical styles contributed to its birth. [30], Some big ensembles, like King Oliver's, played music that was half-arranged, half-improvised, often relying on head arrangements. [24] In many cases, however, the distinction between these roles can become blurred. The embellishments gradually became more adventurous, but they were generally always played with the melody in mind. %PDF-1.5 % [4] While most big bands dropped the previously common jazz clarinet from their arrangements (other than the clarinet-led orchestras of Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman), many Duke Ellington songs had clarinet parts,[5] often replacing or doubling one of the tenor saxophone parts; more rarely, Ellington would substitute baritone sax for bass clarinet, such as in "Ase's Death" from Swinging Suites. the late 1950s led to the more daring experiments of "free jazz" by Lester Young & Herschel Evans. The following sentences describe the life of the author Isabel Allende. The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the first multiethnic all-female swing band, formed in 1937 at Piney Woods County Life School, Mississippi. 0 HWYo8~G ("b+[:r$%_r8oFdnIt]5pu\Kr|z~+au/I8vTm3}` e Trumpets feature a hollow brass tube that is doubles back on itself twice. the 1930s, famed jazz pianists Edward "Duke" Big bands originated during the early 1910s and dominated jazz in the early 1940s when swing was most popular. Dixieland and the Swing Era - Jazz in America Which of the following changes occurred in the rhythm section during the 1930s? www.bigfishaudio.com. Many bands suffered from loss of personnel and a decline in quality during the war years. in its strictest "C" Jam Blues (1942). Louis Armstrong was the first to establish vocals as a part of an instrumental tradition. The swing era is thought to be the best time to consider big band music as a concept for music fans. Concert syllables). - Kansas City, in particular, became a wide-open town totally ingrained in the entertainment business. City. jazz techniques into a more heavily-arranged "big-band" white swing A distinctly new genre appeared in the late 1930s that to some degree bridged the differences between big band swing and bebop combos, and this was West Indian influenced music. [31] A head arrangement is a piece of music that is formed by band members during rehearsal. It was mostly performed by Big Bands, which were large orchestras divided into trumpets, saxophones, trombones, and a rhythm section (which consisted of the drums, bass, guitar and piano). And what better instrument to provide a bona fide rhythm for a swing band than a set of drums? The trumpeter blows on the mouthpiece at one end of the trumpet with closed lips, and the sound wave reverberates through the tube until it exits out the widened far end of the instrument. endstream endobj 1555 0 obj <>/Metadata 104 0 R/Outlines 108 0 R/PageLayout/OneColumn/Pages 1544 0 R/StructTreeRoot 655 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 1556 0 obj <>/Font<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Type/Page>> endobj 1557 0 obj <>stream The most prominent features of big band swing were the use of written arrangements and improvised solos, repetitive horn riffs, call and response between the brass and reed sections, and a rhythmic drive derived from walking and/or boogie-woogie type bass lines. Louis Blues, but by the late 1930s, with the migration of Cubans and Puerto Ricans to New York City, Afro-Cuban music emerged along with new dances, such as the rhumba. Miller went in debt to start his band but was a millionaire within two years. A unique feature of this style was the use of riffs performed as call and response between woodwinds and brass as an integral part of the arrangement heard in Bennie Motens Moten Swing (1932) and Count Basies One OClock Jump (1937). Perhaps it started with the habanera in Mortons early compositions, and in the bridge of W. C. Handys St. Woody Herman's first band, nicknamed the First Herd, borrowed from progressive jazz, while the Second Herd emphasized the saxophone section of three tenors and one baritone. progression and the same number of measures/beats, but it may be applied to trombones Swing music appealed most dramatically to this demographic group: teenagers A "shout chorus" is: the final, climactic chorus in an arrangement Which changes occurred in the rhythm section during the 1930s? :vQxc!#\JK?1UshqkF~[!eO W,{(HBjkps~'O;5lR. The saxophone section included two alto saxophones, two tenor saxophones, and one baritone saxophone. Sometimes bandstands were too small, public address systems inadequate, pianos out of tune. [20] Arrangers frequently notate all or most of the score of a given number, usually referred to as a "chart". [44], Although big bands are identified with the swing era, they continued to exist after those decades, though the music they played was often different from swing. The History Of Big Band Music In The United States woodwinds (saxophones, clarinets), brass (trumpets, trombones) and a back-up Some large contemporary European jazz ensembles play mostly avant-garde jazz using the instrumentation of the big bands. jw7(W3;TEd5SOBmlyb./hh IOQ,+B}I\fT-q\ dJ(0!GF>B)- |0~J;:AC*: Y3[.(&=>:UU5aH@ZLLEc))3c.mcX=ia&1cy]aE~9CB7L_ Compared to Dixieland bands, swing bands used two or three times as many players and produced a fuller sound. George GERSHWIN (1898-1937): Rhapsody But on performance day, this band of Lab rats replaces the high-tech gizmos with trumpets, saxophones, trombones, drums and a piano. Company" vocal jazz ensemble performing a the Lincoln Center in New York (say, the brass section, i.e., trumpets and trombones) would play a musical phrase and then be "answered" by another section (say, the .
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