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JAZZ MUSIC
-develop in early 20th century
-it is an offshoot of the music of African slaves who were brought to America. As an outlet for their feelings, the Africans used music to recall their nostalgic past in their home country as well as to voice out their sentiments ok on their desperate condition as slaves in America.
- From such melancholy beginnings, jazz evolved into various more upbeat forms which the world has since adopted and incorporated into other contemporary styles.

RAGTIME
-an American popular style mainly for piano
-originated in the Afro- American Communities of St. Louis and New Orleans.
-said to be modification of the "marching mode" made popular by John Philip Sousa, where the effect is generated by an internally syncopated melodic line pitted against rhythmically straightforward bass line.
-music is written- unlike jazz which is mainly improvised- and contains regular meters and clear phrases, with an alternation of low bass or bass octaves and chords.

FOREMOST EXPONENTS OF RAGTIME:
*Jelly Roll Morton (pic)
*Frog-I-More Rag (play the music)
*Scott Joplin (picture)
*maple leaf rag (play the music)

RAGTIME INFLUENCED CLASSICAL COMPOSERS SUCH AS:
*Erik Satie
*Claude Debussy
*Igor Stravinsky

BIG BAND
-refers to a large ensemble form originating in the United States in the mid-1920s closely associated with the Swing Era and it's Jazz elements.

BIG BAND CONSISTED OF 17-PIECE INSTRUMENT:
*Saxophones (picture)
*Trumpets (picture)
*Trombones (picture)
*Drums (picture)
*Acoustic bass / electric bass (picture)
*piano (picture)
*guitar (picture)

GREAT BIG BANDS:
*Glenn Miller Orchestra
*Count Basie Orchestra
*Benny Goodman Orchestra

BEBOP OR BOP
-musical style of modern jazz
-emerged during Worl War II
-Characteristics: fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation.

MAIN EXPONENTS:
*Dizzy Gillespie (picture)
*Dizzy Gillespie Bebop (play the music)
*Charlie Parker (picture)
*Max Roach (picture)
*Roy Haynes (picture)
*Bud Powell (picture)
*Thelonius Monk (picture)
*Charlie Christian (picture)
*Dexter Gordon (picture)
*Sonny Rollins (picture)
*JJ Johnson (picture)

JAZZ ROCK
-music of 1960s and 1970s bands
-rock music inserted with jazz elements
-a synonym for Jazz Fusion
-a mix of funk and R&B ("rhythm and blues") rhythms

POPULAR SINGER/SONG WRITERS
*Tim Buckley (picture)
*Van Morrison (picture)
*Joni Mitchell (picture)
*Both Sides now by Joni Mitchell (play the music)

POPULAR GROUPS THAT EMERGED USING THE MUSICAL STYLE JAZZ ROCK:
*Grateful Dead (picture)
*Blood, Sweat, and Tears (picture)
*Cream (picture)
*Santana (picture)
*Traffic (picture)