Jazz and Blues Flashcards
When did Jazz start?
Around the turn of the 20th century
Where did Jazz start?
In the American deep South in cities such as New Orleans and St. Louis
What instruments typically solo and improvise on a Jazz song?
Saxophone and trumpet
When was big band and swing music popular?
1930s and 1940s
In what decades was gypsy jazz popular?
1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Why was free jazz difficult and challenging to the listener in many cases?
Loose arrangements, extensive improvisation, and a lack of constraints or musical boundaries
When did jazz fusion begin?
1960s and 1970s
In what period does blues have its origins?
late 1800s/early 1900s
What did blues music begin as?
An evolution from African-American folk music
Where and by whom did blues music begin?
In the rural southern united states around the Mississippi Delta by black plantation workers
What led to the evolution of electric blues music in the 1940s and 1950s?
Migration to cities such as Chicago, New Orleans, St. Louis, Memphis and Los Angeles
Why was blues music initially not a big commercial success in the 1930s?
Record companies labelled it as race music and therefore did not market it white audiences
What emerged in the 1940s and started releasing and promoting blues music?
Independent record companies
What were the lyrical themes of blues music?
Melancholy themes of relationship and money problems, oppression and everyday life, with some spiritual and religious themes
Who had an influence on the emerging rock sound the 1960s?
Blues guitarists
