Class 6 The Swing Era Begins

Ange Rapa “Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee” Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians - 1932

Fred Waring 1900 – 1984 Waring Blendor Please sign-in on the Attendance Sheet Program Class Topic 1 Beginnings 2 The Ragtime Era 3 The Jazz Age Begins 4 The Jazz Age 5 Prelude to the Swing Era 6 The Swing Era Begins 7 The Swing Era 8 The Decline

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The Big Band Era (The Ballroom Era)

Jazz Swing Age Era

Jazz

Ragtime

Pop Music Development Society Music

1850 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 Review… The Road to Big Band Swing 1924-32 Armstrong Henderson Redman Webb

The Lindy Hop Manning Miller A Tribute to Norma Miller… Society Dance Band Origin • symphony orchestra • European traditions Library • written arrangements • traditional dances (waltz, foxtrot, polka, Latin, etc.) • popular music Instrumentation • all types of reeds, brass, strings, drums, percussion Size • venue dependent Dixieland (New Orleans) Jazz Band

Origin • New Orleans street bands Library • improvised, spontaneous, personal • Unwritten (head arrangements) Instrumentation • anything Size • typically less than 10 Swing Big Band Origin • society orchestra Library • written arrangements (traditional dances and pop) • focus: orchestrated jazz (written arr. with jazz solos) Instrumentation (typical sections) • Reed: 2-7 saxes /clarinets / flute • Brass: 2-4 trumpets, 2-4 trombones • Rhythm: piano, string bass, guitar, drums Size • greater than 10 pieces Entertainment Technology

1877 – Edison cylinder phonograph 1901 – Disk records (Victrola)

Late 1920s: • Electric recording/playback • Radio receivers • Jukeboxes • Movies

Benny Goodman with the Ben Pollack Californians (1925-29)

Harry Goodman

Glenn Miller Benny Goodman

Ava Gardner and Artie Shaw

John Hammond

Producer – Talent Scout – Activist 1910 - 1987