Class 5 Prelude to the Swing Era Ange Rapa Jan Garber Orchestra “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” -1928 1894-1977 February 2019 issue “Jazz Up Your Brain” from CNN.com https://www.marist.edu/ professional- programs/center-lifetime- study/handouts 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 Video Reference Today… 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 Follow-up… Where’s the Melody? Review… Fletcher Henderson Paul Whiteman Review… Bix Beiderbecke Eddie Lang Louis Armstrong & Grace Kelly “High Society” - 1956 Ellington Duke (1899-1974) Birth of Swing – Harlem 1927 Flashback… Chicago - 1922 Joe “King” Oliver Louis Armstrong Flashback… New York - 1924 Fletcher Henderson Don Redman Arranger Harlem~1927 Chick Webb FletcherDon Redman Henderson The Lindy Hop Fletcher Henderson Norma Miller (1919- ) Frankie Manning (1915-2009) 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 Jazz Band (New Orleans / Dixieland) Origin • New Orleans street bands Library • improvised, spontaneous, personal • Unwritten (head arrangements) Instrumentation • anything Size • typically less than 10 Swing 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 .