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Classic Jazz
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The image you see is of the jazz master, trumpeter Louis Armstrong.
This image can be found at www.allposters.com

The music you hear is "West End Blues
," performed by Louis Armstrong.

From the album, "The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, Volume I, Revised."

 

 

 

What is this essay about?

America's Classical Music
The Beginnings of Jazz
New Orleans Jazz
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
New Orleans Jazz in Chicago
Jelly Roll Morton
Bessie Smith
Satchmo
Bix Beiderbecke, Sidney Bechet, and Other Important Players of Early Jazz
The Swing Era (circa 1930s)
Music from Kansas City (Benny Moten and Count Basie)
Duke Ellington
The King of Swing
Piano Soloists of the 1930s
The Saxophone
Jazz Trumpet and Trombone in the Swing Era
The Rhythm Section
Jazz Vocalists
Small Combos of the 1930s
The Transition Into the Modern Era

 

 

 

 Who are some of the people
in this essay?

Sidney Bechet
Louis Armstrong
Jimmy Lunceford
Johnny Hodges
Scott Joplin
Earl "Fatha" Hines
Duke Ellington
Roy "Little Jazz" Eldridge
Billie Holiday
Jelly Roll Morton
James P. Johnson
Benny Goodman
Jimmy Blanton
Joe "King" Oliver
Count Basie
Art Tatum
Bix Beiderbecke
George Shearing
Bessie Smith
Lester Young
Coleman Hawkins
Charlie Christian

 

 

 

 

What music is in this essay?

Blue Horizon
Maple Leaf Rag
Livery Stable Blues
Tin Roof Blues
Dippermouth Blues
Grandpa's Spells
St. Louis Blues
Heebie Jeebies
Carolina Shout
Singin' the Blues
The Stampede
Moten Swing
Lester Leaps In
Lil' Darlin'
Ain't She Sweet?
Ko-ko
Mood Indigo
Lush Life
Harlem
Sing! Sing! Sing!
Ain't Misbehavin'
Too Marvelous for Words
Willow Weep for Me
Body and Soul
Passion Flower
Rockin' Chair
Pitter Panther Patter
Breakfast Feud
God Bless the Child
I Got Rhythm
Lullaby Of Birdland
Cheek To Cheek

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