ADDISON’S NEW ORLEANS JAZZ
• New Orleans jazz was started by African Americans
getting together in Congo squares.
• Trumpets and coronets were the lead melodies, clarinets
and trombones played added parts, and piano played
rhythm.
• Joe “King” oliver was an early new orleans Jazz artist
who was an extremely famous cornetist.
• Pianist Jelly Roll Morton was not recorded until the
1920’s, and did not become famous until the chicago and
new yorK Jazz scenes. he was the leader of the “red hot
PePPers”
• One of the most well known artists from New Orleans
though, was trumpeter, Louis Armstrong.
• Armstrong was especially good at scat singing.
NEW ORLEANS
• New Orleans is where Jazz first started in the 1900.
• One of the most Iconic musicians as Louis Armstrong and Wynton Marsalis.
• Jazz being mostly Improvised songs would never be exactly the same or
sound alike.
• During Prohibition was at its peak of popularity
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ
BY: BRAD T.W. GOON
• New Orleans jazz was popularly used for funerals and other celebrations.
• New Orleans jazz was derived from slave songs.
• New Orleans jazz was swampy, swingy and up-beat.
• Popular New Orleans artists include:
Louis Armstrong
Wynton Marsalis
Buddy Bolden
Sarah Oerly
New Orleans Jazz•
•
•
•
Louis Armstrong was a jazz artist born in 1901.
New Orleans was the Capital of jazz until the 1920’s
New Orleans Jazz became harder to play after storyville closed.
Unlike other jazz cities New Orleans didn’t just develop types of jazz. New Orleans is
Jazz.
CHICAGO JAZZ
• Chicago became the focal point for jazz in the early 1920’s when New Orleans
musicians moved north. In this time period, New Orleans clubs were closed.
• African Americans moved North for the same reason everyone else did, jobs
and failing crops. They called it “The Great Migration.”
• Most of the artists made a living out of playing music in Chicago, because the
people there wanted to pay for entertainment.
• Chicago jazz musicians favored meters of 2 instead of 4.
• Chicago jazz style was fast and swingy with cornet, guitar, piano, and
saxophone sounds.
• Some of the most famous musicians who received acclaim for their work in
Chicago were Earl Hines, Johnny Dodds, Louis Armstrong, and King Oliver.
CHICAGO BLUES
• Chicago has been A BIG PART OF THE LIFE BACK THEN and was close to
modern blues as New York was the the new center of modern jazz.
• It was not even close from the only area where country blues music people
started to play on it was but, where more needed to do so than all of the
world.
• Throughout the first half of the 1900’s blacks pored into Chicago from the
south bringing then the music of there birth places yet but needing to get
use to the ways of the big city's.
MUDDY WATER AND CHESS
RECORDS
• Lester Melrose seemed to have been locked up the Chicago blues
market, but after world war II a lot of changes was made in music
business and society made the bluebird beat of sound. Independent
companies were growing up to challenge the Columbia/victor
dominance, and a more amplified rhythm-and-blues-oriented sound
was ascendant. One of these labels was Chess Records, and after
some false starts it would become a power in the R&B market with the
electric Chicago sound, partially with transplanted Mississippian
Muddy Waters.
CHICAGO JAZZ
• Chicago Jazz was more bluesy than the traditional jazz.
• Chicago jazz had a hard time becoming popular .
• Some of its stars were people like Fred Anderson, Hal Russell, and Ken
Vandermark.
• Jazz music influenced Chicago in many ways as it still does today.
JUSTICE
• Chicago-in the 1920 jazz to become a national popular style &
starts in Chicago
• The arts ensemble of Chicago is one of the most famed bands to
energy from the AACM
• Louis Armstrong & king Oliver where were based in Chicago before
advancing to new Orleans
• Note musicians are Hal Russel, Jeff Parner, Ken Vandermark, Vin
Freeman & art ensembles of Chicago
SEATTLE JAZZ
• The jazz music in Seattle had a very bluesy sound.
• Ray Charles was the most well known Seattle jazz musician.
• He only performed there once.
• Jimi Hendrix, a well known rock musician from Seattle, made
one jazz album.
• The black community put Seattle on the American Popular
Music map.
• The legalization of hard liquor made the after-hours clubs less
of an attraction.
YOUR SECRET LOVER
SEAN WAINSCOTT
Quincy Jones became a successful pop producer with clients like
Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson.
Ray Charles was another produce who moved to Seattle determined
to get as far away from the south as possible.
The Daily Flash were the best 1960s Seattle folk rock
Seattle Jazz had a more bluesy flavor.
More notable musicians are
Bumps Blackwell and Jimi Hendrix
Seattle Jazz
By: Aubrey Toomsen
• African-Americans brought Seattle Jazz from the international district.
• Seattle Jazz had more of a bluesy sound then most jazz.
• Seattle is one of the epicenters of late 20th century rock, twisting punk
and metal into the downcast lyrics.
• The Seattle Jazz scene began to collapse into the 1950’s.
• Ray Charles was very popular in the 1950’s and used Seattle Jazz as
one of his influences.
SAN FRANCISCO
Cherie HARRILL
A Few Of the instruments used are pictured
above. But the most commonly known is the
saxophone.
SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ
BY TYLER FRIEDRICH
FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @CHUCKTYLER_NOT_TAYLOR
 San Francisco was not a very big Jazz City, but
it was still home to many Jazz Stars, such as
Joshua Redman, Benny Green, and Charlie Hunter.
 Charlie Hunter played an 8-string guitar and
played both the guitar and bass part to many
songs, which he would make sound more like Funk
or Hip Hop.
 Lee Townshed was a well known producer and he
was well acquired with the new jazz sound
created by Charlie Hunter.
 Many new forms of Jazz were created in San
SAN FRANCISCO!!!!!!!!!!!( A FEW
FAMOUS ARTISTS INCLUDE…)
Music had remained anonymous with the cyceldelyic acid
rock of the 90’s .
The Eastern part of cultures had a massive influence on the
music and types of instruments (Still used today)all over the
USA.
With Mind melting Guitar songs on Sex and Politics People
had used these to help build up what we know today as
“Modern Music”.
San Francisco had a massive influence on many types of
musical culture we listen to today!!!!!!!!!!
HERE ARE A FEW INTERESTING
FACTS…
• One hundred years after the birth of jazz, the music—and all it
means to the melting pot of America—finally gets an entire
building of its own in San Francisco.
• jazz would continue to be a major cultural influence on the
area, and the creative spirit that resided in jazz lovers hearts.
• This is Lombard street in San Francisco.
• Although San Francisco jazz isn’t a major jazz
capital, it did help shape the modern jazz
world.
• It had incorporated contemporary rock, funk,
soul, and world music influences.
• Older generations were more of the common
people that went to the concerts, and listened
to it in general.
• The younger audience didn’t really “discover” this type
of genre until the 90s, where music began to come
together to form new genres.
• Charlie Hunter is a jazz guitarist and plays an
eight-string guitar.
• He was a major figure in the San Francisco jazz
scene.
SAN FRANCISCO
BY: CALEB “THE GINGER” MILLER
• 1. San Francisco jazz incorporates rock, funk, soul, and
acid-jazz.
• 2. Charlie Hunter, Lee Townsend, and T.J. Kirk are
famous jazz musicians and producers from San
Francisco.
Charlie Hunter
The Jazz sound
affected the
musicians of San
Francisco by
broadening their
music career and
interests
• 3. The most prominent figure in Asian American jazz is
pianist Jon Jang also from San Francisco.
Some places that Jazz musicians played at in
San Francisco is:
Sheba Piano Lounge
Jazz Bistro At Les Joulins
and Biscuits & Blues
T.J. Kirk
Jon Jang
Lee Townsend
There are
also many
Jazz
Festivals in
San
Francisco
• New Orleans: Lead by trumpets and cornets, followed by clarinets
and trombones. While the piano held the rhythm.
• Seattle: Bluesy sound of piano and trumpets with electric guitar
and bass.
• Chicago: Swing oriented, with cornets and sax as the main sound
with piano and guitar. They went by meters of 2 not 4, to make
it faster and upbeat.
• San Francisco: Funky and hip-hop sounds, with trumpets, sax and
pianos as the lead with bass and guitar coming out a lot more.
THE PERFORMERS AND THEIR
LOCATIONS
BY: BRADEN THAT GUY AGAIN ADAMS
Jon Jang
Louis Armstrong
Jon Jang was a very famous
performer from San Francisco that
played all over the world. He is an
example of how Asian Americans
came forth as predominant figures in
San Francisco.
Louis Armstrong was a famous
African American jazz performer
from New Orleans. New Orleans
Jazz was commonly played at
funerals and other “celebrations.”
Ray Charles and
Hal Russell
Seattle artist Hal Russell and
Chicago artist Ray Charles are
both very famous and commonly
played in all sorts of club and
theatre venues.
• New Orleans:
Entertainment for parties and funerals. 1898 every
neighborhood had a brass instrument. Jazz clubs eventually shut
down.
• Seattle:
Made no stylistic contribution. People felt more free to
express their feelings and dance.
• Chicago:
People left New Orleans and came here. They then had
more entertainment and money for their larger jazz cities.
• San Francisco:
They were able to express their love for the
music. They had the largest contribution to the more modernized jazz
music.
JAZZ IN ALL OF THE CITIES…
BY: BRADEN THAT GUY ADAMS
Used many
different
instruments.
Was diverse in
ethnicity.
In New Orleans, it was African Americans, in
Chicago it was predominantly white, in San
Popular instruments were the cornet, trumpet, Francisco Asians played a key role, and in
Seattle, it was very diverse, but its roots are in
trombone, standup bass, piano, percussion,
the predominantly Asian International
clarinet, and even tuba.
District
Had elements of
other types of
music.
New Orleans used slave songs, Chicago had its
own bluesy feel, San Francisco used anything
from rock to soul, and Seattle used blues and
funk.
Emily
The early jazz music of Seattle was more bluesy than the normal
jazz of other cities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwU6pef--To
 While Chicago’s jazz is still worthy of note, it’s popularity was
lost after the prohibition ended and the speakeasies were closed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYs
San Francisco jazz produced young jazz musicians who
created their own jazz scene. One of these younger jazz
musicians is Charlie Hunter, who plays an eight string guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4iAMx-nS6Y
 New Orleans was the undisputed jazz capital of the world
until the 1920’s, due to the fact that the ingredients of jazz
would come together amongst the large black population,
mainly consisting of slaves and former slaves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU89y-AWDSg