Jazz
slaves
 Jazz music originated with ______.
 In the African tradition, they had a single-line
melody and a call-and-response pattern, but
without the __________
European concept of harmony.
 In the early 19th century an increasing
number of African-American musicians
learned to play European ___________.
instruments
 Another influence came from AfricanAmerican slaves who had learned the
hymns and incorporated it
harmonic style of _______
into their own music as spirituals.
Jazz
 Syncopation – shifting the accent to
weak beat or off-beat
the ______
Louis Armstrong
 Born Aug. 4, 1901 in New Orleans, LA
 Died July 6, 1971 in Queens, NY
 Father left family shortly after Louis was
born.
 Mother often left Louis with grandmother
 At age 11 sent to juvenile home for shooting
a gun in the air at a New Year’s Eve party
 Fell in love with music when he received
instruction on cornet at New Orleans Home
for Colored Waifs
Cornet/Trumpet
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD
NPUJSetBY\
 Cornet
 Trumpet
Louis Armstrong
 “An all-star virtuoso, he came to
prominence in the 1920s playing cornet
and trumpet with an excitingly new and
improvisational style. His charismatic
stage presence impressed not only the
jazz world but all of popular music.”

http://www.biography.com/people/louis-armstrong-9188912
Louis Armstrong
 Armstrong is nicknamed the Great
"Satchmo,” which is short for satchel mouth.
 The nickname may refer to his large mouth.
 It may also be because of his large smile.
 Some say he earned the nickname in band class
because he would puff his cheeks out while
playing.
 Songs – "Potato Head Blues," "West End Blues," "St.
Louis Blues,” “What a Wonderful World” (video)
Duke Ellington
 Born on April 28, 1899
 Born in Washington D.C. to an affluent
family.
 Died May 24, 1974
 Birth name is Edward
 Given the nickname “Duke” because of
his elegant style
 Began studying piano at the age of 7

http://www.biography.com/people/duke-ellington-9286338
Duke Ellington
 Used 32-bar format rather
than the more common
12-bar blues
 Wrote music “for a bigger band using a
choir of saxophones blending, or
playing in contrast with brass and other
reeds, supported by bass and
percussion”
 Songs - "Caravan," "Take the 'A' Train“
(Stanley Sadie’s Music Guide: An Introduction)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrisYOEpADY
Compare & Contrast
 Use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast
Armstrong & Ellington
 Include facts about their life & their music
 Write two paragraphs
 1 - Compare and contrast their lives
 2 – Compare and contrast their music.
 You will be graded using the first page of the
rubric “Grade 6-11 PARCC Literacy Rubric”
 Documents are located on the Network.
 SCASERVER/Piano Lab/7th Grade/14-15
Fall/Armstrong, Ellington