Ange Rapa
Class 6
The Swing Era Begins
“Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee” Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians - 1932
Waring BlendorFred Waring 1900 – 1984
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Program
Video Reference
Topic
Beginnings
The Ragtime Era
The Jazz Age Begins
The Jazz Age
Prelude to the Swing Era
The Swing Era Begins
The Swing Era
The Decline
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1850 1900 1950
Swing
Era
Jazz
Age
Jazz
Ragtime
The Big Band Era
(The Ballroom Era)
Pop Music Development Society Music
1910 1920 1930 1940
Today…
The Road to Big Band Swing
Armstrong Henderson Redman Webb
MillerManningThe Lindy Hop
1924-32
Review…
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 bandsLibrary• improvised, spontaneous, personal• Unwritten (head arrangements)Instrumentation• anythingSize• 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
1877 – Edison cylinder phonograph 1901 – Disk records (Victrola)
Entertainment Technology
Late 1920s:• Electric recording/playback• Radio receivers • Jukeboxes• Movies
Benny Goodman with the Ben Pollack Californians (1925-29)
Glenn Miller Benny Goodman
Harry
Goodman
Ava Gardner and Artie Shaw
John Hammond
Producer – Talent Scout – Activist
1910 - 1987