Ragtime, Blues and JazzRagtime, Blues and Jazz
Humanities 103Instructor Beth Camp
Spring 2005
Just a note . . . Just a note . . .
This slideshow lists the CDs I played in class; you can check out CDs from your local library or listen to excerpts by going online to www.amazon.com and searching for the artist/performer.My intention: To show through changes from the earliest ragtime to contemporary jazz. Additional sources are posted in the Discussion Board.
Ragtime 1890sRagtime 1890s
Scott Joplin (1890s)“Maple Leaf Rag”
Source: http://www.stuttgart.de/sde/item/gen/21598.htm
Blues 1920sBlues 1920s
Jelly Roll Morton CD: Shooting the Agate (Jim Cullum Jazz Band )
• 10 “Fingerbuster”• 1 “Kansas City
Stomp”
Blues 1920sBlues 1920s
Bessie Smith (1920s) CD: Bessie Smith Collection
11: “Mean Bedbug Blues”
Billie Holiday (1940s) CD: Billie Holiday – Billie’s Best
3: “Come Rain or Come Shine”
New Orleans Jazz 1920sNew Orleans Jazz 1920s
Louis Armstrong (scat singing) CD: Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World
PLAY 16: “When the Saints Go Marching In”
Big Band Jazz 1930s, 1940sBig Band Jazz 1930s, 1940s
Black Swing: Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald CD: Legendary Big Band Singers
13: Ella: “When My Sugar Walks Down the Street”
Big Band Jazz 1930s, 1940sBig Band Jazz 1930s, 1940s
Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn MillerCD: Benny Goodman’s Greatest Hits
15: Lionel Hampton: Sing, Sing, Sing
Bop Style (1940s)Bop Style (1940s)
Charlie Parker CD: The Essential Charlie Parker
7: “My Little Suede Shoes”10: “I Got Rhythm”
Jazz (1950s)Jazz (1950s)
Miles Davis. “Summertime” onlinehttp://www.milesdavis.com
Jazz (1990s)Jazz (1990s)
Wynton Marsalis, Pulitzer Prize for music 1995
Branford Marsalis (1992) CD: Branford Marsalis: I Heard You Twice
6. Berta, Berta4. Mabel
Electronic Blues 1950s-1990sElectronic Blues 1950s-1990s
Muddy Waters (1950s) CD: Muddy Waters: His Best: 1947-1955
8: “Honey Bee”
Electronic Blues 1950s-1990sElectronic Blues 1950s-1990s
B.B. King (1990s) CD: Blues Summit
4: “You Shook Me” (with John Lee Hooker)
Source: http://tretasdamusica.no.sapo.pt/frentes/blues/catalog%20data/2.html