Chicago jazz

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Chicago jazz · During the Great Migration hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the South to cities in the North. In the 1920s Chicago became the centre of jazz. King Oliver played with his Creole Jazz Band at the Lincoln Gardens and in 1923 recorded for the label Gennett the first series of important records by Black New Orleans musicians, with the young Louis Armstrong on second cornet. Between 1925 and 1928 Armstrong made studio recordings with his Hot Five and Hot Seven in which the solo became more important than the ensemble playing. Young white musicians, such as the group around Austin High School and Bix Beiderbecke, listened in and developed their own style, with saxophone, faster tempos and more room for soloists. Around 1930 the centre of gravity shifted to New York.

Listening

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  Heebie Jeebies · Louis Armstrong, 1926
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  Jazz Me Blues · Wolverine Orchestra, 1924
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  Nobody's Sweetheart · McKenzie, 1927

In School of Rock

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• Jazz Map^NL Map

See also

• Jelly Roll Morton
• Lil Hardin Armstrong
• Kid Ory
• Johnny Dodds
• Sidney Bechet
• Earl Hines
• Wolverine Orchestra
• McKenzie
• New Orleans jazz