Describe the racial and social stratification of New Orleans in the late 1800s and early 1900s. What distinguished Creoles of Color as a unique social class? How did this, and the Plessy vs Ferguson ruling contribute to the emergence of jazz?
Explain the difference between sweet and hot jazz, identifying at least two specific musical characteristics of each style. How were sweet and hot jazz coded in racial terms, and how did they impact the popularization of jazz during the Jazz Age?
Explain how Duke Ellington’s approach to composing and arranging differ from that of Fletcher Henderson, and challenged prevailing ideas about big band jazz. Compare/contrast stylistic elements of both composers, identifying at least two specific musical characteristics of each composer’s style.
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What’s the difference between sweet and hot jazz? Well, to put it simply,Hot jazz is just plainsexy, and full of emotion; and while also having emotion (a different kind of emotion), sweetjazz has a much more relaxing feeling to it. It all started during the late nineteenth century to the1920’s when a new style of jazz became widely popular, and the jazz scene was dominated bybig bands. These were split into two styles: “sweet” jazz and “hot” jazz. These styles had ratherdistinctive differences. In hot jazz (performed mostly by black musicians), everything feels more“improvised” (not in a bad way), as the musicians in one group listen and respond to each other
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Explain the difference between sweet and hot jazz, identifying at least two specific musical characteristics of each style. How were sweet and hot jazz coded in racial terms, and how did they impact the popularization of jazz during the Jazz Age?
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A new style of jazz became very popular in the 1920s. Big bands started to take over jazz. During the big band era, there were two types of jazz: “hot” jazz and “sweet” jazz. During this time in music, Jelly Roll Morton and Paul Whiteman were two of the most famous and well-known bandleaders and composers. Jelly Roll Morton had a big impact on “hot” jazz, while Paul Whiteman’s “sweet” jazz became very popular. “Black Bottom Stomp” by Jelly Roll Morton and “If I Can’t Get the Sweetie” by Paul Whiteman are two songs that show how different each musician’s style is. These songs show that the two types of jazz are very different, but they also have one thing in common.
There are clear differences between these two kinds of jazz. In “Black Bottom Stomp,” all of the musicians in the ensemble listen to and respond to each other through the music. They use their instruments as a way to talk to each other. “If I Can’t Get the Sweetie,” on the other hand, has a more rigid structure, and the musicians have to play together at certain points in the song. “Black Bottom Stomp” is also more upbeat, lively, and full of energy. It’s a real dance song with a fast beat, while “If I Can’t Get the Sweetie” is much slower, sadder, and more emotional. One thing that both types of music have in common, though, is the size of their groups. Both orchestras have a lot of musicians playing different instruments in the background, which is a characteristic of big band music.
