Jazz Musical Styles (Part 2)

Development of sections (saxes, trumpets, trombones, rhythm) based on

the early model of the front line in New Orleans/Chicago Style Dixieland.

Smoother swing feel (steady 4/4

time with emphasis on beats 2 & 4, walking bass, ride cymbal).

Features of standard big band

arrangements could include: Tutti (all horns playing a melodic line in harmony),

Soli (one section featured

playing a melodic line in harmony),

Shout Chorus (climatic tutti section at the end of the arrangement),

Cross-section voicing (a harmonized melodic line voiced using instruments from different sections within the

band),

Riffs (repeated short melodic and/or rhythmic pattern).

Duke Ellington (piano/composer)

Count Basie (piano/bandleader)

Coleman

Hawkins (tenor sax),

Lester Young (tenor sax)

Roy Eldridge (trumpet)

Most popular period in jazz history.

Large ensembles, less improvisation, more emphasis on written arrangements. Emphasis on showmanship (band uniforms, theme songs, logos on

stands, choreography, singers).