-Sax. replaces clarinet as main woodwind instrument
-mulitples of each wind instrument-Trumpet, Trambone, clarinet, saxaphone (Collectively called sections)
-Arrangers in arrangments needed to reproduce spotaneity and excitment and built in imiprovisation
-“Stock” charts
-Introudcing the saxaphone ( created by adolf sax in belgium)
Early Big Band
Social Considerations
-1920s the jazz age
-early jazz dixieland grew up, big band began
-popularity of jazz and ragtime popular in chicago, new york, washington dc and kansas city.
-Dancing= Bigger halls=bigger bands
Early Big Band
Key Artists
Fletcher Henderson (Arranger/Leader)
-Band Leader, FH Orchesrta implies seriousness
-composer/arranger; invented arrangment devices; call and response; sectional writing; associated with benny goodman; Composed song on test “King Porter Stomp”
Duke Ellington (Piano/Arr/Leader)
-Born Edward Ellington; Piantist; D.E orchestra over 1000 compositions; studied W.E music; sought to go beyond Jazz; Cotton Club in club in Harlem; White cliental; club and floor show; jungle savage theme; jungle period; “jungle nights in harlem” Song heard in class; Cotton club stomp; Ko-Ko
Count Basie (Piano/ Band Leader)
Born William Basie; K.C born and raised; rhythm and blues; benny mottens kansas city orchesrta; count basie orchesrta 1937; arrangments built on interlocking riffs; shout chorus; Song in class “Lester Leaps In”