2.  French  African  American

3.  New Orleans, LA

4.  All other art forms come from the rest of the world to our melting pot

5.  African tradition  Call and response  Spirituals  Sung in the fields  W.C. Handy – Father of the Blues  1800’s

6.  Scott Joplin  Piano “rags”  Syncopation  Early 1900’s

7.  More formal structures  Large groups – “Big Bands”  Duke Ellington  Louis Armstrong  Glenn Miller  1920’s and ‘30’s  WW II marks the end of the swing era

8.  Charlie Parker  Dizzy Gillespie  Solos based on chord changes  Off beat tonguing  Smoother sound  Much more complex harmonies  Smaller groups or combos  1945-1960

9.  Miles Davis  Antithesis to be bop  Simple, easy, lots of space  1960’s

10. Latin – Salsa, Afro-Cuban, Mambo, Samba, etc. Funk Rock Swing Ballad Straight Eighth