WHAT IS THIS JAZZ?
TRI-STATE JAZZ SOCIETY
Jazz is truly one of the Unique American art forms. It is generally acknowledged to have started in New Orleans in the late 19th century. The music origination was a mixture of spirituals, hymns, marches, African folk and European classical. It evolved in the Black and Creole communities and was adopted by many White bands. It spread to Memphis, Saint Louis, Kansas City, Chicago and both coasts. The term dixieland goes back to the 1920s with the Original Dixieland Jass Band. They first recorded the music and had successful concerts in New York City and London. Some great names of the past are Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Kid Ory, George Lewis, Bunk Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton and Bix Beiderbecke. The heyday of Dixieland was the 1920s, with big revivals in the 1940-50 era in San Francisco and New York City. Dixieland is not red garters, straw hat banjos and The Saints Go Marching In. That is a small part of it, but there is so much more. The music is called traditional, trad, classic and OKOM (Our Kind Of Music).
In the 1940s and later, these names were famous: Eddie Condon, Muggsy Spanier, Bobby Hackett, Wild Bill Davison, Lu Watters, Turk Murphy, Bob Scobey, Art Hodes, Roy Eldridge, Pee Wee Irwin, Pee Wee Russell, Jack Teagarden and Sidney Bechet. The music continues with many bands such as South Frisco, Golden Eagle, Black Eagle, Galvanized, Rent Party Revelers, Independence Hall Jazz Band, Buck Creek, Boilermakers, High Sierra and many more. Today, local jazz societies such as the Tri-State Jazz Society sponsor concerts. Jazz-themed cruises occur regularly and jazz festivals draw thousands almost every week around the country and in Europe. Traditional jazz ranges from low down blues to red hot swing. It covers all in between that has danceable, foot tapping, melodic, inspiring and cheering characteristics.
In the 1940s and later, these names were famous: Eddie Condon, Muggsy Spanier, Bobby Hackett, Wild Bill Davison, Lu Watters, Turk Murphy, Bob Scobey, Art Hodes, Roy Eldridge, Pee Wee Irwin, Pee Wee Russell, Jack Teagarden and Sidney Bechet. The music continues with many bands such as South Frisco, Golden Eagle, Black Eagle, Galvanized, Rent Party Revelers, Independence Hall Jazz Band, Buck Creek, Boilermakers, High Sierra and many more. Today, local jazz societies such as the Tri-State Jazz Society sponsor concerts. Jazz-themed cruises occur regularly and jazz festivals draw thousands almost every week around the country and in Europe. Traditional jazz ranges from low down blues to red hot swing. It covers all in between that has danceable, foot tapping, melodic, inspiring and cheering characteristics.
