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East St. Louis Toodle-oo

  1. Date
    1927
  2. Important people
    Written by: Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley (Trumpet solo)

    Recorded by: Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians
  3. Style/ genre/ category
    Jazz
  4. Were there vocals in East St. Louis Toodle-oo?
    No vocals (dance music)
  5. Does this song have syncopation?
    Yes
  6. Where did Jazz begin?
    Began with African Americans in New Orleans c.1900
  7. Gained popularity through...
    Audio recordings (mid-1910s)
  8. When was sound recordings invented?
    Invented in 1877 by Edison, but not used widely for music immediately.
  9. The 1920s was the ___ age
    Jazz age
  10. What was associated by outsiders with youth, sex, crime, wealth?
    Jazz music/ jazz clubs in NYC
  11. Where did Duke Ellington achieve his famejQuery112408823709072283996_1694125543211
    With his band in The Cotton Club (a whites-only Harlem nightclub in the late 1920s and 1930s)
  12. The distinctive quality of a particular sound
    timbre
  13. What was used to create "growling" noises in music instruments?
    Use of mutes and plungers
  14. Who had the trumpet solo in the band?
    Bubber Miley
Author
GoBroncos
ID
362540
Card Set
East St. Louis Toodle-oo
Description
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