Dixieland jazz
Traditional New Orleans style
Dixieland jazz is an early style of jazz originating in New Orleans in the early twentieth century, characterized by collective improvisation, a front line of trumpet, clarinet, and trombone, and a driving rhythm section.
The term evokes the music's Southern roots.
The band played Dixieland jazz at the French Quarter club.
Also called traditional jazz or New Orleans jazz.
- New OrleansLouisiana's largest city
- brass bandHorn and percussion ensemble
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- Louis ArmstrongPioneering jazz trumpeter, singer
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
early 20th century · improvisation · polyphony · tuba · Jelly Roll Morton · syncopation · clarinet · call-and-response · banjo · Chicago · washboard · front line · trombone · speakeasies · piano · drums · double bass · St. Louis
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