New Orleans jazz
Traditional Southern syncopation
New Orleans jazz is the earliest style of jazz, originating in early 20th-century New Orleans and characterized by collective improvisation over a march-like rhythm.
Typically features a front line of cornet, clarinet, and trombone playing simultaneously, with piano, banjo, bass, and drums providing the foundation.
The style drew from blues, ragtime, brass band music, and spirituals.
Louis Armstrong came up playing New Orleans jazz before moving to Chicago.
- clarinetSingle-reed woodwind instrument
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- tromboneSlide-operated brass instrument
- front lineCombat's forward edge
- swingSuspended recreational seat
Creole culture · Louis Armstrong · syncopation · blue notes · call-and-response · banjo · piano · African rhythms · spirituals · Dixieland · Jim Crow era · improvisation · work songs · Jelly Roll Morton · brass · second line · drum · polyphony
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