hot jazz
Early improvised swing
Hot jazz is an early style of jazz from the 1920s and 1930s characterized by energetic tempos, improvisation, and emotionally intense performance.
The term distinguished this passionate, swinging sound from sweeter, more arranged dance music of the era: Louis Armstrong's Hot Five recordings defined hot jazz.
The style emphasized individual solos and collective improvisation over written arrangements.
- Louis ArmstrongPioneering jazz trumpeter, singer
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- riffRepeated musical phrase
- call and responseAlternating vocal pattern
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
Dixieland · scat · boogie-woogie · jam session · brass bands · horn section · blue notes · improvisation · harmony · trumpet · speakeasy · cutting contest · ragtime · stride piano · bass · piano · walking bass · front line
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