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**Pre-Jazz Ragtime Piano Music**
"The Entertainer" composed by [|Scott Joplin]

Scott Joplin, a classically schooled musician, was in the forefront of musicians who composed and played a unique musical style called **//ragtime piano music//**. The rhythms and structure of ragtime music was greatly influential to many jazz musicians at the beginning of the twentieth century.

This selection is being played by a mechanical Player Piano. || media type="youtube" key="fPmruHc4S9Q" height="344" width="425" ||

Blues Diaporama
This video has photos of blues legends from pre-jazz eras through modern blues artists! || media type="youtube" key="3-dGMaxmE8g" height="344" width="425" ||

"Heebie Jeebies"
Recorded in 1926. At the 1:49 mark you will hear the earliest recorded instance of "scat singing", or vocal improvisation. This video also has a few great pictures! || media type="youtube" key="ksmGt2U-xTE" height="344" width="425" || Composed by Duke Ellington and Otto Hardwick Performed by Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians Recorded March 22, 1927, New York
 * =="HOP HEAD"==

Personnel: Duke Ellington - piano, director Bubber Miley and Louis Metcalf - trumpet Joe Nanton - trombone Rudy Jackson - clarinet Otto Hardwick - alto saxophone Prince Robinson - tenor saxophone Harry Carney - baritone saxophone Fred Guy - banjo Henry Edwards - brass bass Sonny Greer - drums

//information from Youtube//

This is an example of Ellington's pre- big band era style. His innovations in instrumentation were the catalyst for the Big Band Swing Era of the 1930's. || media type="youtube" key="3PZ2WCREYK0" height="344" width="425" ||

Stompin' At The Savoy
This is a nice montage of Benny Goodman photos and historic documents. One of his greatest hits plays in the background! || media type="youtube" key="4rifhroClGI" height="344" width="425" || Featured are the fashion, art and style during the 1940s.
 * =[|1940s - Style and Fashion during the Wartime Era]= || This is a [|link to a YouTube video] prepared by Sandra London

MUSIC FEATURED ON THIS VIDEO:
 * 1) Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller
 * 2) I'll Take Manhattan by Rosemary Clooney ||

Count Basie and His Orchestra
playing **//Red Bank Boogie//** - This is a great example of 1950's Big Band style! || media type="youtube" key="Kl5k0ToWG-E" height="344" width="425" ||

Session I Improvisation
Genius of Jazz //**CHARLIE PARKER**// alto saxophone and //**COLEMAN HAWKINS**// tenor saxophone recorded in 1950 with: Hank Jones - Piano Ray Brown - Double bass Buddy Rich - Drums || media type="youtube" key="Ta_UByyi4Z0" height="344" width="425" ||

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