Ma Rainey
Bessie Smith
Often describes being downtrodden or
lovesick
Call and Response
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRwXVNt0i
3k
Dixieland
Trumpets and clarinets join the banjo and
drums
Scat
Call and response
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFpI97C
3as0
Swing
The Cotton Club opened in Harlem
The new format of radio brought music into
homes
Big Bands with a large horn section
Duke Ellington
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3
GhDg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUN
DDYs
Vocalists
Visual arts
Combine rhythms found in music, folk art,
African style, and story telling.
Aaron Douglas
Art Deco