Ragtime, Blues and JazzRagtime, Blues and Jazz

Humanities 103Instructor Beth Camp

Spring 2005

Just a note . . . Just a note . . .

This slideshow lists the CDs I played in class; you can check out CDs from your local library or listen to excerpts by going online to www.amazon.com and searching for the artist/performer.My intention: To show through changes from the earliest ragtime to contemporary jazz. Additional sources are posted in the Discussion Board.

Ragtime 1890sRagtime 1890s

Scott Joplin (1890s)“Maple Leaf Rag”

Source: http://www.stuttgart.de/sde/item/gen/21598.htm

Blues 1920sBlues 1920s

Jelly Roll Morton CD: Shooting the Agate (Jim Cullum Jazz Band )

• 10 “Fingerbuster”• 1 “Kansas City

Stomp”

Blues 1920sBlues 1920s

Bessie Smith (1920s) CD: Bessie Smith Collection

11: “Mean Bedbug Blues”

Billie Holiday (1940s) CD: Billie Holiday – Billie’s Best

3: “Come Rain or Come Shine”

New Orleans Jazz 1920sNew Orleans Jazz 1920s

Louis Armstrong (scat singing) CD: Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World

PLAY 16: “When the Saints Go Marching In”

Big Band Jazz 1930s, 1940sBig Band Jazz 1930s, 1940s

Black Swing: Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald CD: Legendary Big Band Singers

13: Ella: “When My Sugar Walks Down the Street”

Big Band Jazz 1930s, 1940sBig Band Jazz 1930s, 1940s

Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn MillerCD: Benny Goodman’s Greatest Hits

15: Lionel Hampton: Sing, Sing, Sing

Bop Style (1940s)Bop Style (1940s)

Charlie Parker CD: The Essential Charlie Parker

7: “My Little Suede Shoes”10: “I Got Rhythm”

Jazz (1950s)Jazz (1950s)

Miles Davis. “Summertime” onlinehttp://www.milesdavis.com

Jazz (1990s)Jazz (1990s)

Wynton Marsalis, Pulitzer Prize for music 1995

Branford Marsalis (1992) CD: Branford Marsalis: I Heard You Twice

6. Berta, Berta4. Mabel

Electronic Blues 1950s-1990sElectronic Blues 1950s-1990s

Muddy Waters (1950s) CD: Muddy Waters: His Best: 1947-1955

8: “Honey Bee”

Electronic Blues 1950s-1990sElectronic Blues 1950s-1990s

B.B. King (1990s) CD: Blues Summit

4: “You Shook Me” (with John Lee Hooker)

Source: http://tretasdamusica.no.sapo.pt/frentes/blues/catalog%20data/2.html