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Dixieland music is a style of jazz. Dixieland developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century, and spread to Chicago and New York by New Orleans bands in the 1910s, and was, for a period, quite popular among the general public. It is often considered the first true type of Jazz, and was the first music referred to by the term jazz (before 1917 often spelled jass).
The style combined earlier brass band marches, French Quadrilles, ragtime and blues with "collective" improvisation. Louis Armstrong is arguably the musician most strongly assocated with Dixieland.
The term Dixieland became widely used after the advent of the first million-selling hit records of the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917. The music has been played continuously since the early part of the 20th century.
Many Dixieland groups consciously imitated the recordings and bands of decades earlier. Other musicians continued to create innovative performances and original new tunes. Some fans of post bebopBebop or bop is a form of jazz which uses a fast tempo and complex improvisational techniques. It was developed in the early and mid- 1940s. Hard bop later developed from bebop combined with blues and gospel music. History Many big band musicians in New Y jazz consider Dixieland to no longer be a vital part of jazz, while some adherents consider music in the traditional style, when well and creatively played, is every bit as "modern" as any other jazz style.
Common Dixieland combos include a drum kitA drum kit (or drum set or trap set the latter an old-fashioned term) is a collection of drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a sole percussionist ( drummer), usually for jazz, rock, or other types of contempo, upright bass, piano. tromboneNever look at the trombones. It only encourages them. Richard Strauss The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. It is pitched lower than the trumpet, and higher than the tuba. A person who plays the trombone is called a trombonist. A tromb, trumpetThe trumpet is a brass instrument. It is the highest in register, above the tuba, euphonium, trombone, sousaphone, and french horn. A person who plays the trumpet is sometimes called a trumpeter but more often a trumpet player. The trumpet is made of bras, and clarinetThe clarinet (sometimes historically spelled clarionet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. A person who plays the clarinet is called a clarinettist. Professional clarinets are made from African hardwood, often grenadilla or (rarely) Honduran r. The definitive Dixieland sound is created by the simultaneous or collective improvisationImprovisation is the act of making something up as you go along. This term is usually used in the context of music, theater or dance. Music Jazz and Bluegrass are well-known for using improvisation. It features in many kinds of traditional music, includin of trumpet, trombone, and clarinet.
With the advent of bebop in the 1940s, the earlier group-improvisation style fell out of favor with the majority of younger black players, while some older players of both races continued on in the older style. Though younger musicians developed new forms, many bebopers revered Armstrong, and quoted fragments of his recorded music in their own improvisations.
There was a revival of Dixieland in the 1950's, which brought many semi-retired musicians a measure of fame late in their lives. This period is sometimes seen as a fad.
There was also in the 1950's a style called "Progressive Dixieland" which sought to blend traditional Dixieland melody with bebop-style rhythm. Steve Lacy played with several such bands early in his career.
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