Dixieland (2019-09-16)

DDEX Data Dictionary for Allowed Value Sets, 2019-09-16

Dixieland

Earliest form of music typically referred to as jazz. Evolved in New Orleans in the early years of the 20th century as a mixture of ragtime, blues, marches, and other styles of African and European-influenced music prevalent in the region at the time. A standard Dixieland band consists of a front line of melodic instruments, typically including a trumpet or cornet, trombone, and clarinet, along with a rhythm section that includes a guitar or banjo, a tuba or string bass, a piano, and drums. One front line instrument, usually the trumpet or cornet, plays the lead melody, while the other front line instruments improvise around the melody, which results in a relatively polyphonic sound compared to most subsequent styles of jazz.

Synonym(s) NewOrleansJazz

Relationships
Parents	Jazz	Wide-ranging genre characterized by the use of swung rhythms, blue notes, polyrhythms, and particularly, extensive improvisation. It incorporates a wide range of influences, from blues, ragtime, and classical music (particularly that of Impressionist composers such as Debussy), to spirituals and West African cultural and musical traditions. It first emerged as the Dixieland style of music among the African-American communities of New Orleans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Throughout the 20th century, it developed stylistically across the entire United States, from Kansas City to New York City.
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