Chicago

Location · 1917-1930 · Chicago · Origins (1890-1930)

New Orleans artists migrate to Chicago. Armstrong records his Hot Five there (starting November 12, 1925). Bix Beiderbecke, the Austin High Gang, Benny Goodman.

What is still debated

Merger of three labels from the original diagram (Chicago, New Orleans in Chicago, Dixieland); the "Chicago style" page could not be read.

Where it comes from

• New Orleans jazz
• Dixieland (ODJB, 1917)

What it gave rise to or influenced

• Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington
• Swing, big bands

Artists

• Louis Armstrong (1901–1971, trumpet, vocals)
• Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941, piano)
• Bix Beiderbecke (1903–1931, cornet, piano)
• Benny Goodman (1909–1986, clarinet)
• Lovie Austin (1887–1972, piano, arrangement, conducting)
• King Oliver (1881–1938, cornet)
• Red Nichols (1905–1965, cornet)
• Jean Goldkette (1893–1962, piano, conductor)

Tracks to start with

• West End Blues — Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five (1928)
• Heebie Jeebies — Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five (1926)
• In a Mist — Bix Beiderbecke (1927)

Sources

• EN : Music of Chicago

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