What music style is Concerto for Cootie?
What music style is Concerto for Cootie?
Jazz
| Cootie Williams | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Jazz jump blues R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1925–1975 |
Who was Concerto for Cootie written for?
Duke Ellington
Williams was the last surviving member of the Ellington Orchestra of the 1920’s. He joined in 1928 when the band was playing at the Cotton Club. Two years ago he retired because of illness. For him, Duke Ellington wrote ”Concerto for Cootie,” which when lyrics were added became ”Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me.
When was Cootie concerto written?
1940
“Concerto for Cootie” (1940) Duke Ellington and Cootie Williams – Swing & Beyond.
What is unusual about the structure of Duke Ellington’s Cottontail?
“Cotton Tail begins defiantly from the start; Ellington leaps right into the tune with no introduction and leads his band through a jagged head with a nebulous tonal center based on the popular changes to “I Got Rhythm. It therefore follows the thirty-two bar form of the popular song, at least to start off.
What band did Cootie Williams play in?
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Cootie Williams/Music groups
Cootie Williams was an integral part of Duke Ellington’s band and a valued soloist from 1929-1940. He replaced trumpeter Bubber Miley whose plunger mute and growl contributed to the Ellington band’s distinctive sound.
What role did Duke Ellington’s mother play in his development?
His mother, who also played the piano, oversaw his education, and by the time he was seventeen he began playing professionally. Making his name as a piano player in Washington, Ellington started to compose his own music.
Who replaced Bubber Miley?
Williams
A self-taught trumpeter, Williams toured with several bands, including Lester Young’s family band, in his mid-teens before moving to New York in 1928. The next year he replaced the seminal Bubber Miley in the plunger-muted trumpet role in Duke Ellington’s band, a role that was fundamental to the band’s sound.
Who played trumpet in Duke Ellington’s band?
Bill Berry
| Cat Anderson | |
|---|---|
| Instruments | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1930s–1970s |
| Labels | Columbia Inner City Mercury EMI Apollo Strand Philips All Life Parker |
| Associated acts | Duke Ellington Louie Bellson Bill Berry |
What are the distinguishing features of instrumental ragtime?
A style of popular music that flourished from the mid-1890s to 1918. Its main identifying trait is its ragged—i.e., syncopated—rhythm. While today it is most commonly thought of as a piano style, during the ragtime period the term also referred to other instrumental music, to vocal music, and to dance.
What instruments are used in ragtime music?
‘Ragtime It’ is performed by saxophone, drums and double bass. Listen for lots of arpeggios within the melody. Notice the drums and double bass playing a vamp on the beat whilst the saxophone plays the melody in a syncopated rhythm.
What was Duke Ellington’s education?
Friendship Public Charter School – Armstrong Campus
Duke Ellington/Education
