History of Jazz – Early Years

here is a concise list of the most
important and influential jazz
recordings in history starting from the
very beginning leading up to today I’ll
begin by listing some of the essential
recordings from the first early era of
jazz number one Maple Leaf Rag by Scott
Joplin this was a piano rule from 1916
and on this piano roll you would find
the music for the song and it is in
ragtime and ragtime was a specific way
of playing piano that’s characterized by
Scott Joplin’s playing and this is what
influenced Louie Armstrong to begin
playing swing notes and that as we’ve
already learned is the foundation of all
of jazz number two st. Louis Blues
by Louie Armstrong and Bessie Smith in
1925 number three in a mist by Vic’s
Peter back in 1927 number four
honeysuckle rose by Coleman Hawkins the
Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra in
1932 number five Lester leaps in by
Lester Prez yeah in 1939 and number six
Koko by Duke Ellington and his orchestra
in 1948 these last couple of recordings
really helped pave the way for the more
upbeat
outrageous crazy stylings of the bebop
era that followed in the nineteen
forties