| A | B |
| New Orleans | birthplace of jazz music |
| geographic location | one reason New Orleans was an influential jazz city |
| Emancipation Proclamation | freed African-American slaves |
| creole | person of African-American and French descent |
| cajun | person of French and Canadian descent |
| music | this evolves from a person's culture and everyday life |
| improvisation | music that is created without any prior planning |
| Jazz | America's greatest contribution to the world of musicmusic |
| 1917 | the first jazz recording made |
| The Original Dixieland Jazz Band | all white band that made first jazz recording |
| listening | how jazz players learned from each other |
| front line | the horn section of a Dixieland Jazz band |
| Dixieland Jazz | type of jazz that started in New Orleans |
| 1900-1920 | time period of New Orleans jazz |
| rhythm section | includes trap set, tuba, and banjo |
| Warren "Baby" Dodds | invented the trap set |
| trap set | drum set |
| instruments in the 'front line' | 2 trumpets, clarinet, and trombone |
| trumpet | plays the melody in Dixieland jazz |
| cornet | another name for the trumpet |
| trombone | the instrument associated with tailgating |
| tailgating | outlining of the harmony and playing the key note of a chord change |
| funeral marches | where Dixieland bands got their start |
| When The Saints Go Marching In | a Dixieland sytle jazz tune |
| dance halls | where Dixieland bands played after they became famous |
| turn of the century (1900) | when Dixieland jazz started |
| Louis Armstrong | nicknamed Satchmo |
| Joe "King" Oliver | a Dixieland trumpet player |
| "Buddy" Bolden | came up with standard instrumentation for Dixieland band |
| Storyville | neighborhood in New Orleans |