Week 5 music assignment
- What are the characteristics of Boogie woogie piano style
- Base on the 12 bar blues
- Syncopated right hand lines that are varied throughout
- Constantly repeated left hand pattern
- Who are important arrangers and composers of the swing era
- Don Redman
- Duke Ellington
- Fletcher Henderson
- Listen to the audio clip In the following excerpt what are you hearing
- Song “ Mood Indigo” performed by Ellington
- A third section that repeats the main melody
- A second section with a different melody
- Two similar sections stating the main melody
- Listen to the audio clip. What is the style of this song?
- “Lemon Drop” performed by Fitzgerald
- Style: Bebop
- tempo jazz standard in a fast 4
- Intro 4 bars, First chorus- melodic statement, Second chorus-vocal “scat” Solo
Third Chorus 1:06 & Fourth chorus 1:34
- Bebop musicians used the same chords and songs of the swing era but?
- Added more creative harmonies and original melodies to them
- Listen to the audio clip. The opening section of this piece is played?
- “Ko-Ko” performed by Parker compose Charlie Parker
as introduction for the soloist
by alto sax, muted trumpet, bass and drums
- What are the important factors that make the arrangement for Gershwin’s “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess effective?
- The poignant sound of the muted trumpet
- Gershwin’s simple blues-like melody
- The moody, spaciousness of Gil Evans arrangement
- The sparse, melodic style of miles Davis
- Listen to the audio clip. In this excerpt, the function of the rhythm section is strictly
- To keep time … song The preacher by Silver
- Why is “Ko-Ko” considered a popular jazz recording?
- It is one of the first recording of the new jazz style known as bebop
- Gillespie plays both piano and trumpet on this recording
- It feature the two founding fathers of the bebop movement, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker
- Parker’s solo in one of the true masterpieces of jazz improvisation
- Listen to the audio. How does this experct illustrate the concept of cool jazz?
- The timbre of the muted trumpet
- Simple, sparse rhythm with the drums and the bass
- The laid back, unadorned statement of the melody
- Subtle and colorful ostinato background figure
- The influence of gospel music is obvious here, making this a good example of ?
- Funky jazz
- What are the instruments commonly used in jazz ensembles?
- Trumpets, trombones and saxophones
- Piano, string bass and drums
- What instruments are most commonly heard in a jazz combo of five players?
- Trumpet
- Drums
- Bass
- Piano
- Alto Sax
- Which jazz performance techniques are demonstrated in this excerpt?
- The break and fill
- Group improvisation
- Improvised solo
- The excerpt illustrates what elements of the jazz style?
- Scat singing
- Improvisation
- Head arrangement
- Syncopation
- Many contemporary jazz artist have returned to the historic rhythms and styles of the music, playing what is called?
- “straight ahead” Jazz
- Monks harmonies are very?
- Dissonant
- How does Monk present the repeated 8-bar melody in this excerpt?
- The first time he embellishes it, the second time he improvises around it
