Music Listening & Analysis Assignment on The Flower Duet by Leo Delibes and The Selection of Your Choosing by The Composer of That Selection
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Unit4Part3.pptxMusic APPRECIATION 105
An introduction to music – Travel – culture
Emily Smith
Unit 4 Part 3
JAZZ
the big band (swing) The 1930s
Characteristics of the swing era
Music: 1930s – emergence of the Big Band
Big Band Jazz – Big Band development caused by a need to fill dance halls
Texture: Homophonic
Form: Big Band Jazz, Scat Singing
Travel: New York and other areas of the United States
New York City
Composed of 5 Boroughs:
Manhattan
Queens
Brooklyn
Staten Island
The Bronx
Manhattan has:
Times Square
The World Trade Center
Central Park
Harlem
Myrtle Beach vs Manhattan
Total square miles:
Population:
Tourists per year:
23.6
22.82
32,795
1.665 million
14 million
62.8 million
62.8 million
X50
X4.5
New York City became important with its many Jazz clubs
52nd street in New York City became known as “Swing Street”
Harlem – main focal point of New York Jazz
Electric guitar became popular in Jazz
Charlie Christian credited for paving the way for the electric guitar sound
ELECTRIC GUITAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x52x5hjpD5k
Charlie Christian – Stompin’ at the Savoy
Charlie Christian 1916-1942
FORMS
Big band jazz
Saxophones (5)
Trumpets (2-4)
Trombones (4)
Rhythm Section:
Bass, Guitar, Drums, and Piano
A musical ensemble that consists of ten or more musicians in four sections (saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and rhythm section)
Big Band development caused by a need to fill dance halls
Black and white musicians began to integrate
Jimmy Lunceford Band – 1st integrated Jazz band
BIG BAND JAZZ
https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJ4dpNal_k
Benny Goodman Orchestra – Sing, Sing, Sing
Scat singing
An improvisational jazz singing style in which the voice is used in imitation of an instrument
Use of nonsense syllables
Ella Fitzgerald – Scat Singing
swing Musicians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg
Duke Ellington – It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing)
Duke Ellington
1899-1974
Noted for his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and for his eloquence and charisma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGD7yGxzFnQ
Cab Calloway – Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway
1907-1994
A master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular big bands
Ella Fitzgerald
1917-1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vvb7GpCZew
Ella Fitzgerald – Georgia on my Mind
Referred to as the “First Lady of Song”, “Queen of Jazz”, and “Lady Ella”
She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing
Billie Holiday
1915-1959
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnlTHvJBeP0
Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit
Nicknamed “Lady Day”
She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills
Jazz after world war II
Characteristics of jazz: late 1940s to today
Music: late 1940s to the present include many changes and the emergence of many different styles
Texture: Mainly homophonic
Forms: Standard Jazz as well as free forms
Related to nonsense syllables in scat singing
Became known as Modern Jazz in the 1960s
BEBOP AND MODERN JAZZ
https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5tRGMHfKrE
Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca
Dizzy Gillespie 1917-1993
Known as “Cool Jazz” - Created in Los Angeles to have a more laid back airy sound
Alternative to the frenetic sound of Bebop
WEST COAST JAZZ
Miles Davis – So What
Miles Davis 1926-1991
Experimental Jazz
Performers completely changed structural ground rules and tried to get away from the older sound
“AVANT GARDE” OR FREE STYLE JAZZ
https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=saN1BwlxJxA
John Coltrane - Alabama
John Coltrane 1926-1967
Return to traditional Jazz
Added different elements such as gospel and soul music
HARD BEBOP
https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqWLSe0FS0I
Charlie Mingus – Bass Solo
Charlie Mingus 1922-1979
Blend of Jazz and Rock elements
Resulted in a very unique sound which became popular with the general public
JAZZ-ROCK FUSION
https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJunCsrhJjg
Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze
Jimi Hendrix 1942-1970
Sound is less frantic, smoother, and more relaxing
Improvisations are more melodic and less dissonant
Referred to as elevator music or dentist music
SMOOTH JAZZ
Wes Montgomery – Windy
Wes Montgomery 1923-1968
Attempt to restore older sound and structure of Jazz
Some synthesizers and other electronic instruments used
JAZZ FROM THE 1980S TO TODAY
Wynton Marsalis – Caravan
Wynton Marsalis 1961-
