music assignment due 11:00 PM CST

 Assignment must be MLA formatted with double-spacing and 12pt type double-spaced.

1. Write a two paragraph description analyzing each track:USE 5 OF THESE TERMS: melody, harmony and rhythm, improvisation, chord progression, lead sheet, fake book, form, riff, trading fours, jazz standard, syncopation, dissonance

STAY AWAY FROM WORDS LIKE SMOOTH

"So What" from the album Kind of Blue by Miles Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNTltOGh5c

"Blues by Five" from the album "Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxd7Pi3j5K8

Write a third paragraph comparing and contrasting the two pieces of music. 

2. 1. Give a one paragraph description on Miles Davis and his contributions in his first period (1945-1959)

BIO ON MILES DAVIS:::::: 

https://www.milesdavis.com/biography/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Miles-Davis

3. Give short discourse on the album "Kind of Blue."

Also construct an academic thesis (a question or statement) that concerns some aspect of jazz. Cannot be a survey of the material.