Instrumental Jazz 20

Instrumental Jazz 20 homepage Outcomes & Indicators Resources

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CH20.1

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Cultural/Historical

Outcomes

CH20.1

Explore personal ability to distinguish aurally the different eras, genres, styles, and feels of jazz by listening to and/or performing the representative music.

CH20.2

Examine jazz music and its performers and educators and their influence in the world.

CH20.3

Explore the relationship between jazz and "classical" music.

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Resources

R052746

Elements of the Jazz Language for the Developing Improvisor

Together with visuals and audio examples, this professional resource describes common licks and shows how they were used by different well-known soloists and how the licks can be inserted into some common chord progressions. The accompanying CD includes solo excerpts that accompany sections of the text and 30 exercises for practising the techniques.

Media and Formats : Book CD/DVD

Price : $37.50

Record posted/updated: December 7, 2018

R070138

Gerry Mulligan. The Age of Steam (CD/DVD Pack)

The CD includes the original A&M recording of "The Age of Steam." The DVD includes a master class, a documentary, a Dolby Digital stereo and surround sound mix of the original recordings and interviews with several of the artists who participated in the recording including Bob Brookmeyer, Roger Kellaway, Tom Scott and Stephan Goldman. The DVD also includes PDFs of the sheet music for each composition on the recording.

Media and Formats : CD/DVD

Price : $33.50

Record posted/updated: December 7, 2018

R070453

Jazz by Ken Burns Series

This is a series of programs that examines this history of jazz music. A website to accompany the series is available at http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/jazz/home/

Please see the related resources below.

• A Masterpiece by Midnight (1960 to the Present)

• C-Jam Blues by Duke Ellington

• Dedicated to Chaos (1940-1945)

• Gumbo (Beginnings to 1917)

• I Cover the Waterfront by Louis Armstrong

• New Rhumba by Miles Davis

• Our Language (1924-1929)

• Risk (1945-1955)

• Swing. Pure Pleasure (1935-1937)

• Swing. The Velocity of Celebration (1937-1939)

• The Adventure (1956-1960)

• The First Frame

• The Gift (1917-1924)

• The True Welcome (1929-1934)

Media and Formats : CD/DVD

Price : $209.95 (complete series)

Record posted/updated: December 7, 2018