Critical/Responsive

CR

Outcomes
CR30.1
Listen and respond as a jazz performer when playing jazz.
CR30.2
Listen to jazz as a jazz performer when not personally playing the music.
CR30.3
Independently analyze jazz music in real time while making or listening to the music.
CR30.4
Listen to performances of jazz music and individually develop and apply criteria to use in critical evaluation of one's own and other's work.
CR30.5
Demonstrate knowledge of, and personal implementation of, the skills, techniques and attitudes necessary for successful ensemble performance.
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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
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/
•  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
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