Jazz- choose between 2 topics

Assignment Requirements

 

Choose one of the following topics from the list below and write a paper strictly adhering to the parameters of the topic. A bibliography of at least four sources. You may not use Wikipedia articles or About.com for this assignment. Use the songs from the list attached (file attached) as examples incorporated in the essay.

(Note: use only the songs that are appropriate to the topic you choose as the list is exhaustive and includes names that are not related to the musicians in the topics below. For example if picking topic on Miles Davis just search the list of songs for Miles Davis or his band names to find a related song you could use in the essay.)

Choose ONE of the following for the essay:

1. Analyze, compare, and discuss the improvisatory styles and musical philosophies of Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke. Discuss the musical background and influences of each, as well as the political and/or social conditions that played a part in shaping their musical lives. Focus on the “hot jazz” approach of Armstrong in contrast to the “cool, reflective” side of Beiderbecke. Investigate the reasons for Armstrong’s world-wide popularity as opposed to Beiderbecke’s relative obscurity.

2. Miles Davis, the bandleader, formed numerous groups which have made seminal recordings in several distinct styles. In chronological order, from the late 1940s through the end of the 1980s, survey the music and musicians of each of his bands, analyzing stylistic tendencies, key musical characteristics, innovative contributions, and important compositions and recordings illustrating each style. Compare and contrast each band and discuss the evolvement of his music and the musicians who played with him through the years.

Livery Stable Blues
Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Dipper Mouth Blues
King Oliver & His Creole Jazz Band

Gut Bucket Blues
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five

Heebie Jeebies
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five

Comet Chop Suey
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five

Potato Head Blues
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Seven

West End Blues
Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five

Blue Horizon
Sidney Bechet

Big Boy
Bix Beiderbecke

Singin’ The Blues
Bix Beiderbecke (Frankie Trumbauer Orchestra)

In A Mist
Bix Beiderbecke

Jazz Me Blues (Studio)
Bix Beiderbecke

Maple Leaf Rag
Jelly Roll Morton

You’ve Got To Be Modernistic
James P. Johnson

Memories Of You
Earl Hines

Handful Of Keys
Fats Waller

I Ain’t Got Nobody
Fats Waller

Honky Tonk Train
Meade “Lux” Lewis

I Know That You Know
Art Tatum

Black Bottom Stomp
Jelly Roll Morton

The Stampede
Fletcher Henderson

Don’t Be That Way
Benny Goodman featuring,Hodges,Basie,Young,Clayton and more

King Porter Stomp
Benny Goodman

Seven Come Eleven
Charlie Christian

Harlem Congo
Chick Webb

The Mooche
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
Duke Ellington

Concerto For Cootie
Duke Ellington

Harlem Air Shaft
Duke Ellington

Ko-Ko
Duke Ellington

One O’Clock Jump
Count Basie

Jumpin’ At The Woodside
Count Basie

Body And Soul
Coleman Hawkins

Lester Leaps In
Count Basie & His Orchestra

Mary’s Idea
Andy Kirk’s 12 Clouds of Joy

Gemini
Mary Lou Williams

Rose Room
Django Reinhardt

All Of Me
Billie Holiday

How High The Moon
Ella Fitzgerald

Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
Lionel Hampton

Shaw Nuff
Dizzy Gillespie

Manteca
Dizzy Gillespie

KoKo
Charlie “Bird” Parker

Loverman
Charlie Parker

Just Friends
Charlie Parker

Blues Bikini
Dexter Gordon

Ornithology
Charlie Parker

Criss Cross
Thelonious Monk

Misterioso
Thelonious Monk

I Should Care (take 3)
Thelonious Monk

Trinkle, Tinkle
Thelonious Monk

Un Poco Loco
Bud Powell

Somebody Loves Me
Bud Powell

Daahoud
Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Subconscious Lee
Lee Konitz

Boplicity
Miles Davis Nonet

The Way You Look Tonight
Dave Brubeck Octet

Take Five
The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Blue Rondo A La Turk
The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Fugue
Shelly Manne & His Men

The Golden Striker
The Modern Jazz Quartet

Sketch for Jazz Quartet and String Quartet
The Modern Jazz Quartet

Blue 7
Sonny Rollins

I Know That You Know
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt

Sister Sadie
Horace Silver

Work Song
Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley

The Sidewinder
Lee Morgan

Mustard Greens
Jimmy Smith

One By One
Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers

Naptown Blues
Wes Montgomery

A Day In The Life
Wes Montgomery

The Theme
Miles Davis Quintet

‘Round Midnight
Miles Davis

Summertime
Miles Davis

Solea (master)
Miles Davis;Gil Evans

So What
Miles Davis

E.S.P.
Miles Davis

Orbits
Miles Davis Quintet

Giant Steps
John Coltrane

My Favorite Things
John Coltrane

Impressions
John Coltrane Quartet

Acknowledgement Part 1
John Coltrane

Number One – (bonus track)
John Coltrane

Pithecanthropus Erectus
Charles Mingus

Hora Decubitus
Charles Mingus

Descent into the Maelstrom (Not available on Rhapsody)
Lennie Tristano

Lonely Woman
Ornette Coleman

Free Jazz
Ornette Coleman

The Good Life
Ornette Coleman

Trigonometry
Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman

Enter Evening (Soft Line Structure)
Cecil Taylor

Ghosts
Albert Ayler

Jitney No. 2
Cecil Taylor

Four Winds
Dave Holland Quartet

Imaginary Situations (Not avaiable on Rhapsody)
Art Ensemble of Chicago

Semblance
Keith Jarrett

Cantaloupe Island
Herbie Hancock

Eighty One
Miles Davis Quintet

June the 15th, 1967 (Not available on Rhapsody)
Gary Burton and Larry Coryell

Smiling Phases
Blood, Sweat & Tears

Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (45-rpm single edit)
Miles Davis

Vertical Invader
Weather Report

Awakening
The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Watermelon Man
Herbie Hancock

Birdland
Whether Report

Beirut
Steps Ahead

You’re Under Arrest
Miles Davis

Blow (Not available on Rhapsody)
Miles Davis and Easy Moh Bee

 

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