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Questions
How many have listened to jazz before? How many have purchased 10 or more jazz recordings? How many here have been to 5 or more jazz concerts in their lives? How many people here are not sure whether they like jazz music? How many people here have played a musical instrument? How many people here like many other styles of music other than jazz? How many people are here because they want an easy A?
Past
Louis Armstrong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTpNC1Qi J5w&feature=related
Present(sort of)
Michael Brecker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3uIvSfjk4 0
Future
Esperanza Spalding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFfDq0qb t2U
A. Overview
Class Outline Website Syllabus/Grading Policies My Bio
Syllabus
Jazz History I 3credits Instructors: George Colligan ghc@pdx.edu TA: Marc Hutchinson marc2@pdx.edu Hoffman Hall 109 January 10, 2012 to March 20, 2012
Course Format:
Lectures, Audio/Video Presentations, Performances.Required Materials: A computer or internet access a notebook or some other way to take notes Course Objectives:To learn about Jazz from its pre -20th century origins into ragtime, the blues, dixieland, swing, and the beginnings of bebop.To learn listening and appreciation skills.
Course Content
Lectures and performances will be the bulk of the class. There will be PowerPoint presentations and many classes will feature the "Top 10" musicians of an era. There is a website which will contain each classes powerpoint presentation as well as listening examples and other relevant content.
Course requirements
Grades will be based on the Midterm(30 %), the Final(30%) , and 6 Surprise Tests(30%) given in class. You will also be required to attend 5 live performances and bring in proof of attendance(10%).
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Outside performances .
Here is a partial listing of jazz venues in Portland JIMMY MAK'S 221 NW 10th Ave. (between Davis and Everett) Wilfs Restaurant 800 NW 6th Avenue at Union Station Camillia Lounge 510 NW 11th Ave Ivories Jazz Lounge 1435 NW Flanders The Blue Monk 3341 Southeast Belmont Street Touche Restaurant 1425 NW Glisan St. Portland
Clyde s (Sunday night Jam Session) 5474 NE Sandy Blvd Brasserie Monmatre 626 SW Park Ave Tommy O s Pacific Rim Bistro 4101 Southeast 192nd Avenue Vancouver, WA Portland Jazz Festival is in February 2 concerts in LH 75 this term http://www.jsojazzscene.org/calendar.htm
Class Outline
1. January 10: Introduction To Jazz 2. Jan 12: Origins Of Jazz 3.Jan:17th:Ragtime/Early Jazz 4.Jan 19th: Tin Pan Alley 5.Jan 24th: Duke Ellington/Stride Piano 6. Jan 26th: Swing/Big Bands 7.Jan 31st: Bebop 8.Feb 2:West Coast/Cool Jazz 9.Feb 7:The Great Jazz Singers/Review for Midterm 10. Feb 9: MIDTERM
Outline page 2
11.Feb 14th: Hard Bop 12.Feb 16th:Avant Garde/Charles Mingus 13. Feb 21:GUEST INTERVIEW AND PERFORMANCE WITH PROFESSOR DARRELL GRANT 14. Feb 23: GUEST LECTURER PROFESSOR CHARLEY GREY 15. Feb 28th: Miles and Trane 16. March 1st: Bill Evans/Pianists 17.March 6th: Fusion/Mainstream 18.March 8th: Latin/Brazilian/Flamenco 19. March 13th: 80's/90's 20. March 15th: Present Day/Review For Final 21. March 20th: FINAL EXAM
Website
http://psujazzhistory.blogspot.com/ http://jazztruth.blogspot.com/
Colligan bio 2
Freelanced in Baltimore, Washington DC until 1995 Moved to New York City in 1995 Toured, performed, and recorded with : Cassandra Wilson, Ravi Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette, Benny Golson, Lee Konitz, Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, Stefon Harris, Buster Williams,etc
Colligan Bio 3
Recorded CDs as a leader from 1995 to today Taught at Juilliard School of music for 2 years Taught at University of Manitoba for 2 years Started jazztruth blog in 2010 Moved to Portland in August
What is Jazz?
1. Definition/Salient Characteristics: Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th century American popular music. Its West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, call-response, and the swung note.
Salient Characteristics
Blue Notes Improvisation Polyrhythms Syncopation Call And Response Swing
The salient characteristics we have just discussed are obviously debatable. There is much jazz without call and response, overt swing, and even blue notes might not be obvious. This makes the idea of whether or not something is jazz harder to pinpoint. Hopefully, the more you listen, the more you will be able to make an educated determination. Ultimately, labels aren t important in terms of whether or not you get anything from music .
Subgenres
From its beginnings in the early 20th century jazz has spawned a variety of subgenres: New Orleans Dixieland dating from the early 1910s, big band-style swing from the 1930s and 1940s, bebop from the mid-1940s, free jazz and a variety of Latin jazz fusions, such as Afro-Cuban, from the 1950s and 1960s, jazz fusion from the 1970s, acid jazz from the 1980s (which combines funk and hip-hop elements), and nu jazz in the 1990s. As the music has spread around the world it has drawn on local, national, and regional musical cultures, its aesthetics being adapted to its varied environments and giving rise to many distinctive styles.
Is This Jazz?(Yes)
a. Oscar Peterson Caravan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZdKsJfZyws b.Tom Harrell Sail Away http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27V8ylNNKSo&feat ure=related C. Wynton Marsalis Autumn Leaves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xi-emWNePw . .
Prodigious trumpeter from New Orleans Plays all instruments Recent recording and blogposts have stirred controversy Somehow, jazztruth became part of the controversy
Obviously, there's always someone who gets sensitive when RACE enters the conversation. I also wonder whether Payton is suggesting the acronym BAM(as in , "I play BAM music"?) as an alternative. I think that's as good as calling music "jazz" or "bebop" or whatever. Words can't really describe music accurately anyway. Again, I have no problem as a musician, and especially as a teacher of history(I am not a jazz historian, by the way), recognizing that the African-American experience was crucial to the development of jazz. As long as I, a white person(see my website for photos), am still allowed to play, I don't care what it's called. (I think though, just to have perspective, if Toby Keith started calling his music "White American Music", then we might have a little problem......)
Jazz misconceptions
Play Paul F. Tomkins Jazz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY_KVVFg mPM Play Spinal Tap Discusses Jazz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wscZhvj_l H4 Youtube: Ken Burns Jazz Intro (8:07)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITbu FIG4Xvc
Jazz terminology
Blues Groove Changes Tune Cats Axe Bread
Acoustic Bass
Electric Bass
Guitar
Piano
Saxophones
Brass-Trumpet
Brass-Trombone
Jazz Vocals
Performance
The Park Avenue Trio George Colligan-Piano Jon Lakey Bass Cordero Kingsley Drums