Jazz plus Jazz Jazz Parks amp Rec Is This Jazz Duke Ellington Is This Jazz Abercrombie Erskine Mintzer Pattitucci Is This Jazz Tim Akers Some Eras and Genres in Jazz New Orleans late ID: 653040
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What Is Jazz?
“Man, if you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.” – Louis ArmstrongSlide2
Jazz plus Jazz = Jazz (Parks & Rec)Slide3
Is This Jazz? Duke Ellington Slide4
Is This Jazz? (Abercrombie, Erskine,
Mintzer, Pattitucci)Slide5
Is This Jazz? (Tim Akers)Slide6
Some Eras and Genres in Jazz
New Orleans – (late
1890s-1920?)
Chicago – (1920s)
Swing
– (1930s-40)
Bebop – (1940s
Cool
Jazz, Hard Bop – (1950s)
Avant-Garde, Free Jazz – (1960s?)
Fusion (1970)Slide7
Possible Definitions/Descriptions of Jazz (Gridley)
Strict definition – improvisation and “swing feel”
Tradition
“Family Resemblances”
“
Jazzness
”Slide8
Improvisation and “Swing Feel”
Improvisation
Extemporaneous composition
Composition in the moment
Often
seems spontaneous, but requires dedication and skill development
“Language”
“Swing Feel” (see notes on possible definitions of swing -
http://
people.eku.edu/nelsonl/muh271/swingdefinition.html
)
Term used to refer to a variety
of concepts, most often either:
A description of the quality of performance (like “groove”), orA potentially complex set of performance practicesSlide9
Instrumentation
What instruments (including voice) are used?Timbre
The distinctive
sound/tone color of each instrument
Differences between 2 performers
Manipulation by a performer
Mutes – used by brass players to modify the character of the sound
Performance practicesSlide10
Ensemble
Small group:
soloist(s),
often
primary focus of attention.
provides melody.
improvised solos
rhythm section.
typically piano and/or guitar, bass, drums.
provides rhythmic and harmonic foundation.
Big Band (or larger ensemble).
horn sections/rhythm section.
typically more focus on composition, arrangement, ensemble performance.