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Lesson 2 Page 1 Pentatonic Pairs Lesson 2 Page 2 Jazz Everyone E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E E minor Dorian Scale A B C D E F G A E. Schools Resource. What is Carnival?. In pre-Christian times, there were holidays which resemble modern day Carnivals.. In Ancient Greece, a large religious festival which included dancing, singing and a masked procession was held in honour of Dionysus, God of wine and agriculture.. Chapter 9 . from . Learning About Dance. textbook by Nora . Ambrosio. History of Jazz. Origins of jazz can be traced back to Africa. In the 1600’s slaves were brought from Africa to America. The slaves continued to dance and drum on the plantations. Creating an American Artform. Delta Blues . African-Americans in the 1800s sang about the pains of slavery, usually without any instruments.. The first blues music was created along the Mississippi Delta. This style is called Delta Blues and sometimes Country Blues.. The Nature of Improvisation. in Jazz Music. The . Nature . & Methods . of . Improvisation. The . Etymology . of “Improvisation”. Improvisation versus Composition. Free Jazz. Dixieland and swing stylists improvise melodically, and bop, cool, and hard bop players follow chord structures in their solos. Free Jazz was a radical departure from past styles, for typically after playing a quick theme, the soloist does not have to follow any progression or structure and can go in any unpredictable direction. When . Schedule 8 Juniors Seniors 5:30 - 6:30 and level p lacement (Teresa) 6:30 - 7:30 Jazz (Alexandra) 6:30 - 7:30 Broadway Jazz (Karen) 7:30 - 8:30 Broadway Jazz (Karen) 7:30 - 8:30 Jazz (Alexandra) Wed, MUH 271. Free Jazz/Avant-Garde. “avant-garde” is often associated with free jazz but encompasses a wider range of styles and artists. John Coltrane is. “in the spectrum” but not typically considered a free jazz player. MUH 271 Jazz History. Buddy Bolden. "Sometime around 1897, the Charles "Buddy" Bolden band began filling the dance halls and streets of New Orleans with a new kind of music. Instead of following the notes on sheet music like they were a railroad track, Buddy made his cornet an extension of his emotions. To this rough Negro barber, popular melodies were only points of embarkation for funky, hip-swinging improvisation. Some twenty years later this new music would be called . The Birth of Jazz. -The roots of jazz in and around New Orleans extend back into the second half of the 19. th. century (maybe even earlier).. -Brass bands, made up of African Americans, played there during the War of 1812.. -Change often stems from dissatisfaction.. -That was the case again in the 1950’s when musicians reacted against the complexity of bebop.. -For some, that meant to revive older forms of jazz, such as Dixieland and ragtime.. The student will have a clear understanding of the development of jazz dance as an American art form.. Identify the major works of historically significant jazz dance choreographers.. Compare and contrast the works of these choreographers using proper dance vocabulary.. Armstrong. Jazz plus Jazz = Jazz (Parks & Rec). Is This Jazz?. Some. Eras and Genres in Jazz. New Orleans – (late. 1890s-1920?). Chicago – (1920s). Swing. – (1930s-40). Bebop – (1940s. Mass Media in the Jazz Age. Cultural Conflicts. The Jazz Age. The 1920s were a time of rapid social change in which many people . –. particularly women . –. adopted new lifestyles and attitudes.. Paul Whiteman. Possibly the first pop superstar, called the “King of Jazz” during the 1920s. Symphonic jazz – Whiteman attempted to “make a lady out of jazz”. Wanted to hire “some jazz musicians, preferably black” in 1926.