piątek, 27 marca 2020

Listening list for April 2, 2020 - Some of that jazz (and declarations needed!)

Two things, this is the listening list. The lyrics and notes will be ready by April 2 (at the latest).

And.... if possible please send in your declarations for ability to engage in remote (zdalne) classes. I'm not planning on recording myself doing lectures right now... (you're welcome) but they could come in handy.
If you've sent me the declaration for another class it wouldn't hurt to send it for this one too.....

Early Jazz / New Orleans (review)

King Oliver
Canal Street Blues (1923)


Boogie Woogie

Boogie Woogie
Cleo Brown (1935)

Jukebox Boogie
Gene Rodgers (194?)

Ain't Misbehavin' (from the film Stormy Weather)
Fats Waller (1943)


History of Scat Singing

Gene Greene
King of the Bungalows (1911) starting

Cliff Edward
Homesick (1922)

Louis Armstrong
Heebie Jeebies (1926)

Duke Ellington / Adelaide Hall
Creole Love Call (1927)

Ella Fitzgerald
How High the Moon (1960)


Evolution from Pop to Jazz singing

song: More than you know (1929)
(In class we'll just listen to a short section)

Helen Morgan (1929) Torch (nightclub) singer

Ruth Etting (1929) Pop Singer (the Lady Gaga of her day?)

Mildred Bailey (1936) Pop-jazz singer

Billie Holiday (1939) Jazz singer


Big Bands

Chick Webb and his Orchestra (vocal by Ella Fitzgerald)
A-tisket a-tasket

Count Basie and his Orchestra
Lousiana (1940)

Duke Ellington
Satin Doll (1952)

Duke Ellington (from the movie Reveille with Beverly)
Take the A-Train (1943)

Lionel Hampton
Flying Home (1942)


Bebop

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Salt Peanuts (1942)

Charlie Parker
Confirmation (1946)


Big Bands and Dance (these are amazing, two of the best dance sequences ever caught on film)

Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers
Jumpin' Jive (1943)

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
from Hellzapoppin (1941)

(just for fun)
Chicago Steppin' (2010)


poniedziałek, 23 marca 2020

Keep on singing the blues!

The Blues is intended as a two-class module. Since I put up all the material last week, just keep listening and reading about the blues - you wont' regret it.

I'll put up a post this Thursday with the next listening list.

Take care and stay healthy!

czwartek, 19 marca 2020

Class materials for March 19, 2020: Blues materials

Okay, here are three useful things for you.....

Notes on the Blues

Listening list of songs (with some notes).

Lyrics of the songs on the listening list.

The songs all should be easily available in youtube since you have the titles and artists. If you have trouble finding any, please let me know.

See you Monday for a new listening list!

poniedziałek, 16 marca 2020

First listening list for the week of March 16-20, 2020


 I haven't checked each and every link, if you find a dead link, then please report it.

I'm rethinking this list and might come up with an updated version along with the lyrics and notes this Thursday..... but becoming a little familiar with this performances can only help....
 

Blues Structure
8 bar blues (Key to the Highway)
12 bar blues (random)
16 bar blues (Watermelon man)
A more formal explanation (don't worry if you don't understand)
another one (again, don't worry if you don't understand)
Country Blues
Black snake moan
Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926)
Devil got my woman
Skip James (1931)
Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson (1936)
Shave 'em dry blues
Ma Rainey (1923)
Good mornin' blues
Lead Belly (193?)
Key to the Highway
Big Bill Broonzy (1941)
Trouble in Mind (1924 song)
Lightning Hopkins (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMuzFQTpjDE
 
 
Classic Blues
Crazy blues
Mamie Smith (1920
Send me to the 'lectric chair
Bessie Smith (1927)
Dirty Butter
Minnie Wallace (1929)

Hokum/Dirty Blues
Tight like that
Clara Smith (1929)
Shave 'em dry
Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) (1935)
Jazz and Blues
Fine and mellow
Billie Holiday (1939)
New blow top blues
Dinah Washington (1951)

wtorek, 10 marca 2020

Classes Suspended: Keep track of materials with this blog!

As you probably know, classes are suspended through March 24, 2020.

During that time, keep following this blog for updates on materials.

I'll post the lyrics and notes for this week this Thursday (by 15.00)

After that, I will post new listening lists and lyrics each Monday by 18.00 and class notes each Thursday (by 15.00).

Until classes start again,

Take care and stay healthy!

poniedziałek, 9 marca 2020

Notes and song lyrics for March 12, 2020

The notes and song lyrics for the March 12 class will be delayed until tomorrow (Tuesday). They should be up by 20.00 at the latest. In the meantime check out the listening list (previous post).


piątek, 6 marca 2020

Listening List for March 12, 2020

Here is the listening list for March 12, 2020

Let me know if any of the links are dead....

Cake walk

Historical footage

Stage performance

Stage performance (recreated from a 1936 movie, Cake Walk starts around 0.35)

Another stage performance (from a 1943 movie)


Coon songs

The Whistling Coon

Nigger Loves his Possum

If the Man in the Moon was a Coon


Minstrels and Blackface

General info:

Sand Dance

Comedy….?

Black and White Minstrel Show (from 1978!)


Ragtime

Maple Leaf Rag

Solace

Bethena

The Entertainer
(piano version)

the Entertainer 1973 version (from the Sting)


A Real Slow Drag from Treemonisha

(audio)

(performance)


Early Jazz/ New Orleans

Dueling Pianos (close to a jazz “cutting contest” although the musi cis anachronistic)

Fingerbreaker
Jelly Roll Morton


King Oliver
Canal Street Blues (1923)

Mardi Gras Indians

general information:




song:

Meet the Boys of the Battlefront (1976)
Wild Choupitoulas

Jazz Funeral
for Juanita Brooks (2009)