Teacher Resource: Jazz and Miles Davis Notes
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Supplement 9R―Teacher Resource: Jazz and Miles Davis Notes REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 Improvised art Conversation in the language of music REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 American music Rooted in the blues Changes every night REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 “Jazz washes away the Individualism dust of everyday life.” Requires confidence Art Blakey (Drummer) and talent REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 Pioneer/explorer Who are these Experimenter/scientist musicians? From J. Moreillon, Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension (Chicago: ALA Editions, 2007). Licensed under 1 the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/. Supplement 9R―Teacher Resource: Jazz and Miles Davis Notes (cont.) REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 New Orleans 1817—blacks sing and All nationalities dance in Congo Square Most musical city REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 Complex rhythms Work songs Glimpse of Africa Spirituals Call/response REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 Brass bands Races integrated— Parades neighborhoods Music/dancing Music REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 REF # 1 Page # Episode 1 Primary source Exciting sounds documents—photos From J. Moreillon, Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension (Chicago: ALA Editions, 2007). Licensed under 2 the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/. Supplement 9R―Teacher Resource: Jazz and Miles Davis Notes (cont.) REF # 2 Page # Dedication REF # 2 Page # 4 M.D. to NYC to find Staccato notes (Bird’s Bird (Charlie Parker) horn) Staccato—means short and sharp REF # 2 Page # 22-23 REF # 2 Page # Whole Book 3 Deuces—played Dreamy illustrations bebop w/Bird M.D. following his dreams Word sounds REF # 2 Page # Afterword REF # 2 Page # Aferword Bebop—“unusual Bebop = freedom rhythms” and “harsh- sounding chords” REF # 1 Page # Afterword REF # 1 Page # Afterword Kind of Blue Born 1926, Alton, IL Miles Ahead Died 1991 From J. Moreillon, Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension (Chicago: ALA Editions, 2007). Licensed under 3 the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/. Supplement 9R―Teacher Resource: Jazz and Miles Davis Notes (cont.) REF # 3 Page # Homepage REF # 3 Page # Homepage “Cool is forever.” “Picasso of Jazz”— reinvented himself innovator REF # 3 Page #Music Tab REF # 3 Page #Music Tab 1955-1961 1957-1968 w/ “Trane” Coltrane Sketches of Spain (Kind of Blue) w/Gil Evans REF # 3 Page #Music Tab REF # 3 Page #Music Tab 1965-1968 1968-1972 “daring, ferocious, Electric period (played mysterious” w/ band w/ electrical instruments) REF # 3 Page #Music Tab Later works—1980 comeback From J. Moreillon, Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension (Chicago: ALA Editions, 2007). Licensed under 4 the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/. .