Supplement 9R―Teacher Resource: and Notes

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Improvised art Conversation in the language of music

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American music Rooted in the blues Changes every night

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“Jazz washes away the Individualism dust of everyday life.” Requires confidence Art Blakey (Drummer) and talent

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Pioneer/explorer Who are these Experimenter/scientist musicians?

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New Orleans 1817—blacks sing and All nationalities dance in Congo Square Most musical city

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Complex rhythms Work songs Glimpse of Africa Spirituals Call/response

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Brass bands Races integrated— Parades neighborhoods Music/dancing Music

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Primary source Exciting sounds documents—photos

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M.D. to NYC to find Staccato notes (Bird’s Bird () horn) Staccato—means short and sharp

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3 Deuces—played Dreamy illustrations w/Bird M.D. following his dreams Word sounds

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Bebop—“unusual Bebop = freedom rhythms” and “harsh- sounding chords”

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Kind of Blue Born 1926, Alton, IL Died 1991

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“Cool is forever.” “Picasso of Jazz”— reinvented himself innovator

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1955-1961 1957-1968 w/ “Trane” Coltrane () w/

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1965-1968 1968-1972 “daring, ferocious, Electric period (played mysterious” w/ band w/ electrical instruments)

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Later works—1980 comeback

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