Supplement 9R―Teacher Resource: Jazz and Miles Davis 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?
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.)
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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
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.)
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M.D. to NYC to find Staccato notes (Bird’s Bird (Charlie Parker) horn) Staccato—means short and sharp
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3 Deuces—played Dreamy illustrations bebop 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 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.)
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“Cool is forever.” “Picasso of Jazz”— reinvented himself innovator
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1955-1961 1957-1968 w/ “Trane” Coltrane Sketches of Spain (Kind of Blue) w/Gil Evans
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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
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/.