Jazz Fundamentals Academy for Lifelong Learning Cape Cod Community College Greg Polanik Spring 2015 Chapter 1 Pre-Jazz Music Links Brass Bands Do Watcha Wanna (homework) Rebirth Brass Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E1VBCcA76E not historically accurate, contains elements of early jazz The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-7XWhyvIpE classic marching band music Ragtime Piano Maple Leaf Rag (homework) Scott Joplin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAtL7n_-rc Left Hand Technique, Ragtime Lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoRXAporV98 watch: 5:40 - 7:25 - 9:00 The Entertainer Scott Joplin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPmruHc4S9Q Swipsey Cakewalk Scott Joplin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQnCT9HnMNA a Cakewalk was an exhibition dance, parodying white formal dances The Ragtime Dance Scott Joplin Played by Richard Zimmerman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL0GhUMoLg8 { PAGE } Jazz Fundamentals Academy for Lifelong Learning Cape Cod Community College Greg Polanik Spring 2015 The Charleston Rag Eubie Blake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ92_oiVLyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7oQfRGUOnU note the Boogie Woogie bass line, alternating with Ragtime left hand Left Hand Technique, Boogie Woogie Lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YEl1-0N8d0 Blues Come On In My Kitchen (homework) Robert Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4up4VP8zjyc folk blues vocal & guitar I Believe I'll Dust My Broom Robert Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P4WhmJt9XM Soon One Mornin' Mississippi' Fred McDowell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T7kh9ExH-A spiritual in text, blues in spirit Death Letter Blues Son House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJnxxtM8YzQ folk blues vocal & slide resonator guitar John The Revelator Son House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGBoP70A7Q0 Work Songs Prison Work Song (homework) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAAuQksDrVU Wood Chopping Holler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auVOWTaA3Xk { PAGE } Jazz Fundamentals Academy for Lifelong Learning Cape Cod Community College Greg Polanik Spring 2015 Who Curled Your Hair Cotton Chopping Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quYQTqDhIDk Berta, Berta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxC04N23U3o Field Hollers Belton Sutherland's Field Holler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CPJwt14d5E Field Holler Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXlCB31i_5U Spirituals & Revivals Throw Me Anywhere Lord (homework) Georgia Sea Island Singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dGamWaYcLg traditional Gullah spiritual dance note call & response, polyrhythm, syncopation Oh Freedom! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHmUPqI6w9g One Day The Angelic Gospel Singers & The Dixie Hummingbirds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPnv4cFRdxA Street Cries & Shouts Street Cries of Charleston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIPo_Hg6e8E African Music Congolese Folk Music (homework) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2hnl0C2gEI note the polyrhythm Mali Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3VAkeWvKBE { PAGE } Jazz Fundamentals Academy for Lifelong Learning Cape Cod Community College Greg Polanik Spring 2015 Music Theory Examples: Major Scale Pentatonic Scale Examples: Major Scale Major Triad online keyboard http://method-behind-the-music.com/piano/ Additional Recordings: Throw Me Anywhere Lord and related songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkh8DSug7nw&list=RDJkh8DSug7nw The Entertainer and related songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPmruHc4S9Q&list=RDfPmruHc4S9Q Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P4WhmJt9XM 'Mississippi' Fred McDowell - Mississippi Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=478MF96BRqc Son House - The Original Delta Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IhmG7boqes Hard Time Killin Floor Blues Skip James https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv-_mzVBSF8 Prison Work Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAAuQksDrVU&list=RDCAAuQksDrVU#t=82 Work Songs & Spirituals https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5gesReHGwvw6aCtl1VdBUVJHzSwzy0CD Spirituals & Slavery Songs https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ3X0XM_SmvPutsT59kVxNHE1Y9B8kcR- { PAGE } Jazz Fundamentals Academy for Lifelong Learning Cape Cod Community College Greg Polanik Spring 2015 Negro Spirituals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCg_XS2Yrs4 Oh Death - Bessie Jones & Geirgia Sea Island Singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ouixlhXDfE On That Rock - Viola James https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkdp5_EAbII History Detectives - Slave Songbook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JtD_YpyXYU Afrocuba de Mantanzas and related music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-u_qUI10d4&list=PL0C17719D45BD056B&index=14 African Music Dance & Drumming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFCeaTxZCP0&list=PL0C17719D45BD056B Aberikula en la Habana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPid2ZZibqA Que Viva La Rumba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BvrLJoU3AA { PAGE } .