Weekly Jazz Musician Assignments

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Week 1 Assignment - Miles Davis

Please copy and paste these questions onto a Word document, and email them to me (rachaelandthemullets@hotmail.com) no later than FRIDAY

Questions from the Miles Davis Interview (Youtube Clip)

1. Write a sentence or two on how Miles Davis views music

2. Name 2 albums and 2 people who played with Miles Davis.

3. How does Miles Davis evaluate a musician? Do you think this is a fair judgement based on what you
have seen of him already? (eg, the clothes he wears, the way he stands when he plays). Why/Why not?

4. Describe the stlye of music Miles Davis plays. (use more decription than just the word "Jazz")

5. According to Miles Davis, what is "social music"? Describe.

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Week 2 Assignment - Louis Armstrong

Please copy and paste these questions onto a Word document, and email them to me (rachaelandthemullets@hotmail.com) no later than FRIDAY

Louis Armstrong Questions
(follow the Louis Armstrong weblinks to help you answer these questions)

1. What is Louis Armstrong’s nickname?

2. Briefly describe what “scat” singing is.

3.List some interesting things about Louis Armstrong.

4. Name some people he played with. (Watching the YouTube video will help)

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Week 3 Assignment - Dave Brubeck

Please copy and paste these questions onto a Word document, and email them to me (rachaelandthemullets@hotmail.com) no later than FRIDAY

Dave Brubeck Questions
(follow the Dave Brubeck weblinks to help you answer these questions, and watch the YouTube clips)

1. What is unusual about the song “Take Five”? Explain your answer.

2. Name some famous tunes that Dave Brubeck composed.

3. How many albums did Dave Brubeck release?

4. Talk briefly about Dave Brubeck’s background.

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Week 4 Assignment - Charlie Parker

Please copy and paste these questions onto a Word document, and email them to me (rachaelandthemullets@hotmail.com) no later than FRIDAY

Charlie Parker Questions
(follow the Charlie Parker weblinks to help you answer these questions, and watch the YouTube clips. You may have to do some extra research to find the answer to a couple of these questions)

1. Describe bebop

2. What makes Charlie Parker’s playing different from other saxophone players? (Watch the YouTube clips and compare his playing to another saxophone player that you can find on YouTube)

3. What are jazz “changes”, as referred to on the website article about Charlie Parker?

Website: http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_parker_charlie.htm

(Note: You will have to do some extra researching to find the answer to this one.)

5.Name at least five different musicians Parker played music with, and mention their instrument: (Hint: one of the musicians we have studied in the unit played with Parker)

6.Name some tunes that Charlie Parker wrote.