what is jazz?
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What is JAZZ?. 4 th Grade Music. What is Jazz??. Improvisation is important in Jazz Jazz uses “bent” music notes Jazz expresses many emotions Jazz uses blue notes, syncopation, swing and call and response. Dixieland Big Band Swing Bebop Jazz-Rock. 4 Types of Jazz. Dixieland. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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What is JAZZ?
4th Grade Music
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What is Jazz??
• Improvisation is important in Jazz
• Jazz uses “bent” music notes
• Jazz expresses many emotions
• Jazz uses blue notes, syncopation, swing and call and response
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4 Types of Jazz
Dixieland
Big Band Swing
Bebop
Jazz-Rock
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Dixieland
• Louis Armstrong played and sang Dixieland Jazz.
• One of Louis’s most famous songs is “What a Wonderful World.”
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Dixieland
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Dixieland
Dixieland Jazz was born in New Orleans.
Dixieland Jazz groups have 6 – 8 players.
The trumpet plays the melody.
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Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong- Began playing in Dixieland bands in New
Orleans- played the cornet first , which is similar to the
trumpet- The first band Louis played in was led by Joe
Oliver.- Also lived in Chicago- Nicknamed “Satchmo”- Other bands he played in: Hot Five and Hot Seven- Louis sang in a style called “scat.”
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Louis Armstrong• Most important musician in jazz history!• Trumpet player and a vocalist• Famous Songs: “Hello, Dolly” “What a Wonderful World”
“When the Saints Go Marching In”
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Big Band Swing
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Big Band Swing
Big Bands with 12-18 musicians
became very popular in the 1940’s.
Many leaders of the bands became famous because they were featured on live radio broadcasts each week.
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Duke Ellington
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Duke Ellington- Music director at the Cotton Club in Harlem, NY- Pianist, composer, and band leader- Worked with pianist, Billy Strayhorn- Theme song
“Take the ‘A’ Train”- Also enjoyed drawing
and painting- NY band was the
Washingtonians
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Ella Fitzgerald
“A-Tisket A Tasket”
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Bebop
• Dizzy Gillespie played the trumpet.• “Night in Tunisia”
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Bebop
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Bebop
Bebop has fast tempos and difficult eighth note melodies.
Bebop is based on improvisation, which means musicians “make-up” the music as
they play.
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Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker Played Bebop
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Charlie Parker
- Born in Kansas City, Kansas
- Played the saxophone- Was a “father” of bebop
with Dizzy Gillespie- Nickname “Yard Bird”- Played at Minton’s
Playhouse in Harlem, NY- Was influenced by musician, Lester Young- Joined the band of McShann in NY
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Charlie Parker
• Played the Alto Saxophone• Played Bebop• “Summertime”
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Jazz Rock
• John Coltrane• Played soprano saxophone• “My Favorite Things”
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Jazz-Rock
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Jazz-Rock
The synthesizer was invented during the Jazz-Rock time period.
A synthesizer creates the sound of guitars, string instruments, percussion instruments, and many other instruments. It made it possible to have the sound in the band without having the actual instrument.
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Miles Davis
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Miles Davis- Developed a style called
Cool Jazz- One of his popular songs
is called Boplicity- Worked with Gil Evans on many songs- Also worked with saxophone player, John
Coltrane- Went to Julliard School of Music in NY- Replaced Dizzy Gillespie in Charlie Parker’s band- Last performance was at the Montreux Jazz
Festival in Switzerland
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John Coltrane
• “Giant Steps” • Played the tenor saxophone in
“Giant Steps”• Jazz Rock
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Do you know…..
Billie Holiday?
“Blue Moon”
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Do you know…
Norah Jones?
“Come Away with Me”
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Do you know…
Erykah Badu?
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Jazz words to know…SWING
to play with a forward motion
IMPROVISATION
spontaneous musical invention
SCAT SINGING
nonsense syllables sung to improvised melodies
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CONGRATULATIONS!
You have learned about four types of jazz music and many jazz musicians!