• Research Two Jazz Artists on the listening list and answer as many of the following questions that you can. Answering the questions will require multiple sources. Present your findings in a 1-2 page summary.
-What instrument do they play?
-Where and how did they get their start professionally?
-What specific style or movement in Jazz are they most well known for?
-When and how did they first reach public recognition? How popular were they?
-What other well-known musicians did they perform or record with?
-What song(s) and/or recordings are their most historically important?
-What is distinct or important about their music and approach?
-How long did their career last? Did their style evolve with the times?
-What aspect(s) of their personal biography is relevant to their music & career.
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Also,
Please respond to any of these questions.
1.Jazz has many flavors. Do any of them appeal to you?
2.Does Jazz still have any value in our society?
3.Are there any newer or current styles of music that you think are, and will become an historically important American Art form?
4.How is Jazz, and are Jazz performers different than Popular Music and Pop performers like say…Prince or Taylor Swift?
Additionally, research these questions and provide answers to each
-What styles of Music combined to form Jazz?
-Who were the “Creoles” and how were they significant in the development of Jazz?
-What composer is considered the Father of Ragtime?
-In what type of venues was jazz initially performed?
-What was unique about Louis Armstrong’s trumpet playing?
-What essential factor is needed to classify music as Jazz?
-What instruments are in a traditional Jazz “Dixieland” band?
-What instruments are generally in a 30’s & 40’s swing band?
-How is Improvisation treated differently in “Dixieland” verses “Swing”?
-When was Jazz most Popular?
-Which period of Jazz corresponded with World War II?
-Which band-leader is considered the greatest Jazz composer?
-What band-leader is known for the first integrated band?
-What artists are known for their “Scat Singing”?
-How and where did Bebop develop?
-Who is the most prominent Bebop musician?
-When did “Cool Jazz” evolve? How is it different than Be-Bop? Name a prominent musician.
-When did Free Jazz evolve? How is it Free? Name a prominent musician.
-When did Jazz Fusion evolve? Name a prominent musician.
