Name: ______Do Now

May 13, 2006 Jazz Studies -

Do Now #3

Pushing the Envelope

Objective:

3. I will be able to identify examples of jazz musicians who try to play what no one else is capable of playing.

Essential Question: “How do you know if you’re good?”

Silently answer the review questions below. If you are stuck, listen to the music that is playing, and write down things you hear.

1. All jazz has what in common? ______

2. Jazz was first invented by what group of people? ______

3. The two earliest types of jazz music were called ______and ______.

4. Below is a list of jazz personalities we met last time. List some words that could describe each person’s sound.

Louis Armstrong / Billie Holiday / Ella Fitzgerald / John Coltrane / Thelonius Monk / Herbie Hancock

Listen to the music that is playing. Write down things you hear, instruments you can recognize, or feelings that seem to come from this music.

What you hear:

Above and Beyond: Think of some other questions you have about jazz and hip-hop, and write them down on the back of this page.


Jazz Means … Pushing the Envelope!

We already know that jazz means improvisation. We already know that jazz means developing your own personality. We already know that jazz means having conversations through music. Jazz is also about trying to play better, faster, louder, stronger, tougher, and more cleverly than any of the artists who came before you. Jazz is about pushing the envelope … about trying to do what no one else has done and what no one else can.

Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, “Be-Bop”
Instruments you hear: / Tempo: / Feelings, similes, observations:
Buddy Rich, “Drum Battle”
Instruments you hear: / Tempo: / Feelings, similes, observations:
Bill Evans, “Someday My Prince Will Come”
Instruments you hear: / Tempo: / Feelings, similes, observations:
John Coltrane, “Giant Steps”
Instruments you hear: / Tempo: / Feelings, similes, observations:
Blackalicious, “Alphabet Aerobics”
Instruments you hear: / Tempo: / Feelings, similes, observations: