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
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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
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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
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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
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