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Course Information and ReferencesThis page is designed for students in the APHS Jazz Ensemble course to use as a reference. Since we will examine a wide variety of styles and artists, you should refer to this page often, as a starting point for further research.
Required listeningA jazz musician MUST listen - a lot. Part of this course is a weekly listening, where you are expected to listen to a specific work and complete a form with details about what you hear. Listening are chosen from the following Quarter 1 (Jazz Combo"heads") All Blues (Miles Davis) All The Things You Are Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma) Blue Bossa (Kenny Dorham) Blues in the Closet (Oscar Pettiford) C Jam Blues Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock) Doxy (Sonny Rollins) Equinox (John Coltrane) Freddie the Freeloader (Miles Davis) The Girl From Ipanema Groove Merchant ( Jerome Richardson) Killer Joe (Benny Golson) Mr. PC (John Coltrane) Revelation (Kenny Barron) Song For My Father (Horace Silver) So What (Miles Davis) Summertime (George Gershwin) Take Five (Dave Brubeck) Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock)
Quarter 2 (Big Band) At The Woodchopper's Ball (Woody Herman) A String Of Pearls (Glenn Miller) Begin the Beguine (Artie Shaw) It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Duke Ellington) In The Mood (Glenn Miller) Jumpin' At The Woodside (Count Basie) Front Burner (Count Basie) Minnie The Moocher (Cab Calloway) One O'Clock Jump (Count Basie) Opus One (Tommy Dorsey) Perdido (Duke Ellington) Satin Doll (Duke Ellington) Sing, Sing, Sing (Benny Goodman) Stardust (Artie Shaw) Stompin' At The Savoy (Benny Goodman) Take the "A" Train (Duke Ellington)
Quarter 3 (Dixieland / Early Swing) Alexander's Ragtime Band Basin Street Blues Black Bottom Stomp Bourbon Street Parade Clarinet Marmalade Copenhagen Down By The Riverside East St. Louis Toodle-O Johnson Rag Limehouse Blues Livery Stable Blues Mood Indigo Muskrat Ramble South Rampart Street Parade St. James Infirmary St. Louis Blues That's A-Plenty Tiger Rag West End Blues When The Saints Go Marching In
Quarter 4 (Post 1960's Jazz - please choose a jazz recording by or including one of these artists each week) Chick Corea Christian McBride Gordon Goodwin Herbie Hancock Joey Alexander Joshua Redman Jaco Pastorious Miles Davis Pat Metheney Wynton Marsalis Yellowjackets
Background
To grow as an improviser, the best method is to transcribe solos played by the great artists. Here are some helpful weblinks: Anton Schwartz: How to Transcribe Wilktone - Advice for Beginning to Transcribe Effective Jazz Solo Transcribing David Liebman - The Complete Transcription Process The Jazz Resource - First Steps
APHS Transcription Exercise worksheet (please print, complete, and turn in as Mr. B requests)
To grow as a musician, we need to study the artists from the present and the past. Players to know (not listed in any particular order):
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