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Many big band leaders registered with military service during WWII. What do you think this did for their careers? Their musicianship? |
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"Swing Era — Duke Ellington" (Music Video Distribution DVD) is mainly a collection of movie theater shorts and "telescriptions" (a form of early music video). How do these filmed performances portray Ellington and his band? Compare it to a modern day performance of a jazz big band. |
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The life and career of Mary Lou William's is an achievement that is fully explored in Tammy Kernodle's "Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams" (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004). After reading this biography do you think things have changed for women in jazz music? |
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Listen to "Cherokee" performed by Clifford Brown, Art Tatum, or Dakota Staton and then compare it to the version recorded by Wynton Marsalis (Popular Songs: The Best of Wynton Marsalis. Columbia CD 85496, 2001). Why is Marsalis' version so much more complicated? |
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Lee Konitz's "Marshmallow" is a be-bop tune based on Cherokee. Listen to it on Subconscious-Lee (Original Jazz Classics, CD 186, released 1996). What elements of "Cherokee" does Konitz keep? What elements does he replace? |
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