Notes from Monday, April 14 and Wednesday, April 16 class sessions:

Preparation For Mon. April 14 and Wed. April 16:
1. Complete the online eWorkbook assessment Quiz #13 (Jazz) in WebCT/Vista/Blackboard by 2:45PM Tuesday, April 22 (click here for instructions on how to log onto WebCT).

2. Complete the online eWorkbook assessment Quiz #11 (Reading Orchestral Scores) in WebCT/Vista/Blackboard by 3PM Monday, April 14 (click here for instructions on how to log onto WebCT). To do this assignment, you must study the information and scores provided at the following link: http://www.wmich.edu/mus-gened/mus170/OrchestraCompare.html

3. Complete the online eWorkbook assessment Quiz #12 (20th century art music) in WebCT/Vista/Blackboard by 3PM Wednesday, April 16 (click here for instructions on how to log onto WebCT).

4. Read textbook Chapter 9 (Modern Popular Music)--pages 115-120 (Music Guide 76)

5. There are no audio examples in the "Classical Music Online" for Jazz.

6. Read Lecture Notes from April 9, 14 and 16.

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LECTURE TOPIC: SELECTED JAZZ STYLES

(See Chapter 9, pp. 115-120 for details)

The following bold or bold/italic terms/works/composers were studied:

WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE FOLLOWING JAZZ STYLES (as seen in excerpts from Ken Burn's PBS video series "Jazz")
Selected JAZZ Styles (we will focus on video segments on the following):
- Hot Jazz (see Music Guides 76 and 77)-- Armstrong

- Swing (see Music Guide 79)-- Ellington/Goodman

- Bebop (see Music Guide 76)-- Parker

- Cool Jazz (see Music Guide 76)-- Brubeck

- Fusion (mixture of jazz and rock styles; see Music Guide 76)--Coltrane

- "Free" Jazz (see Music Guide 76)--Coleman