Jazz
Short excerpt of the infamous jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.
Official classification: Trumpet, Video, Jazz, Unit 8. Jazz improvisations
"Back Home Again in Indiana"
LINO PATRUNO JAZZ SHOW feat. DAN BARRETT
Dan Barrett (cornet), Michael Supnick (trombone), Charley Höellering (clarinet), Jim Galloway (soporano sax), Luca Velotti (tenor sax), Thilo Wagner (piano), Lino Patruno (guitar), Guido Giacomini (bass), Giampaolo Biagi (drums).
July 2002, Ascona Switzerland
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Official classification: Electric Guitar, Piano, Drum Kit, Double Bass, Improvising, 2000s, Groups, Jazz, Video, Bb Clarinet, Jazz, Curriculum support, Cornet, Trombone Family, Tenor Sax, Performance video clip, Unit 8. Jazz improvisations
LINO PATRUNO JAZZ SHOW feat. DAN BARRETT
Dan Barrett (cornet), Michael Supnick (trombone), Charley Hoellering (clarinet), Jim Galloway (soprano sax), Luca Velotti (tenor sax), Lino Patruno (guitar), Thilo Wagner (piano), Guido Giacomini (bass), Giampaolo Biagi (drums).
Ascona (Switzerland), July 2002
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www.cambiamusica.it
www.michaelsupnick.com
Official classification: Trombone (treble clef), Electric Guitar, Piano, Drum Kit, Double Bass, Improvising, 2000s, Groups, Jazz, Video, Bb Clarinet, Jazz, Cornet, Trombone Family, Tenor Sax, Performance video clip, Unit 8. Jazz improvisations
Begins with a slow version of "Summertime" played on Cornet, accompanied by piano before breaking into an upbeat piece with solos on Piano, Tenor Sax, Double Bass, Electric Guitar and Drums.
Official classification: Trumpet, Electric Guitar, Piano, Drum Kit, Double Bass, Improvising, 2000s, Instrumentalists, Bands, Groups, Jazz, Video, Jazz, Cornet, Tenor Sax, Performance video clip, Unit 8. Jazz improvisations
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Official classification: Jazz, Video, Jazz, Curriculum support
Tags: Films
"Cakewalking Babies From Home"
Composed by Chris Smith / Henry Troy / Clarence Williams
LINO PATRUNO TV JAZZ SHOW
featuring DICK WELLSTOOD
Oscar Klein (cornet), Walter Leibundgut (trombone), Francesco Forti (clarinet), Bruno Castracucchi (soprano sax), Dick Wellstood (piano), Lino Patruno (banjo), Marco Ratti (bass), Gregor Beck (drums).
Apr.12 or 13, 1983
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Official classification: Piano, Drum Kit, Double Bass, Improvising, 2000s, Groups, Jazz, Video, Bb Clarinet, Jazz, Banjo, Curriculum support, Cornet, Trombone Family, Performance video clip, Unit 8. Jazz improvisations
Tags: calm, wind down, musical cartoons, film
Live footage from Java Jazz Festival, featuring performance from group made up of Flute, Piano (keyboard) and Congas.
Official classification: Flute Family, Flute, Jazz, Video, Jazz
Bassoon solo jazz improvisation.
Official classification: Bassoon Family, Bassoon, Video, Jazz, Performance video clip
Video from Drumset Series - example of drumming improvisation and complex rhythm performance.
Official classification: Drum Kit, Video, Jazz, Performance video clip, Vic Firth
KS3/4 idea: This cartoon is set in 'tin can alley' and pupils will benefit from some prior knowledge of the context of the 'tin pan alley' song factory of the day. Some think the name itself came from the cacophony of several different styles and pieces being heard all at once, and this is the premise of this cartoon and its title - a battle between jazz ('hep cat') and classical (symphony) styles.
There are a number of ways of using this cartoon in class.
1. Simply as a novel follow up to works that you may have been studying in other contexts (e.g. trad jazz, Poet and Peasant Overture, William Tell Overture, etc.)
2. Discussion of some of the musical jokes (e.g. contrary motion piano glissandi to match order that keys fall from keyboard that has ended up in cat's mouth!)
3. As a stimulus idea for a creative project on a 'battle of the styles' theme - pupils choose two pieces in different styles and find some way of combining them in a single piece - you could maybe add the stipulation that by the end they must work out some clever way of making the two pieces co-exist - this could lead on to an exploration of related composition techniques used by Charles Ives (e.g. in 'Putnam's Camp' from 'Three Places in New England').
Official classification: Texture, Orchestras, Film & Animation, Cartoons, Video, Cartoon, Classical, Jazz, Curriculum support, Musical Cliches, Unit 5. Musical cliches
Tags: contrary motion, poet and peasant, william tell, trad jazz, Classical
A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Ed Saindon has performed and/or recorded with artists such as Peter Erskine, Jeff Hamilton, Louie Bellson and Ken Peplowski to name a few! In addition to his career as a performer, Ed also dedicates his talents to the field of education as a clinician, an author and a faculty member at Berklee College of Music. Check out this week's podcast to watch Ed perform the jazz standard, "Do You Know What it Means (to Miss New Orleans)".
Official classification: Percussion, Jazz, Video, Jazz, Vic Firth
Video images associated with moon landings from NASA accompanied by the Frank Sinatra recording of classic Jazz song 'Fly Me To the Moon' from www.nasa.gov
KS2 Idea - To provoke a discussion about 'what is it like on the moon?' loop this video from about a third of the way in to play just the images of astronauts on the moon. Pupil's could think about the different sounds they might hear and then try to recreate them with either vocals or instruments, then organise these sounds into a soundscape, either live or by recording them into a sequencing program such as Audacity.
Official classification: Space, Jazz, Video, Jazz, Unit 18 Journey Into Space, Curriculum support
Suggested as good example for Ostinati listening, also notable for unusual 9/8 time signature, giving this Jazz standard a unique feel.
Official classification: Ostinato, 1950s, Jazz, Audio, Jazz, Curriculum support
Video footage of superb performance of a Jazz standard by singer and trumpeter Cab Colloway with Jonah Jones. Featuring unique improvised trumpet solo.
Official classification: Trumpet, Jazz, Video, Jazz, Male, Curriculum support, Cornet
The third and final single from their fifth studio album, King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, is heavily jazz influenced, a departure in style from their previous alternative, funk and hard rock material.
Official classification: 1990s, Popular Songs, Audio, Jazz, United States, Curriculum support, Funky
Released in September 1988, this became the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The "instruments" are entirely overdubbed voice parts and other sounds made by McFerrin, using no instruments at all.
Official classification: 1980s, Jazz, Popular Songs, Audio, Jazz, Vocal Percussion, Vocalising, United States, Curriculum support, reggae, A Capella
1939 recording of jazz standard by virtuoso pianist Art Tatum, his unique style is identified by the range, speed and accuracy of his playing. Whilst many have tried, rarely has anyone managed to replicate Tatum's sound.
Official classification: Piano, Improvising, 1900-1949, Jazz, Audio, Jazz, United States, Curriculum support
Originally written in 1954, this version released in 1964 featuring Sinatra singing, accompanied by Count Basie's Big Band. Played by both Apollo 10 on their moon orbital mission and Apollo 11 when on the moon.
Official classification: Space, 1950s, 1960s, Jazz, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Jazz, Male, Unit 18 Journey Into Space, Curriculum support, Swing
Piece for piano and orchestra, written by pianist Gershwin originally in 1924 and combining elements of both classical and jazz styles.
KS2/3 idea: pupils should be able to identify the jazz-style method of bending notes in the clarinet and trumpet lines at the beginning, followed by the rhythmically varied piano part with its improvisatory style, contrasted by the straight classical brass and string parts that play the marching theme that reoccurs with variation throughout the piece, along with sharp contrasts in instrumental texture.
Official classification: Theme & Variation, 1900-1949, Classical Pieces, Jazz, Audio, Classical, Jazz, United States, Curriculum support
Jazz performance from 1950 featuring:
Charlie Parker (alto sax)
Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax)
Hank Jones (piano)
Ray Brown (bass)
Buddy Rich (drums)
Official classification: Piano, Drums, Double Bass, Improvising, 1950s, Video, Jazz, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax