MUAR 393 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Ken Burns, Miles Davis, Bebop
11 Feb 2017
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Lecture 16 bebop, ken burns documentary (feb. 8, 2017) Oscar peterson: (cid:862)thi(cid:374)gs ai(cid:374)"t (cid:449)hat the(cid:455) used to (cid:271)e(cid:863: blues form and blues style, slow and relaxed, instrumentalists take turns soloing, oscar peterson is a composer and famous jazz pianist. Expanding on the glossary of terms: swing feel: rhythmic feel common to jazz where basic pulse is subdivided into triplets. Even in modern american music: hip hop, r&b, beats are based on old jazz swing. Be-bop documentary: charlie parker"s ba(cid:374)d: (cid:373)ade (cid:271)e-bop famous. Charlie parker is famous saxophonist: died at 34 years; abuse of narcotics? (heroin became widespread around the 40s) Exciting and rapid melodic improvisation; virtuoso style. Became popular post wwii: miles davis: lyrical modernist trumpet player. Jazz documentary by ken burns: (can watch on youtube) Attributes jazz as originating from ragtime; ragtime drawing from minstrel songs, african-american spirituals, marches, european folk melodies.
