MUS 127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Duke Ellington, Sidney Bechet, Max Roach
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If you don"t know what it is, don"t mess with it - louis armstrong/fats waller. If you have to ask, you"ll never know - thelonious monk. Jazz is only a word and really has no meaning. You have to define it the long way. You have to tell about the people who make it, what they have inside them, what they"re doing, what they"re waiting for. Then you can begin to have an understanding - sidney bechet. America"s classical music - billy taylor/us congress. Means the abuse and exploitation of black musicians - max roach. A field of both achievement and restraint - eric porter. Jass is a product of african american exceptionalism, but it was never exclusionary music. If jazz means anything, it is freedom of expression - duke ellington. A distinctive approach to rhythm: swing and groove. Melody, harmony, form, structure, color, texture, style. How is jazz history normally taught? swing, bebop, hard bop )
