later jazz

the death of Coltrane

Brazilian influence

Grunge and the new Alternative

Nirvana
Kurt Cobain

Rap and Metal in the 1980s

RUN DMC
SUGARHILL GANG

Metallica

Guns n Roses

Pop and MTV

MJ
Madonna

The rise of the video

Punk Rock vs. Disco

Ramones
LA punk
beliefs

KC and the sunshine band

velvet underground
Andy Warhol

Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, and the legacy of the Grateful Dead

Psychedelia, Muscle Shoals, and Jazz up to 1960

Miles
Coltrane
Ornette Coleman
The Death of Billie Holiday

Beatles
San Francisco scene (Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin)

James Brown/ Aretha Franklin/ Stevie Wonder
Muscle Shoals sound (In the Midnight Hour)

The American Response 1964-66

Bob Dylan
The Beach Boys
Motown

The Everly Brothers- A Focus on Songwriting and Harmony

The Rise of Drugs and the Death of Bird

The British Invade the Ed Sullivan Show

Roy Orbison vs. the Rise of the Teen Idol (American Bandstand)

New York Jazz- Be Bop

Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
Minton's Playhouse
Billie Holiday

Protest Songs- the music of Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly

We explore the origins of the protest music through the folk styles of two very important American singer songwriters.

Leadbelly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Belly

Alan Lomax

Woody Guthrie

The end of 1959- The Day the Music Died

We discussed the end of 1959.
Chuck Berry was arrested.
Elvis joined the army.
Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper died.

The Beginnings of Rock and Roll

We explore the beginning of Rock and Roll through the artists that helped create it:

Elvis Presley (singer)
Chuck Berry (guitar)
Fats Domino (piano)

Research

Research Assignment

You are going to listen to a recording of one of the following jazz musicians and also do some research on his or her life.

Here is a list of some of the jazz musicians that you named in class.
Please choose a name from this list:

Miles Davis
Charles Mingus
John Coltrane
Louis Armstrong
Benny Goodman
Ella Fitzgerald
Max Roach
Wes Montgomery
Herbie Hancock
Duke Ellington
Charlie Parker
Jaco Pastorius
Sarah Vaughn
Billie Holiday

Early Jazz (New Orleans)

We will start the television series Jazz (Ken Burns)today focusing on New Orleans and the beginnings of jazz.
Notable names to consider:
Louis Armstrong

This week we also work on our research of a jazz artist and a review of recordings from the artist.

Ragtime, Western Swing, and Chicago Blues

We will continue our discussion of American Music with a focus on two genres: Ragtime and Western Swing. These two genres led directly to the formation of jazz/


Ragtime was a blend of music from the European tradition (especially the marches of John Philip Sousa) and African rhythms. It could be viewed as a predecessor to jazz.

Ragtime:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragtime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAtL7n_-rc

Western Swing borrowed heavily from country music

Bob Wills
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wills

What is Western Swing? (READ FOR HOMEWORK)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_swing

Early Blues

I want to stress that country music and blues music were not entirely separate.
The music had a similar structure and, often times, used similar instruments.
Both were also influenced by gospel music from white and black churches.
Both forms of music borrowed from each other heavily.

LINKS:
A Blues History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRwXVNt0i3k


ROBERT JOHNSON!!!

Bessie Smith

Old Time, Jug Bands, Bluegrass, and Country

Hello class and welcome to "A History of American Music."

I am extremely excited to teach this class and I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I will.
I will use this blog as a resource for links to things that I have shared in class and also to things you may be interested in that I did not share. Please do not use this as a definitive source of information for my class but as a guide to help you with exploring your interests in the subject matter.

Our first week will be exploring "old time" music, early jug band and "fiddle" music.

3 figures you should know:

BILL MONROE
HANK WILLIAMS
JIMMIE RODGERS

Instruments:
Banjo
mandolin
steel guitar

(homemade):
washboard
spoons
jug

Here are some links to get us started:

Irish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3xeTpgLP5o

"Old Time" music:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old-time_music

Old Joe Carson (1920s):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ6KMHEV9hY



Definition of a jugband:

http://www.jugband.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jug_band


short documentary of common instruments, etc. :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00ezil7iN8A

the great JIMMIE RODGERS!!! (early 1930s)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPlZYVhU50Q

Memphis Jug Band (1920s-30s)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3glET0vebQ



Old time fiddle:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_time_fiddle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_music#History


general timelines:
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/musictime1.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Timelines_of_American_music

songs:
Barbara Allen
Wind and Rain

interactive map:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html