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