Beginnings


0.  Introductory Music & slide show


1.  Course Introduction:

      This course will cover: Miles' music 1946-1972.

      Who was Miles Davis?


2. A Short History of Jazz Trumpet to 1940:

     Buddy Bolden  (1877-1931)  Committed to an insane asylum in 1907 due to alcoholism
                                                     before the recording era.

     Joe "King" Oliver  (1881-1938)  Dipper Mouth Blues (1923)  w/ Louis Armstrong

     Louis Armstrong  (1901-1977)  The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens (1927-1928)
 
            West End Blues (opening cadenza), Potato Head Blues, Weather Bird,
            Struttin' with Some Bar-B-Q, Wild Man Blues 

     Bix Beiderbecke  (1903-1931)  Davenport Blues (1928)  3:00

     Harry "Red" Allen  (1906-1977)  Wild Man Blues


Transition to Swing  /  The Big Band era):

    Harlem Renaissance: Duke Ellington.
 
             Other swing figures: Count Basie, Jimmy Lunceford,
             Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Glenn Miller  

      Roy "Little Jazz" Eldridge  (1911-1989)  1958 Jam Session w/ Coleman Hawkins.

      Roy Eldridge (vocals, trumpet, Coleman Hawkins playing ..
               Just You, Just Me (18:00-22:50)  Total 10:00     Notice the dancing.

      Harry "Sweets" Edison  (1915-1999)


3. Bebop: 

    In many ways bebop was a response to World War II.  The fast rhythms reflected increased 
    production and industrialization, suburban sprawl and a faster paced lifestyle. 

    It also reflected bebop musicians' desires to be taken seriously as artists rather than as entertainers.  
    They wanted to raise jazz to the level of European classical music where the music was just for 
     listening, not dancing.  Bebop rhythms could not be danced to by the average person.

     John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (1917-1993)

     Bebop had roots in the Billy Eckstine Band (Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis,
      Art BlakeyCharlie Parker, and Fats Navarro,  vocalist Sarah Vaughan. and 
      arranger Tadd Dameron) ...


     Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie:  Hot House  3:35


     Charlie Parker & Miles Davis:  
          
              Ornithology  (4:10)
              A Night in Tunisia  (3:05) 
              Now's the Time  (3:15)
 
      Freddie Hubbard:  I Remember Clifford (with vibrato)  (1:00?)
 
       Charlie Parker & Miles:  My Old Flame (3:15) 


4.  The Birth of the Cool nonet:  (influenced by the Claude Thornhill Band)

     11 tracks recorded in three sessions  -  1949 - 1950


     1.  Miles Davis  (trumpet)  
     2.  Lee Konitz  (alto sax, arranger)  
     3.  Gerry Mulligan  (baritone sax)  
     4.  Bill Barber  (tuba)  
     5.  J. J. Johnson and others (trombone) 
     6.  Junior Collins and others  (French horn)  
     7.  Al Haig or John Lewis (of the Modern Jazz Quartet)  (piano)  
     8.  Al McKibbon and others (bass)  
     9.  Max Roach or Kenny Clarke  (drums)
          Gil Evans  (arranger)


     Boplicity  (3:02)
     Jeru    (3:15)     Gerry Mulligan
     Deception         Miles Davis, arr. Gerry Mulligan  (2:50)
     Venus de Milo   Gerry Mulligan,    
      

    Moon Dreams  (Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer)  (3:45)  
     Move  (Lee Konitz, 1954)  (3:20)  
     Boplicity  (Live, 1991 w/ Quincy Jones)  (3:42)


    Total music time:  17:30





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