Jazz Fundamentals

Greg Polanik CoordinatorCorina Iukovici Co-Coordinator

Academy for Lifelong LearningCape Cod Community College

Spring 2015

Chapter 111980 - 2015

Jazz is not dead,It just smells funny

Frank Zappa

1980 - 2015

The Modern SceneNeoclassicism, Historicism, Eclecticism,Post-Modernism, Neo Bop, Neo Swing, Smooth Jazz, Acid Jazz, Hip-Hop Jazz,New Age, Funk-Disco, Mainstream

Afro-Cuban Jazz, Latin Jazz, Klezmer,Bossa Nova

Smooth/Acid/Hip-Hop/New Age

• We already heard the homework

We will listen no more, forever.(Life is too short for bad music!)

• Kenny G overdubbed his sax onto: What a Wonderful World

This is what Pat Metheny said:

…Kenny G decided that it was appropriate for him to defile the

music of … the greatest jazz musician that has ever lived

by spewing his lame-ass, jive, pseudo bluesy, out-of-tune, noodling,

wimped out, fucked up playingPat Metheny

on Kenny G overdubbing Louis A

The Old Guard

• Sonny Rollins

Keep Hold of Yourself

• Wayne Shorter

Footprints

The Old Guard

• Miles Davis

Tutu

• Chick Corea

How Deep is the Ocean (2:00)Bud Powell (piano solo @ 5:20)

The Old Guard

• Herbie Hancock

Eye of the HurricaneBlackbird

I’ve never heard anythingWynton played sound likeit meant anything at all

He’s jazzy the same way someone who drives a BMW is sporty

Keith Jarrett

The Young Lions

• Wynton Marsalis

The Very Thought of YouCherokee

• Branford Marsalis

In The CreaseA Love Supreme

He sounded to me like he'ssupposed to be the savior of jazz

Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question

Well, no one asked him a question

Miles Davison Wynton Marsalis

The Young Lions

• Roy Hargrove

InvitationClose Your Eyes

• Marcus Roberts

Blue MonkIt Could Happen To You

The Young Lions

• Kenny Wheeler

All The MoreSmatter

• Nicholas Payton

I’m Trying To Swing As Little…Bag’s Groove

The Young Lions

• Marcus Miller

HylifeLive

• Christian McBride

Fried PiesLive

The Young Lions

• Joshua Redman

Jazz CrimesHide and Seek

If you plan on continuing a traditionit might be a good idea to find out

just what tradition it isthat you intend to continue

Pat Metheny

The Vocalists

• Diana Krall

Cry Me A River

• Norah Jones

You Don’t Know Me

The Vocalists

• Dianne Reeves

SkylarkSoftly, As In A Morning Sunrise

• Cassandra Wilson

CaravanDeath Letter

I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer

I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist

Cassandra Wilson

Post Free Jazz

• Kenny Garrett

Inner City Blues2 Down & 1 Across

• David Murray

Banished

Post Free Jazz

• Ronald Shannon Jackson

LiveGhost Dance

• The World Saxophone Quartet

Come SundayHattie Wall

You know, being America, beingthe land of “number ones”,

everyone wants to be a leaderbefore they follow

Branford Marsalis

Post Fusion

• Larry Carlton / Robben Ford

Cold, Cold

• Kurt Rosenwinkel

The Next Step

Most guys at Berkleeare going to wind up truck drivers

Pat Metheny

And then there’s…

• Tuck & Patti

Time After TimeCastles Are Made of Sand / Little Wing

• Jiggs Wigham

Here’s That Rainy Day

And then there’s…

• Brad Mehldau

Kurt VibeBuddha Realm

• Jason Moran

Antipode BluesRinging My Phone

And then there’s…

• Marc Ribot

Fat Man Blues

• Bill Frisell

I’m So Lonesome I Could CryWhat Do We Do?

And then there’s…

• Esperanza Spalding

I Know You KnowPrecious

• Gil Evans (Centennial Celebration)

Little Wing

If everyone liked what I did,I probably wouldn't be playing

anything of depth

Joshua Redman