Chris Click, Band/ HOP Music

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Required Jazz Listening

Here one of the CLASSIC versions of Sweet Home Chicago. Listen to the way the lay in to some parts and back off others. If you are wanting to take a solo, start at 3 minutes in and start taking notes. If you like a lick, TRANSCRIBE IT!!

One of my favorite guys in one of my favorite of his eras

Mingus on his famous Europe tour in 1964. Eric Dolphy was at the top of his game taking some monumental solos on both Tenor Sax and Bass Clarinet. Dolphy left this tour a month later, and hung around in Berlin before he headed back to the States to record another solo record. On June 29, Eric Dolphy fell into a coma due to an undiagnosed diabetic condition. He never woke back up. This song was written to say goodbye to Eric as he left the tour, but took on the role of a eulogy for one the times best and most prolific players. So Long Eric.

Jazz Listening: Three Views of a Secret

Take a few minutes out of your day, sit down and listen to this track start to finish. 

Listening for the week of 1/23

All of the jazz students should be listening to this recording of Lester Leaps In, as well as the arrangement we are playing.  Use the listening rubric to form some opinions!

Jazz listening assignment 1. Listen to THE recording of our tune Alamode, and then answer the questions of the rubric. Be ready to talk about it on Thursday.
Lets get nerdy on some Hard Bop folks.

This weeks listening

Listening for this week

Find the whole album and listen. Now listen again

 

Jazz Links section is live

The jazz links section of the site is live. In it you will find links to great bands playing our tunes, as well as some school bands playing our exact arrangements. I want you to take the time to listen to these videos, especially the school band examples. We will discuss these during class, and I want you to be able to talk about strengths and weaknesses of each performance.
 
Going to be fun!