1) Introduce the Jazz musician that is famous for the instrument you wrote about for your last homework. In your short text, provide the following information:

• full name
• instrument
• nationality
• style/genre
• years active
• famous for (song, album, band, playing technique, instrument)

2) In music, what do the following letters stand for, and what do they mean?

Homework Oct 06-10:

Describe, in your own words, one of the following instruments.

Drumset

Electric guitar

Saxophone

Double Bass

Piano

Research on the internet and answer, in your description, at least 3 of the following questions:

When was the instrument invented?

How do we play it?

Which jazz musician is famous for playing this instrument?

What material is the instrument made of, and how does it produce sound?

September 26, 2014

We’re learning about Jazz at the moment. Here’s a list of tunes we have been listening to:

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Take 5

Pat Metheny: James

Wes Montgomery: Four on Six

Miles Davis: So What

Hajime Yoshizawa: Home

Keith Jarret: The Koeln Concert part 1

O morro (Favela): Astrud Gilberto

Dream A Little Dream Of Me: The Mamas & The Papas