Describe the artist’s musical characteristics. How does the music of this artist compare to the music of contemporary artists?

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Choosing an artist for the Jazz Artist Report:

The goal of the Jazz Artist Report assignment is to take the student out of the text and both onto the Internet and into libraries. The student has the opportunity of focusing on a particular artist and covering the main points of that musician’s professional life.

As an example of the areas to be addressed, the student can look to the text coverage of artists such as:

Louis ArmstrongDuke EllingtonCount BasieMiles DavisJohn Coltrane

Since those five artists are covered so thoroughly in the text, these jazz artists cannot be chosen as possible subjects for the Jazz Artist Report.

Choose a specific jazz musician and focus on their sound, their unique musical contributions, and the specific stylistic jazz period identified with this artist.

Plan on 3-5 pages minimum before the Works Cited page or the log. The report should be free of grammatical errors. And please use the spell check, remembering that it is often confused by the context in which some of your words are used!

Make sure to include the following topics and note that the * topics should make up the bulk of the paper.

  1. Describe the background and training of the musician.
  2. What other musicians influenced this particular artist?
  3. *Why is this jazz artist so important?
  4. *Describe the artist’s musical characteristics. How does the music of this artist compare to the music of contemporary artists?
  5. *How did this artist’s music develop over the years? Can that artist’s career be divided into different periods?
  6. What other musicians did this artist influence?
  7. Required: Listen to two or three selections by this artist and complete a listening log. Highlight the musical characteristics of this artist.
  8. Required: Include at least  two context citations  and at least one quote. Cite sources for these in the  report and list  the sources at the end in a “Works Cited” page. Remember to not  use the text or the musical  selections used for the eight logs for  your support. You can, though, use some  of the other musical selections  that came with the course materials. If you  need help formatting  in-text citations or your Works Cited page.

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Choosing an instrument for the Jazz Instrument Report:

The goal of the Jazz Instrument Report assignment is to take the student out of the text and both onto the Internet and into libraries. The student has the opportunity of focusing on a particular instrument and covering how the playing of that instrument has changed for different styles throughout the history of jazz.

choose a specific jazz instrument and focus on the particular sound, the unique musical characteristics, and the specific stylistic jazz styles most identified with this instrument. Included in this would also be noted artists associated with this instrument in different styles.

Plan on 3-5 pages minimum before the Works Cited page or the log. The report should be free of grammatical errors. And please use the spell check, remembering that it is often confused by the context in which some of your words are used!

Make sure to include the following topics and note that the * topics should make up the bulk of the paper.

  1. How did this particular instrument come to be used in jazz?
  2. *Who were the outstanding jazz artists of each stylistic style who played that instrument?
  3. *Describe how the instrument was used differently in each stylistic style.
  4. *Describe different effects and manners of playing that are unique to that instrument.
  5. *How did this artist’s music develop over the years? Can that artist’s career be divided into different periods?
  6. What other musicians did this artist influence?
  7. Required: Listen to jazz artists playing this instrument and choose two or three selections to complete a listening log. Highlight the musical characteristics of these artists on this instrument.
  8. Required: Include at least two context citations and at least one quote. Cite sources for these in the report and list the sources at the end in a “Works Cited” page. Remember to not use the text or the musical selections used for the eight logs for your support. You can, though, use some of the other musical selections that came with the course materials. If you need help formatting in-text citations or your Works Cited page