accent, accolades, accompaniment, acoustics, act, adaptation, admiration, admission, affect, aficionado, airplay, album, amphitheater, amplifier, applause, appreciate, arrangement, array, artist, assemble, atonal, audience, auditorium, aulochrome, awe
background, band, banjo, bassist, beat, bebop, beginnings, big time, blues, bones, boogie-woogie, bookings, bop, box office, brass, business, buzz
Cajun, CD, charismatic, clamorous, clarinet, classics, clubs, collaboration, complex, composer, composition, concept, concert, contemporary, contracts, cool jazz, cornet, creative, crows, current, cutting edge
dance, date, derivations, devotee, distinctive, distinguish, distortion, drummer, drums
effect, element, emotional, emphasis, energy, enjoyment, entertainment, era, event, exciting, exposure, extravaganza
fame, famous, fans, favorites, featuring, feeling, festival, finest, focus, format, fundraiser, fusion, fusion jazz
genre, golden age, groove, group, guests, guitar
harmony, headphones, hear, hit, homage, homemade, horns
imitation, improvisation, include, influences, information, inspiring, instruments, international, interpolation, interpretation, invigorating, invitation, irregular
jam session, jazz, jug
keyboard, keys
legend, limit, listen, lively, loud, loud, lover, lyrics
masses, mega-event, mellow, melody, meter, microphone, mike, mixture, modes, mouthpiece, multimedia, music, musicians
new, New Orleans, night, nightclub, nonet
old, orchestra, organized, origins
partnership, passionate, percussion, perform, performance, periods, personality, phrase, piano, play, pleasure, polish, popular, primitive, produce, product, pulse
quartet
ragtime, range, raucous, raw, recording, regional, regular, relaxation, repetitive, reunion, revere, revere, rhythm, rhythm-and-blues, riff, roots
Satchmo, saxophone, scalpers, section, sensational, set, share, show, show business, singer, solo, song, songwriter, soothing, soul, sounds, southern, speakers, stage, staging, star, start, stdio, string bass, strong, style, superstars, swing, syncopation, synthesizer
talent, taps, technique, tickets, timeless, timing, tones, tour, traditional, trend, tribute, trio, trombone, trombone, troupe, trumpet, tuba
upbeat, urban
venue, verses, veteran, veteran, violin, visionary, vocalization, volume
washboard
zealous, zobo, zydeco
Eight basic early jazz instruments included: bass, clarinet, drums, guitar, piano, saxophone, trombone and the trumpet.
Some recognizable Jazz names: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Count Basie, Bix Beiderbecke, George Benson, Brian Blade, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Steve Coleman, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Robert Glasper, Herbie Hancock, Scott Joplin, Gene Krupa, John Lewis, Joe Lovano, Wynton Marsalis, Brad Mehidau, Jason Mpran, Gerry Mulligan, Oliver Nelson, William Parker, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Doc Spaulding, Pete Steeger, Jack Teegarden, “Fats” Waller, Casandra Wilson, etc.
Jazz Lesson plans and discussion questions from myvocabulary.objectsdev.com:
1. How did jazz begin? What influences helped develop jazz?
2. In the 1920’s, a period often referred to as the Golden Age, there were many outstanding musicians. Name three or four of them. Write paragraphs about them and the influences they played in music.
3. Another important period of time is called the Swing Era. Name some of the bands and performers.
4. Choose four or five of the performers above and discuss their talents and contributions.
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