A Level Music: Area of Study 3 – Jazz: Contemporary
Contemporary jazz: Style fragmentation. Focussed Listening: Gonzalo Rubalcaba (1963– ) – Gonzalo Rubalcaba: ‘Hip Side’ (2007) – From the album Avatar[…]
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Contemporary jazz: Style fragmentation. Focussed Listening: Gonzalo Rubalcaba (1963– ) – Gonzalo Rubalcaba: ‘Hip Side’ (2007) – From the album Avatar[…]
Read moreJazz-rock fusion: Cultural expansionism. Focussed Listening: John McLaughlin – The album Birds Of Fire (1972) by the Mahavishnu Orchestra (led by[…]
Read moreAvant-garde and free jazz: Jazz of the 1960s and 1970s. Focussed Listening: Ornette Coleman – Ornette Coleman: ‘Civilization Day’ (1971) –[…]
Read moreHard bop: The aftermath of bebop. Focussed Listening: Art Blakey – Art Blakey’s ‘Cranky Spanky’, from the album Hard Bop, recorded[…]
Read moreCool jazz: The chilled approach. Focussed Listening: Miles Davis (1926–1991) – Miles Davis: ‘So What’ (1959) – Miles Davis Sextet. From[…]
Read moreBebop: Jazz after the Second World War. Focussed Listening: Charlie Parker – Charlie Parker: ‘Ornithology’ (1946) – Charlie Parker: Ornithology (1945-1947),[…]
Read moreSwing: Big bands and tea dances Focussed Listening: Count Basie Count Basie: ‘Jumpin’ At The Woodside’ (1938) – Count Basie 1937-1943,[…]
Read moreEarly Jazz: The early New Orleans style. Focussed Listening: Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941) Jelly Roll Morton’s ‘Black Bottom Stomp’ (1926) –[…]
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