Reference no: EM133500694

Assignment: Concert Report on History of Jazz Say

A 2,000 words report discussing and detailing one of the 10 jazz albums from this list.

Use "The Turnaround" by Hank Mobley.

The report must address and discuss:

1. The artists performing on the album.
2. The importance and impact of the album in jazz history.
3. One track from the album must be selected for musical analysis

Title of the Work and Composer

1. Meter(s): Listen and/or observe the leader's count-off (or conducting pattern) or accents if no conductor was present and determine the meter of the main theme or first section(following an introduction if an intro was used). The meter will most likely be 2, 3, or 4 beats to the measure but could be some other number (like 5 in Take Five).

2. Genre or Category: Bebop, Swing, Blues, Smooth, etc.

3. Harmonic Characteristics: In general terms was the harmonic vocabulary primarily consonant or mostly dissonant? If possible, identify major scale, minor scale, modal, traditional blues progressions, etc.

4. Period of Jazz: List the date written, corresponding style period, one sentence on whether this piece displays characteristics of the period and list 2 characteristics YOU heard in this piece. If the work is a "modernization" or recasts a well-known work in a new or different style, be sure to make that observation and address the most interesting aspects of the musical transformation.

5. Composer's Chief Contributions to Jazz: this information can be taken from class lesson slides, online research, and your own observations.