Category: Jazz

A. Listen to the Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag that we heard earlier in the course and compare it with Thelonious Monk’s piece called “Criss Cross.” Talk about the various elements of music especially melody. B. As we have seen, in works like “Haitian Fight Song,” and others, Charles Mingus’s music is often political or…

Who were the important women of jazz who made significant contributions to jazz before 1950? Indicate their specialties (trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, composer, etc.) and the bands and/or musicians with whom they were associated. Discuss the obstacles women had to overcome to become part of the jazz world and how sexism impacted jazz at the time.…