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Mandatory Music Selection
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The following music selections are used in this course:
Identification Test #1:
Review 1: Pre-Jazz, Piano, and Dixieland
| Selection Title | Performer |
|---|---|
| The Pearls | Jelly Roll Morton |
| Julie Ann Johnson | Leadbelly |
| Hellhound on My Trail | Robert Johnson |
| St. Louis Blues | Bessie Smith |
| He’s Funny That Way | Billie Holiday |
| Maple Leaf Rag | Scott Joplin |
| Maple Leaf Rag | Jelly Roll Morton |
| Carolina Shout | James P. Johnson |
| Honky Tonk Train Blues | Meade “Lux” Lewis |
| Handful of Keys | Fats Waller |
| Willow Weep for Me | Art Tatum |
| Dippermouth Blues | Joe “King” Oliver |
| Maple Leaf Rag | Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers |
| West End Blues | Louis Armstrong and the Hot Five |
| Singin’ the Blues | Bix Beiderbecke/Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra |
Identification Test #2:
Review 2: Swing and Bebop
| Selection Title | Performer |
|---|---|
| Wrappin’ It Up | Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra |
| Till Tom Special | Benny Goodman Sextet |
| Body and Soul | Coleman Hawkins |
| Organ Grinder’s Swing | Jimmie Lunceford Big Band |
| Lester Leaps In | Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven with Lester Young |
| Splanky | Count Basie Big Band |
| In a Mellotone | Duke Ellington Orchestra |
| Down South Camp Meeting | Benny Goodman Orchestra |
| He’s Funny That Way | Billie Holliday |
| You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To | Ella Fitzgerald and Roy Eldridge |
| Shaw ’Nuff | Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie |
| Boplicity | Miles Davis |
| Django | Modern Jazz Quartet |
| Stop Time | Horace Silver Quintet |
| Misterioso | Thelonious Monk Quartet |
Identification Test #3:
Review 3: Free Jazz, Modal, and Fusion
| Selection Title | Performer |
|---|---|
| Jayne | Ornette Coleman |
| I Should Care | Thelonious Monk |
| A Love Supreme | John Coltrane |
| So What | Miles Davis |
| Miles Runs the Voodoo Down | Miles Davis |
| Port of Entry | Weather Report |
| Itsbynne Reel | Michael Brecker |
Identification Test #4:
Review 4: Jazz Legacies
| Selection Title | Performer |
|---|---|
| Night in Tunisia | Bud Powell (piano) |
| My Funny Valentine | Sarah Vaughan (vocals) |
| Chacarera | Esperanza Spalding (bass/vocals) |
| Hackensack | Wynton Marsalis (trumpet) |