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From Africa to Jazz

From Africa to Jazz. Instruments of West Africa. Tone Block. Gankoqui. Shakere. Djun-Djun. Djembe. Three Elements of African Music.

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From Africa to Jazz

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  1. From Africa to Jazz

  2. Instruments of West Africa Tone Block Gankoqui Shakere Djun-Djun Djembe

  3. Three Elements of African Music • Polyrhythm: Is a term that refers to multiple layers of contrasting rhythm. The complex interweaving of these rhythms is a main part of what makes these songs so musically interesting. • Call and Response: In most Ghanaian instrumental ensembles there is a "master drummer" who issues forth "calls", which are patterns that are recognizable to the dancers and the other drummers. When the drummers hear a specific call, they may have to change to a specific rhythm. In the same way, the dancers may have to alter the step of the dance. This dynamic of call and response makes performing these songs exciting for the performers, as well as entertaining for the audience. Call and response also exists in vocal music. The leader sings a line and it is repeated by the chorus, or, each time the leader sings a new line but the group sings a repeated line each time. • Learning through Oral Tradition: This music is not passed down via notation, as is Western classical music. Rather, it is passed on from generation to generation via spoken drum language and demonstration. This allows for some subtle changes to suit the desires of the current generation.

  4. Polyrhythmclap the numbers that are in white 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

  5. American Musical Influences Church Virginia 1729 Brass Band Arlington, Virginia 1865 Scott Joplin 1867-1917

  6. A GREAT DAY IN HARLEMphotograph by Art Kane 1958

  7. A guide to the musicians in the photograph

  8. Who’s Who 1Hilton Jefferson 2Benny Golson 3Art Farmer 4Wilbur Ware 5Art Blakey 6Chubby Jackson  7Johnny Griffin 8Dickie Wells 9Buck Clayton 10Taft Jordan 11Zutty Singleton 12Red Allen 13Tyree Glenn 14Miff Molo 15Sonny Greer 16Jay C. Higginbotham 17Jimmy Jones 18Charles Mingus  19Jo Jones 20Gene Krupa 21Max Kaminsky 22George Wettling 23 Bud Freeman 24Pee Wee Russell  25Ernie Wilkins 26Buster Bailey  27Osie Johnson 28Gigi Gryce 29Hank Jones 30Eddie Locke 31Horace Silver 32Luckey Roberts 33Maxine Sullivan 34Jimmy Rushing 35Joe Thomas 36Scoville Browne  37Stuff Smith 38Bill Crump 39Coleman Hawkins 40Rudy Powell 41Oscar Pettiford 42Sahib Shihab  43Marian McPartland 44Sonny Rollins 45Lawrence Brown 46Mary Lou Williams 47Emmett Berry 48Thelonius Monk  49Vic Dickenson   50Milt Hinton 51Lester Young   52Rex Stewart  53J.C. Heard  54Gerry Mulligan  55Roy Eldgridge 56Dizzy Gillespie 57Count Basie

  9. Louis, Ella, and Duke “And all I'm saying is, see, what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance.” Louis "It isn't where you came from, it's where you're going that counts.” Ella “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” Duke

  10. What a Wonderful WorldWords & Music by Louis Armstrong I see trees of green, red roses tooI see them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself what a wonderful world.I see skies of blue and clouds of whiteThe bright blessed day, the dark sacred nightAnd I think to myself what a wonderful world.The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the skyAre also on the faces of people going byI see friends shaking hands saying how do you doThey're really saying I love you.I hear babies crying, I watch them growThey'll learn much more than I'll never knowAnd I think to myself what a wonderful worldYes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

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