help me with my class?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique_(music)

apparently the "Afro" of Afro-Cuban jazz is mostly derived from the music of Mozambique.

oh, hell, let's take this from another direction. this isn't jazz, but the saxophone is way more associated with jazz than it is from carnatic music:

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ok wait sorry check this out this is some some great shit i just stumbled into, the title track of masahiko togashi's "spiritual nature" album from 1975, seriously goddamn wow, just this great pile of basses and flutes and percussion

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https://i2.wp.com/latinjazznet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Carlos-Averhoff-Jr.-Jazz-Meets-Cuban-Timba-CD-Cover-August-2018.jpg?w=500&ssl=1

this a more current Cuban release I've been liking recently, another bandleader who is the son a Cuban legend, which might suggest nepotism rules over there!

No idea why youtube urls pull from the address bar aren't working, so here's a attempt at pasting in my links through the share buttons

https://youtu.be/ALp9N_lS_b8

https://youtu.be/BId54VzErTU

I can't find any excerpts on YT, but as far as Russian/Central Asian free improv goes, I strongly recommend Astreja (or Astrea depending on the transliteration)'s Music from Davos. It features Sofia Gubaidulina (still one of the greatest living composers) and Viktor Suslin playing a variety of traditional instruments from the Caucasus region, alongside percussionist Mark Pekarsky and singer Valentina Ponomareva. It may not count as jazz if we go by a stricter definition, but that can make for an interesting discussion in its own right.

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3461509042_10.jpg

good noisy Russian Free Jazz group here!

on the cross-cultural/jazz-influenced end I'd be tempted to include some african big band stuff like congolese soukous a la Franco Luambo & OK Jazz, Fela Kuti & more recent afrobeat disciples like Lagbaja, or Salah Ragab's egyptian jazz. you could also have some 50s jamaican ska but I don't enough to recommend.

otherwise surely a bit of Django Reinhardt/gypsy jazz, perhaps L Subramaniam's indo jazz/fusion, or John Zorn/Masada-style klezmer-jazz

baku in azerbaijan is supposed to have a strong jazz history, idk anything about it tho

Hungarian avante garde Jazz meister Szilard Mezei is another interesting player, sort of surreal Marching Music, Bartok and Jazz influences. His last album was a concept album about postwar genocide in the East. Perhaps a bit much for some!

there is one tune he did which was a homage to Mal Waldron, and it was one of the most moving pieces of music I'd heard in years!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVkXT3xQr0Q

this type of stuff

i am getting to fela etc in a later lesson -- have no fear!

Japanese jazz fusion had a surge of international recognition at the start of the 1980s, and there's been a wave of renewed interest in the last few years. Acts of note include Ryo Kawasaki, Sadao Watanabe, Hiroshi Fukumura, Casiopea, Genji Sawai & Bacon Egg, Teruo Nakamura, Pacific Jam, Arakawa Band, Himiko Kikuchi, Nobuo Yagi.

Re African jazz, this group is from thee tyme of far-out sounds making their way even unto Voice of America etc., also increasingly demanded in clubs, and they always had several schools of body language grooving simultaneously---no perfect gateway, so pick any (if it doesn't show, search Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo Cotonou)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_pLdM12yx4

Mulatu Astatke & His Ethiopian Quintet ‎– Afro-Latin Soul Vols 1 & 2 (1966 LPs reissued this year) He plays billowing, rattling vibes over his own piano and percussion---very early, imperfect, but he's already got it, also some hip guests show up occasionally (what is that trumpet player on, I want some)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCxFDt4xSXA

we have a thread for japanese jazz fyi

Japanese jazz, "j-jazz"

Don't sleep onRough Guide To Ethiopian Jazz, with several approaches, all roads leading to a splendid gateway.
Haven't really followed Abullah Ibrahim or South African jazz overall as much as I should, but certainly his Ekaya was a white sky desert rose in my brain, Water from an Ancient Well also an old favorite; he has a way of blending echoes of Monk, Ellington, various homegrown colors, taking 'em a bit further on African Space Program. Still need to check the one with Gato Barbieri, from when AI was still billed over here as Dollar Brand.
Speaking of Gato, I'm still mostly familiar with his nutty romantic music for/in the notoriousLast Tango In Paris and especially Latin America: Chapter I---now that's what I call magic realism (also epic folklore and more romance). Follow-up, Bolivia, brings in some Americans, which works, and then later he goes to New York but haven't heard that one.

I am getting better at this! week 2 is the week where we have a LOT of vocabulary and talk about the elements of music. It's probably the most fun because we can talk about ANY KIND OF MUSIC as long as it illustrates a principle we are trying to learn. I also brought a bunch of instruments to try out and demonstrate the elements of music. This is more fun than I ever expected to have at work and it is because I stepped up and redesigned the whole curriculum. Thank you ilx for helping me!

Is this your third time through teaching this? Pretty curious to see the lecture titles or rough outline.

yes, this is my third time. i have two sections now, and plan to open a third (and find another teacher) in the fall. enrollment is booming!

the class is structured in 4 parts -- intro/vocabulary/what is music and how do i talk/write about it? ---> folk music of the world (description practice, students do a presentation) ---> intro to jazz/jazz diaspora (also includes a presentation) --> popular music by the decade starting in the 1950s (this part could change depending on who is teaching the class, it happens to be something i know just enough about to teach other people)

they also have two larger writing assignments -- observing and writing about a musical performance of their choice (i also host outings) and interviewing a person who works in the field of music (volunteer interviewees welcome! if you are interested webmail me your contact info! no jokers)

I've just started reading something that seems like it might be helpful: Playing Changes: Jazz For The New Century, by Nate Chinen---starts on an evening in 2017! But skimming ahead, can see it loops back aways, tracing M Base Collective and its influence, for inst. Cover flap assures us that this traces the rise of jazz historicism, institutionalism, and and beyond, w increasing influence of R&b, hip-hop, other, also how "shape-shifting elders," like Shorter and Threadgill, "have moved the aesthetic center." Blurbs by Sonny Rollins, Alx Ross, Herbie Hancock.

just a little update --

the smaller of my two classes meets at night and i gave them the option of putting together an end of semester show as their final project. today is flyer/flier-making/digitizing/distributing and the show is in 2 weeks. we have a stylistically and culturally diverse lineup and everyone is giving it their best so far, self included. so far, so good!

my other class is going ahead with the regular curriculum so it's also interesting to see the difference between the two classes.

by show, you mean mixtapes or something like that?

No we’re going to put on a real performance!! In our classroom! Room 169 is about to get lit 🔥

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yeah! it's the first time i am trying this project and its success depends entirely on my students not dropping the ball on ANYTHING
but
their attendance and participation has been so reliable and of such a dedicated quality that i have faith in them

Any chance that you might post this on the 'Tube? Maybe a student will---

we do have someone in charge of photography and documentation
i would like to have a video, idk if we will post it but if we have it we probably will!

it's about 45 min of live performance (like a small variety show i guess? a very unusual one) followed by karaoke party (to blow off steam the week before finals, naturally)

we did it! still sorting through our media, not sure if any of it will wind up on youtube but i posted some myself
(not linking here because i value the piddling shred of anonymity this website provides me)

update:
* should have two sections again this upcoming semester, good news bc fall is much more lively in the "free concert" department than winter/spring
* upgraded my equipment to a retired phone + bluetooth speaker. I can put my own music onto the phone and play at will or use school wifi to stream. nice! better than relying on the old laptops we have on the carts! way better than carting around a zillion CDs, which I will do to show that they exist but dnw to cart bags of them around town)
* this means i am going to buy a spotify subscription and use it in conjunction w youtube (not thrilled about this but a lot of students use spotify and I can make/share better/more reliable playlists)

we are also using a new LMS this year so cheers to tech upgrades, however late or antiquated they are, and to music appreciation, which almost singlehandedly fuels my zest for life in these trying times
:)

Not completely unrelated, I found this videos on youtube last week and loved the idea:

https://youtu.be/JjfOKyTfLa4

For his final exam at the state music university in Stuttgart, flo koenig formed a band to reinterpret songs into a live format. Covers include: Jasmine by Jai Paul, Our Love by Caribou and Nothing Thought by Sonnymoon.

I love the idea and the challenge of taking these songs that rely heavily on studio work - could be considered electronic music even - into a live setting.

#goals !!!!!

This is probably too basic for your age group, but last year, with my 3/4 class, I a) did a kind of history of music video, playing around 10 videos that I thought were among the best ever (a mix of obvious ones and personal favourites: "Nothing Compares 2U," "Walking Contradiction," "Man on the Moon," etc.), then b) had them produce their own video, preferably one that was more abstract than just lip-synching along. I had four groups: we were getting near the end of the year, so one group didn't finish, but of the other three, one of them produced something that was
really good!

Posted this on fb but I am also posting here because I want the widest possible range of options:

One of the assignments in my Music Appreciation class is to attend a live performance and write about it, sort of fly-on-the-wall description with some personal observations as well. As you can imagine, this is going to be impossible now.

What I need:
I am making a list of performance/concert films currently streaming and also full sets that are available on youtube. I plan to share this with students as soon as I can so they can use some of their quarantine time to enjoy live music/also complete their coursework. (I can share it here as well)

* What are your favorites?
* ALL GENRES WELCOME, the broader the selection the better
* For films, please type the TITLE of the film, the ARTIST if it is not obvious from the title, and what service it's streaming on
* For youtube links, just list the artist's name and if you want a few words about why you think it's a good choice!

THANK YOU

"stop making sense" (talking heads) - criterion channel

Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace on Hulu made me cry a few times
https://www.hulu.com/movie/amazing-grace-fdfa744d-1fe1-4982-8a70-157246d148c1

YESS we already watched that one but they LOVED it, they were mesmerized
thank you for posting, please do not worry about overwhelming me with options, i am making a googledoc and i can share if it anyone wants to see

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2-5-g8boIc

Gil Evans and his Orchestra, Live in Lugano, 1983

57:36 HD color TV show, nice presentation of Evans' 19-piece big band with Billy Cobham on drums

https://www.deseret.com/2020/3/16/21181909/metropolitan-opera-streaming-free-performances-covid-19-coronavirus

"storefront hitchcock" (robyn hitchcock), amazon prime

i believe "sign o' the times" (prince, obvi) is still on amazon prime, too.

and there is of course a ridiculous treasure trove of live prince shows on youtube, though they tend to come and go so it's an ever-mutating list.

fugazi "instrument" (has optional spanish subtitles on youtube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqfvlPZk0R0

YESSS thank you
URLs appreciated for Prince performances if you know of any in particular

an old youtube favorite: replacements live at the 7th street entry, september 1981, in six parts starting here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUFWnbz2siM

this prince 1985 show has decent video quality and has remained up for several months, which is pretty stable as prince youtubes go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOFem3JEn2E

the boredoms' amazing 77 boa drum show in brooklyn, in multiple parts starting here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXCCJIwLf2w

me and a few other ilxors floating around in that boadrum crowd

me too. that was a good day.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHhPmXqts3M

because there are probably some worthwhile discussions to be had about whether there's a clear-cut dividing line between novelty/spectacle and ~serious art~, and whether handing out free cocaine is a constructive way to boost audience engagement

(fwiw I can't find a better quality upload, it doesn't seem to be available on any streaming services, and the DVD is prohibitively expensive)

nevermind, that DVD link is for a completely different show. afaict the Montreux video was only ever issued on VHS under the title The One Man Twins