http://andrewjacobscott.com Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:06:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 SCHOOL OF CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS COURSE OUTLINE ACADEMIC YEAR 2008/2009 It is the student’s responsibility to retain course outlines for possible future use in support of applications for transfer credit to other educational institutions. PROGRAM: Bachelor of Applied Music (Contemporary Music) COURSE NUMBER: MUS. 212 COURSE NAME: Contemporary Music Theory and Improv 3 PRE-REQUISITE (S): MUS. 111 Contemporary Music ... http://andrewjacobscott.com/index.php?p=327 Happy 2008 and Welcome to the website of Andrew Scott PhD. Winner of the Best Jazz Artist of 2007 from the Toronto Independent Music Awards! There is a nice article on me entitled “Jazz is just one of grad’s many cool hats” by Alex Keshen on page 62 of the September ... http://andrewjacobscott.com/index.php?p=326 Class One:The Late 60’s. Andrew Scott Humber College Skiffle Lonnie Donnegan was the reigning king of British pop in the late 1950s traditional American folk songs performed on washboards, comb kazoos, a broomstick, a washtub bass and an acoustic guitar Quarry Men was led by a 15 year old named John Lennon. Paul McCartney joins shared passion for ... http://andrewjacobscott.com/index.php?p=325 Class Six: Soul, Stax, The British Invasion and the Folk Revival Humber College Andrew Scott Motown Started by Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit, Michigan. The most successful independent record company in history and the CEO of the largest black owned corporation in America Assembly line consisted of skilled professional—songwriters such as Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier, ... http://andrewjacobscott.com/index.php?p=324 Class Five: 1960-1963 Post World War II: Popular Music Humber College Andrew Scott 1960s: The Decade of Political Music Bob Dylan as political dissident, The Beatles as political subversives What was Little Richard as an early “gender-bender,” or Elvis’s dancing if not political? Or the record companies releasing sanitized cover versions of recordings by The ... http://andrewjacobscott.com/index.php?p=323 Pop Music History Class Four: 1950-1955 Humber College Andrew Scott Rock and Roll gets codified. The name Rock in Roll works its way into popular music and culture through Bill Haley and the Comets and Freed’s radio show. The music begins to take on its own qualities: no longer a synthesis of country and western, rhythm ... http://andrewjacobscott.com/index.php?p=322 Class Three: 1950-1955 Humber College Andrew Scott Review from last week. 1. Name one characteristic of country blues. 2. Name one characteristic of classic blues. 3. The twelve bar blues contains a mini form: aab, aaa, aba, abc? 4. In this musical example, Justin Timberlake is employing what musical device that some writers suggest has ... http://andrewjacobscott.com/index.php?p=321 Write up from Emily Burgess -Short sequel to Emotion and Meaning in music by Leonard Meyer -Western through-composed music can be viewed syntactically - Non-western styles or western compositions in performance (i.e. jazz) need more than just syntactic analysis. -Non-Western musical traditions are almost exclusively performance traditions. Chart comparing through-composed and performance based music. Embodied meaning Engendered ... http://andrewjacobscott.com/index.php?p=320 Post World War II: Class TwoTin Pan Alley, Roots and Blues. Andrew Scott Roots of Rock Although rock and roll music was codified in 1954 with “Rock around the Clock” (Bill Haley). American music such as jazz and rock do result from a blending of styles, of social groups, of men and women, of ... http://andrewjacobscott.com/index.php?p=319 Contemporary Issues in JAZZ History: Young Lions, Neo-classism and Fusion The Marsalis Family Born in New Orleans. Ellis—father (piano), Branford (Tenor Saxophone), Wynton (Trumpet), Delfayo (Trombone) and Jason (drums). Branford and Wynton both began their careers playing with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Jazz as a Cultural Institution Throughout the 1970s and 80s the ... http://andrewjacobscott.com/index.php?p=318