Learn more about bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, Latin jazz, and the artists described in the essay.
Possible topics include: (1) Dizzy Gillespie’s use of Afro–Cuban musicians and their influence on his music, (2) orchestration and arrangements by Gil Evans, (3) big bands of the postwar period (such as Dizzy Gillespie’s) as compared with bands from the Swing Era, and (4) exemplary soloists and the changing role of drummers in bebop bands.
Your personal research will culminate with a classroom presentation on your chosen topic Thursday May 2nd. This presentation will count as a quiz grade.
Scoring Criteria:
Creativity: 4- exceptional creativity and out of the box thinking, 3- demonstrates a moderate level of creativity and moments of out of the box thinking, 2- demonstrates minimal levels of creativity and little in the way of out of the box thinking, 1- lacks creativity or out of the box thinking.
Presentation: 4- fully engaged and captured the audience, 3- moments of engagement during the presentation, 2- few instances of audience engagement, 1- student as not able to engage the audience
Accuracy: 4- student presentation demonstrates a fully researched and accurate representation of the chosen topic, 3- moments of questionable research or scholarship, 2- many instances of questionable research or scholarship, 1- the presentation did not represent research or scholarship
Sources: 4- student presents a work with at least 3 cited sources, 3- student presents work with at least 2 cited sources, 2- student presents a work with at least 1 cited source, 1- student does not present cited sources
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