WAYNE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MUS 112-40 Introduction to Jazz Fall, 2015-2016 Tuesday/Thursday 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. SJAFB Library Bldg. Instructor Information Instructor: Dr. Joseph Hodges Telephone Numbers: (252) 523-9093 (H) (252) 527-8591 Ext 2379 (O) Office Hours: 8-9:30 a.m. E-Mail Address: jmhodges@waynecc.edu jhodges@lenoir.k12.nc.us FAX Number: (252) 527-9014

Dr. Hodges’ Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVilOs2j2UbIxOcAxOUPzqfMniAaHM3db

16. Fusion I: R&B, Singers, and Latin Jazz

*.” Wes Montgomery / Jimmy Smith, “O.G.D Wes Montgomery was a jazz guitarist and probably the most influential postwar improviser on the instrument. Wes Montgomery played guitar in the Lionel Hampton band in 1948–50 and in Indianapolis during the 1950s, most often with his brothers Buddy and Monk. Most of Montgomery's finest recordings, including The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery, Movin' Along and Full House, date from 1959–63, and his solo forms especially were an influence on later guitarists, most prominently George Benson.

*Sarah Vaughan, “All of Me” Jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan performed with big bands before becoming a solo artist. She is known for singing "Send in the Clowns" and "Broken-Hearted Melody.” Born on March 27, 1924, in Newark, New Jersey, Sarah Vaughan grew up with a love of music and performing. Winning a talent competition held at Harlem's Apollo Theater launched her singing career. She worked with bandleaders Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine before becoming a successful solo performer who commingled pop and jazz. At age 66, Vaughan died in Hidden Hills, California, on April 3, 1990.

Dizzy Gillespie, “Manteca” A jazz trumpeter and composer, Dizzy Gillespie played with Charlie Parker and developed the music known as "bebop." His best-known compositions include "Oop Bob Sh' Bam," "Groovin' High," "Salt Peanuts" and "A Night in Tunisia.” Born on October 21, 1917, in Cheraw, South Carolina, Dizzy Gillespie, known for his "swollen" cheeks and signature (uniquely angled) trumpet's bell, got his start in the mid-1930s by working in prominent swing bands, including those of Benny Carter and Charlie Barnet. He later created his own band and developed his own signature style, known as "bebop," and worked with musical greats like Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Earl Hines, Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington. Gillespie's best-known compositions include "Oop Bob Sh' Bam," "Groovin' High," "Salt Peanuts," "A Night in Tunisia" and "Johnny Come Lately." Gillespie died in New Jersey in 1993. Today, he is considered one of the most influential figures of jazz and bebop.

Stan Getz / João Gilberto, So danço samba Stan Getz was born at St. Vincent's Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Feb. 2, 1927. He had one brother, Robert, who was born on October 30, 1932. His parents had come from the Kiev area in the Ukraine In 1903, tired and fearful of the Pogroms. The Getz family had first settled in West Philadelphia, but moved to New York City after Stan's fraternal uncle told them there were better jobs in New York. They lived first on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and then moved up to the East Bronx.

Stan's father had many jobs, but he wasn't aggressive by nature and was thus often unemployed. Stan's mother was a more demanding person and pushed her first son hard to study. She hoped he would become a doctor or a professor and took extra care of him, setting straight "A" standards for his schoolwork. Stan worked hard in school. During hot Bronx summers, Stan developed a love for swimming at Crotona Park. At this same park, he sold sunflower seeds in two-cent packets that he had purchased in bulk. Stan had his Bar Mitzvah in 1940. Neither Stan nor Robert had much spiritual grounding. Between them, they would have four wives and seven children, none of whom were raised Jewish.

On February 16, 1940, his Dad bought him a $35. 00 alto saxophone On February 16, 1940, his Dad bought him a $35.00 alto saxophone. Stan was 13. He moved on quickly to play all of the saxophones, as well as the clarinet, but he really loved the sound of the tenor saxophone. "In my neighborhood my choice was: be a bum or escape. So I became a music kid, practicing eight hours a day. I was a withdrawn, hypersensitive kid. I would practice the saxophone in the bathroom, and the tenements were so close together that someone from across the alleyway would yell, 'Shut that kid up', and my mother would shout back, 'Play louder, Stanley, play louder'." He mooched quarters off of his Mom so that he could take saxophone lessons every week from an excellent local teacher named Bill Sheiner. He even took up playing bassoon in the school band.

*Eddie Palmieri, “Un dia bonito Famed pianist and composer Eddie Palmieri won nine Grammy Awards throughout his career, for albums like The Sun of Latin Music, Solito and Masterpiece. Born in New York City on December 15, 1936, Eddie Palmieri began playing piano at Carnegie Hall when he was 11 years old. In 1961, he started his first band, Conjunta La Perfecta. His brother, pianist Charlie Palmieri, dubbed their style "trombanga" since they used trombones to make the traditional "charanga" sound. Palmieri won nine Grammy Awards throughout his career, for albums like The Sun of Latin Music (1974), Solito (1985) and Masterpiece (2000).

UN DIA BONITO-LALO RODRIGUEZ, EDDIE PALMIERI Y CHARLIE PALMIERI AL ROJO VIVO 84'