Fine arts pages 98-108 Shelby Ballard

Pre quiz 1. When was martin luther king assassinated? a. April 4,1968 2. Who was said to have recorded the first jazz-fusion record a. April 4,1968 b. April 5,1968  c. April 4,1969 d. April 5,1969 a. Wendy Carlos  b. Miles Davis  c. Teo Macero d. Steve Reich

The assassination of martin luther king jr. On April,4 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. Was in Memphis supporting sanitation workers who had gone on strike. While he was on his balcony, a single snipers bullet severed his spinal cord.  The whole world was in shock over the assassination, and musicians everywhere were inspired to comment in song, including Luciano Berio who created a whole piece from only using syllables in Luther Kings name.

The birth of jazz fusion Jazz musicians had been struggling for a way to compete with the intense audience appeal of rock music  Davis took small steps at first—asking his bassist to use electric bass, instead of acoustic, asking his keyboard player to use the electric piano instead of a concert grand, and eventually brought an electric guitarist into the group. This new music style sounded primarily like mainstream jazz. Davis recorded the album, In a Silent Way, which was considered to be the first jazz fusion record. This album took several more steps that brought the music closer to rock.

Woodstock Woodstock was one of the most famous musical events of the 1960s is the rock festival held near Woodstock, NY, in august 1969. The "Aquarian explosion" of "three days of peace and music" had took place on August 15-17, 1969. After all, the festival was intended was intended to be "three days of peace and music" the other common denominator at the festival, however, was drugs. Possibly the most famous aspect of the entire woodstock festival was Jimi Hendrixs performance of "the star- spangled banner"

Quiz Continued a. Robert Moog b. Wendy Carlos a. piano c. Jimi Hendrix 3.who composed a work in dr. Martin luther kings memory that used only the syllables of kings last name as text? 4.the ---- was developed during the 1960s, Robert moog was the technical developer   and wendy Carlos had the first popular hits using the new equipment  a. Robert Moog b. Wendy Carlos c. Jimi Hendrix d. Luciano Berio a. piano  b. ukulele c. synthesizer d. mowtown