1. Black and Tan Fantasy 3 Duke Ellington

2. Learning Objectives  To learn some jazz vocabulary  To study the instrumentation and structure of the Black & Tan Fantasy  To learn some jazz vocabulary  To study the instrumentation and structure of the Black & Tan Fantasy

3. Line-up  Duke Ellington: Piano  Bubber Miley & Louis Metcalf: Trumpet  Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton: Trombone  Otto Hardwick, Rudy Jackson & Harry Carney: Saxophones  Fred Guy: Banjo  Wellman Braud: Bass  Sonny Greer: Drums  Duke Ellington: Piano  Bubber Miley & Louis Metcalf: Trumpet  Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton: Trombone  Otto Hardwick, Rudy Jackson & Harry Carney: Saxophones  Fred Guy: Banjo  Wellman Braud: Bass  Sonny Greer: Drums

4. Vocabulary  Changes  Head  Chorus  Break  Frontline  Rhythm Section  Reeds  Changes  Head  Chorus  Break  Frontline  Rhythm Section  Reeds  The chord pattern  The main harmonised theme  One complete statement of the changes  An unaccompanied solo  Solo instruments: tpt, sax, trb  Accompanying instruments: piano, banjo, bass, drums  Tpts, Saxes & Trb (i.e. all ww/brass)

5. SectionFrontlineRhythm Section 1-12 Chorus 1 Head-Intro Head based on The Holy City in muted tpt (Miley) & trb. Some pitch bending Accented on-beat chords. Off-beat piano chords 4,8,10. Cymbal crash at end Instrumentation/Structure SectionFrontlineRhythm Section 1-12 Chorus 1 Head-Intro Head based on The Holy City in muted tpt (Miley) & trb. Some pitch bending Accented on-beat chords. Off-beat piano chords 4,8,10. Cymbal crash at end 13-28 Interlude Sax melody with vibrato & lots of glissando Low reed chords. Off- beat damped cymbal crashes 29-52 Choruses 2 & 3 Trumpet solo. Long held note (how long?). Use of slide, growls, wah-wah with plunger mute & blue notes (find some) Crotchet chords. Piano solo overlaps end of trumpet solo

6. Instrumentation/Structure 2 SectionFrontlineRhythm Section 53-64 Chorus 4 Piano solo in stride style and very florid RH. Use of wide range of piano Silent, i.e. this is a break 65-76 Chorus 5 Trombone solo with plunger & straight mute in high tessitura with glissandi, growls & horse whinny Simple crotchet chords 77-86 Chorus 6 Trumpet solo using trills, repeated notes, slides & growls. How many notes does he use? As before + sax at 84

7. Instrumentation/Structure 3 SectionFrontlineRhythm Section 87-90Tpt/Trb in 6ths play the funeral march Low sax chords have repeating cadence (which type?). Off-beat cymbal crashes

8. Structure Summary  Head arrangement i.e. the chord sequence of the head is used as the basis for the following solos  Often the head is repeated tutti at the end  The head is a 12-bar blues in B b major/minor  Why is 13-28 not a head?  Comment on the structure of the final chorus  Head arrangement i.e. the chord sequence of the head is used as the basis for the following solos  Often the head is repeated tutti at the end  The head is a 12-bar blues in B b major/minor  Why is 13-28 not a head?  Comment on the structure of the final chorus

9. Compare and contrast  Structure  Ellington  Shostakovich Prelude  Holborne Pavane  Structure  Ellington  Shostakovich Prelude  Holborne Pavane