Mus 306 Intro to Jazz

ONLY INTRODUCTION TO A RESEARCH PAPER Students will submit the introduction of the paper MUST INCLUDE title, topic and the person related to your topic, why you chose this person and topic, and your thesis in bold print).This introduction may be anywhere from a few sentences to two pages in length, as long as the above requirements are met.

You can pick any of these people or pick your own

Early Jazz/New Orleans
Louis Armstrong -trumpet
Sidney Bechet – clarinet/soprano saxophone
Jelly Roll Morton – piano
Fats Waller – piano

Big Bands/Swing Era
Duke Ellington – piano
Count Basie – piano
Billie Holiday – voice
Lester Young – saxophone
Coleman Hawkins – saxophone
Benny Goodman – clarinet
Lionel Hampton – vibraphone

Be-Bop
Charlie Parker – saxophone
Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
Thelonious Monk – piano
Ella Fitzgerald – voice
Sonny Rollins – saxophone
Charles Mingus – bass
Art Tatum – piano
Clifford Brown – trumpet
Sarah Vaughan – voice
Bud Powell – piano
Max Roach – drums
Roy Haynes – drums

Cool Jazz
Miles Davis – trumpet
Paul Chambers – bass
Cannonball Adderley – saxophone

Hard Bop
Art Blakey – drums/bandleader
Benny Golson – saxophone
Horace Silver – piano
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Joe Henderson – saxophone
Tony Williams – drums
Elvin Jones – drums

Free Jazz
Ornette Coleman – saxophone
Cecil Taylor -piano
Sun Ra – alien
Anthony Braxton – saxophone
Charlie Haden – bass

Genre-crossing
Miles Davis – trumpet
John Coltrane – saxophone
Herbie Hancock – piano
Wayne Shorter – saxophone
Ron Carter – bass
Chick Corea – piano
Jaco Pastorius – electric bass

Piano Trio Leaders
Bill Evans – piano
Oscar Peterson – piano
Horace Silver – piano
Dave Brubeck – piano
Ahmad Jamal – piano
Kieth Jarrett – piano