Answer the following three questions. Write a minimum of 500 words per question. Format your essay using 12-point, Times New Roman font, double spaced. Provide a simple bibliography at the end. of your source material, which can be from the class text or other academic and well-researched sources. Use parenthetical citation and quotations when necessary.
Compare the Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and Duke Ellington bands, specifically addressing their musical and cultural achievements. In what ways is Goodman’s title “King of Swing” appropriate or inappropriate?
Discuss the development of the Bebop movement. Consider the historical origins, important innovators, and the stylistic and musical departures from previous sub-genres like Swing and New Orleans.
Pick a sub-style of jazz developed during the 1950s (Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, Funky/Soul Jazz, Third Stream, Modal Jazz). Discuss the main characteristics of the sub-style, its main exponents, and some important recordings. Is that style of jazz still played today? If so, who are some artists currently playing that sub-genre of jazz?
Source to be used:
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/12/953964352/equal-at-last-women-in-jazz-by-the-numbers
(Also one more included in uploaded files)
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