Reading Logs for New Perspectives on Jazz

What might be a good title for this chapter of the

text?
p.5

Instead of The American Jazz Audience, I believe

this section of New Perspectives on Jazz should have
been named The Reason for Loving Jazz. This is
because this piece goes into the background of how
and why people listen to or attend live jazz events.
This predominantly African- American audience has
since changed into more of a mixed audience, and
less and less people are listening to the music and
more are playing it.

Has anything in the beginning of New Perspectives

on jazz changed the way I think?
p.15,25,27

Yes, I learned that not only was the jazz history

foundation popularized by the African- American jazz
movement, it originated from the traditions that were
allowed to survive during slavery and the early years
of emancipation. This, along with some merging of
this music into european and modern styles, is what
created the Jazz that we call classic today.

What does all those composers, with one

exception, failed to hear and see that true jazz was
essentially improvised, spontaneously created
music mean?
p.17

The author in this case is criticizing the way most

Jazz artists go about coming up with real jazz
influences. His argument is that the originations of
jazz must be solely improvisational and that few
artists have even come close to achieving that
standard. One artists who did was Milhaud, who
showed freedom and spontaneity in his jazz
compositions.

The most important word in this sentence was loyal.

p.36

The sentence reads, No one should be surprised that

the jazz audience is now a small but loyal coterie of
the sort that sticks to an art after the art has been
abandoned. This sentences is proving that the only
ones still invested in jazz are only the ones who
understand and or play it. Because of this, the
expectations for jazz audiences to show up around
the world are small.

Something in the New Perspectives on Jazz that

was very unclear to me was the authors standpoint.

The author, David Baker, takes a lot of different

standpoints when he is deciding on the definition of
real jazz and folk and pop jazz. He starts the
beginning of the book by talking about how all the
artists are not doing real jazz correctly, but he then
goes on to the the rest of the book citing different
types of jazz that do not represent his definition at all.
He seems to contradict himself, or the other authors
that he used in the

Reading logs for Developmental Techniques for the Jazz Ensemble

Musician
Is there something in the text that is unclear to
me?
p.4

Right off the bat, this technique book talks about a

kind of band that i have never even heard of
before. This is because they are talking about
people dancing to the jazz that is being played,
and I have never experienced that in my life, so it
is not understandable for me. The vook then goes
on to say how this wasnt to be anyway, because
jazz is seen as vulgar and refuted.

Why is this important?

p.27

This section is important because it is the basis for

almost all jazz music. It is the explanation of the
swing style and how the beat from two eighth
notes has a triplet feel. This is the characteristic
sound of swing music and is arguably one of the
most important parts of this book on techniques of
jazz

What might be a good title for this portion of the

text?
p.51

This portion of the text goes on to talk about how

important tone and vibrato style is in making your
sound on the saxophone you. This section should
have been name Making your instrument you
instead of Technical problems of the saxophone
section, because the whole chapter talks about
how it is important to be different and unique in
your styles and sounds of your saxophone. The
sound you produce is who you are as a sax player.

What does Breath Articulation Mean?

p.78

Breath articulation came from the jazz choir branch

of jazz where the stressed and unstressed rhythms
are sang in different ways. This is then carried over
into playing styles and it exaggerates the accents
that are put on the notes. This is especially
important in ensemble playing, so everyone is
articulating the notes correctly together.

What is the authors purpose in this section?

p.163

This section is focused on improvisation, and

mainly how the improvisation skills of a band
member can make the band way better. The
purpose of saying this is because improv is one of
the mainframes of jazz, which I learned in the
other book New Perspectives on Jazz, and it is
not real jazz without some improvisation involved.
It lets the member speak and sing out the
melodies he hears in his head along with the
chords from the rhythm section.