22 October

Start of class: "But Beautiful" by Joe Pass from Catch Me! (1963) "Sagg Shootin' His Arrow" by Jimmy Smith from Root Down (1972) Big Band Era soloists: "Cotton Tail" by the Duke Ellington Orchestra - Ben Webster, Tenor Sax (1940) Fronting the jazz orchestra: "Melancholy Mood" by the Harry James Orchestra - Frank Sinatra, Vocal (1939) Billie Holiday example: "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" (1939) Example of Ella Fitzgerald: "Blue Skies" (1958) Vocalese example and end of class: "One O'Clock Jump" by Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross from Sing a Song of Basie (1955)