21 October

Start of class: "Blue Lou" by Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra (1936) "The Lover" by Medeski Martin & Wood from Friday Afternoon in the Universe (1995) Big Bands after the end of the Big Band Era: "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra from Ellington at Newport (1956) Fronting the jazz orchestra: "Melancholy Mood" by the Harry James Orchestra - Frank Sinatra, Vocal (1939) Billie Holiday example: "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" (1939) Ella Fitzgerald example: "Blue Skies" (1958) Vocalese example: "One O'Clock Jump" by Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross from Sing a Song of Basie (1955) End of class: "Speak No Evil" by Wayne Shorter from Speak No Evil (1965)