Jazz Power ON 2020 Summer Institute – Resources

Sweet Honey in the Rock
Online Teaching
Jazz Music and Dance
African American Arts Aesthetics
Downloads from the Institute
Additional Video Links

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P Jazz Power Tools 2020

Sweet Honey in the Rock

W Official group website

A Harry Belafonte on the “conscience of the human soul and the artists’ responsibility.”

A Horace Boyer on Black Woman Led Singing Group Tradition

A Carol Maillard “Sweet Honey in the Rock: Her-Story”

W Sweet Honey in the Rock (Performance/Demonstration) at Kennedy Center

W Carol Maillard’s personal website including oral history, jukebox, photos and more

W Sweet Honey in the Rock (Performance) “Wade in the Water” 2012

F Filmmaker Stanley Nelson captures the history of African-American a cappella group Sweet Honey In The Rock and follows their 30th anniversary concert tour. The film includes footage from concerts, rehearsals, the tour bus and the daily life of the members. 2005 Release “American Masters” Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice

L Song Lyrics – “Sister Rosa” by the Neville Brothers.pdf

Online Teaching

B “Sorry Not Sorry: Online Teaching Is Here to Stay” by Flower Darby

Jazz Music and Dance

W Jazz Music and Dance History presented by Eli Yamin and Shireen Dickson at Jazz Power ON Institute 2020

F A Bundle of Blues by Duke Ellington, Florence Hill, Bessie Dudley (Cotton Club). 1933

F All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm from A Day At the Races with Duke Ellington Orchestra featuring Ivie Anderson and Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers. 1937

F Hot Chocolate (“Cottontail”) with Duke Ellington Orchestra featuring Ben Webster. 1941

F Dianne McIntyre and Lester Bowie/Brass Fantasy, Invincible Flower. 1998.

A The Swinging, Jamming Musical Charms of 1940s Soundies. 2020

B Jazz Dance: The Story Of American Vernacular Dance by Marshall and Jean Stearns (1994)

African American Arts Aesthetics

A “Characteristics of Negro Expression” – Zora Neale Hurston. 1933

B  “Black Performance Theory” – Thomas F. DeFrantz and Anita Gonzalez, ed. (2014)

A “Jazz Culture and Swing Rhythm” – Eli Yamin (Chamber Music America Magazine)

Downloads from the Institute

Breakout Rooms Exercise – Potato Chips.pdf

Breakout Rooms Exercise – Potato Chips track.mp4

Vocal Warmup – Singing Vowels.pdf

Breakout Rooms by Teaching Audience – Report Back Summary.pdf

A creative writing exercise using Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong – By Mick Carlon.pdf

Additional Video Links

Zoom Music: Tutorial for students at The Royal Academy of Music, Denmark

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