A Guide Through the Culture of the Blues
Sloan Edward Williams III
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Lesson Two Lesson Folder on Where did The Blues Come From?
(Tracing the History and Development of the Sound of The Blues) and Early Blues Artist Born of Hard Times (“Black and Blue”)
Objectives:
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part One {Key Concepts are African History, Rhythm, and Lining}; For students to be able to identify: 1.) a steady beat, 2.) a Syncopated beat, 3.) a strong and weak beat within the West African Bell rhythm. 4.) to trace “lining” in the Theme Song in the Jefferson’s T.V. show and the Film Clip of Ray Charlies “lining” in “Listen Up—The Many lives of Quincy Jones.”
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Part Two; {Key Concepts are The use of “Blues” in Literature and learning about the lives of early Blues and Jazz Musicians and Writers at the turn of the Century.
Materials Needed:
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A Cow Bell, The Smithsonian Collection of Jazz, The film clip from the 20th Century “Ellington Swings Through Japan”, A Film Clip from “Listen Up, The Many Lives of Quincy Jones,” the CD “Back on the Block” also by Mr. Jones, the book “In Their Own Words” By Milton Meltzer
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The Autobiography of Miles Davis, The Biography of James Balwin By David Leeming and the recording of “A Hand is on the Gate” a keyboard instrument.
