• Choose an artist to study. A list of potential artists is given below. • Research and compile information about your artist, including why your artist was important in the development of jazz. Include your presentation notes as part of your assignment. • Make a list of all sources that you used, including URLs..• Include one song you will play all or part of during your presentation. • Create a PowerPoint, Google Slide Presentation, or Poster about your artist (other format may be possible with teacher’s permission) • Include information on your artist’s life, musical influences, music, and achievements. • Include photos and graphics (and include the source) • Present your project to the class. (10 min. max)

Identify an accurate statement about Louis Armstrong.Multiple choice question.He sang (in a manner of speaking), scatting in an amazingly creative, often humorous, always expressive way.He was a classically trained violinist who adored jazz but lacked the gift to create the uninhibited improvisations of the jazz musicians he admired.He was known for a time as the "king of jazz," but his music bore only a marginal relationship to real jazz.He combined ragtime and boogie-woogie techniques to produce his own inimitable piano style.

2. Write an analysis of the music. Make sure you mention the following:• purpose of the music• instrumentation• texture • tempo • dynamicsLength – 250 words:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09RnYVGThng

Identify a characteristic of Charlie Parker.Multiple choice question.He introduced new rhythmic, melodic, and improvisational techniques that lifted jazz to a different plane.He provided a lush string sound to jazz replacing the brassier sound of big band jazz.He used the microphone not only to amplify but to alter his sax tones and add expressive effects.He introduced the role of accompaniment of instrumental soloists and outstanding vocalists in jazz.

Which of the following styles most significantly impacted the development of jazz?Multiple ChoiceCaribbean harmonyAfrican rhythmsCreole melodiesEuropean marches

Which of the following is a contribution made by Stan Kenton to modern jazz?Multiple choice question.development of a distinct jazz sound using only a clarinet lead supported by four saxophonesunprecedented inclusion of outstanding Native American soloists in his bandserious exploration of Latin American drums and rhythms in his big band jazzjuxtaposing instruments in nontraditional combinations and effectively obscuring their identification