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    1. The document outlines a lesson plan about bebop jazz pioneer Charlie Parker for intermediate students. 2. Students will learn about Parker's innovative style which included "funny notes" and influenced many other musicians. 3. Activities include listening to a Parker recording to identify his unique notes, a vocalese version of one of his solos that tells his story, and comparing Parker's and James Moody's playing styles.

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    1. The document outlines a lesson plan about bebop jazz pioneer Charlie Parker for intermediate students. 2. Students will learn about Parker's innovative style which included "funny notes" and influenced many other musicians. 3. Activities include listening to a Parker recording to identify his unique notes, a vocalese version of one of his solos that tells his story, and comparing Parker's and James Moody's playing styles.

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    1. The document outlines a lesson plan about bebop jazz pioneer Charlie Parker for intermediate students. 2. Students will learn about Parker's innovative style which included "funny notes" and influenced many other musicians. 3. Activities include listening to a Parker recording to identify his unique notes, a vocalese version of one of his solos that tells his story, and comparing Parker's and James Moody's playing styles.

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    1. The document outlines a lesson plan about bebop jazz pioneer Charlie Parker for intermediate students. 2. Students will learn about Parker's innovative style which included "funny notes" and influenced many other musicians. 3. Activities include listening to a Parker recording to identify his unique notes, a vocalese version of one of his solos that tells his story, and comparing Parker's and James Moody's playing styles.

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    Now’s the Time, Charlie Parker

    Now’s the Time, Eddie Jefferson

    Time for a Change in Jazz - Intermediate level,


    grades 3-6

    Objectives:
    1. The student will identify characteristics of bebop style jazz.
    2. The student will learn the story of Charlie Parker through the
    lyrics of jazz singer Eddie Jefferson.
    3. The student will compare and contrast the saxophone solos of
    Charlie Parker and James Moody.

    Optional Objectives:
    1. The student will investigate and learn more about the life of
    Charlie Parker through the web sites listed below.
    2. The student will compare improvised solos of other musicians
    with solos played by Charlie Parker.

    Time: One or two class periods.

    Materials Required for Objectives:


    Computer access to recordings on the Internet and speakers for
    playback to class. “Comparing Two Musicians” worksheets. Optional:
    Comparing Improvised Solos worksheet.

    Procedure:

    Activity 1 - Introduce Charlie Parker. “So far we have learned


    about several great jazz musicians and we know about styles of
    jazz such as New Orleans, stride piano, swing, Afro-Cuban, and
    even a cappella jazz. Few musicians changed jazz as much as
    Charlie Parker. Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker (who was
    nicknamed ‘Bird’) was as fast and creative as Fats Waller but was
    also an innovator and an inventor. He developed a new style of
    jazz called bebop with such musicians as Dizzy Gillespie and
    Thelonious Monk. He used notes that sounded funny to the ears of
    the musicians before him but those unusual-sounding notes soon
    became the notes everyone wanted to play. People were amazed
    by Bird, and many musicians copied him. Musicians from all over
    the world wanted to play with him and hoped that they could learn
    the secrets of his brilliant saxophone playing. Some even copied
    his not so brilliant bad habits such as substance abuse, which killed
    Bird at the young age of thirty-four. Listen to this slower
    recording of Bird’s and listen for the ‘funny notes’ he liked to play.
    When you think you hear one of the ‘funny notes,’ hold up your
    thumb in front of your chest.” Teachers: play the recording several
    times and after each playing, ask students to describe what one of
    the “funny notes” sounded like. They should pick up on the last
    note of the first time through the melody and other notes that he
    wavered on or scooped up into. Pause the recording after these so
    the students can isolate and hear them better.

    Activity 2 - Now listen to Eddie Jefferson’s version of Now’s


    the Time and listen to his lyrics for the story of Charlie Parker
    and his music. Eddie Jefferson was a jazz singer who loved to
    create lyrics that went with famous solos improvised by jazz
    instrumentalists. Singing lyrics to improvised instrumental solos
    is called vocalese. Jefferson has taken a Charlie Parker
    improvised solo on Now’s the Time and is singing the same notes
    with both lyrics and scat syllables. Ask students to listen for
    the story of Charlie Parker and be ready to share what they
    understand after the recording finishes. Go to this web site to
    hear a short interview with Eddie Jefferson on why he created
    vocalese including Now’s the Time.
    http://www.gallery41.com/JazzArtists/EddieJefferson.htm

    Activity 3 - Eddie Jefferson loved to sing with jazz


    saxophonist James Moody. In fact, one of his first vocalese
    recordings was on one of James Moody’s saxophone solos that
    Jefferson recorded called Moody’s Mood for Love. Use the
    “Comparing Two Musicians” worksheet and ask students to
    listen to and compare the saxophone solos on the two versions
    of Now’s the Time. Students might hear that James Moody’s
    saxophone sounds different: it is a tenor saxophone and Parker
    played alto saxophone. They might also hear James Moody
    playing fast like Parker. Students will probably decide that
    Moody sounds a lot like Charlie Parker. Probe the students to
    describe how they sound the same and remind them that just
    about all jazz musicians who lived during Charlie Parker’s time
    tried to play like him. James Moody was one of the best but
    James Moody didn’t copy the bad habits of Parker.

    Optional Activities:

    Activity 1 - Explore the two Charlie Parker web sites below


    for additional information on him. You might complement this
    with a reading of Robert Burleigh’s book Lookin’ for Bird in the
    Big City (New York: Harcourt, 2001). The book tells the story of
    Miles Davis going to New York City as a young man and looking
    for Bird everywhere because he wanted badly to play with him.
    Ask students to share their thoughts on why Charlie Parker was
    so admired by other musicians.

    Activity 2 - Listen to recordings online at the websites listed


    below and compare improvised solos of musicians playing on the
    Charlie Parker recordings with Charlie Parker’s own solos.
    Students should also notice that the solos have many of the
    same qualities that Charlie Parker’s solos had. This is because
    musicians wanted to play like Parker but they also contributed
    to the new bebop style in their own ways. Ask students if they
    hear anything different in the improvised solos of other
    musicians playing with Parker. Use the worksheet “Comparing
    Two Improvisations.”

    Extension: Show the only known video clip of Charlie Parker,


    which is included in the video Reed Royalty.

    Indicators of Success:
    Students will be able to explain the impact of Charlie Parker on other
    musicians and be able to describe the bebop jazz style using words
    like “fast,” “funny notes,” and “lots of ideas.” Students will
    recognize that during Charlie Parker’s time, many musicians worked
    very hard to emulate him in their own playing.

    Learn more about Charlie Parker:


    http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_parker_charlie.htm
    http://www.charlie-bird-parker.com/
    Learn more about Eddie Jefferson:
    http://www.ralf.org/~colomon/vocalese/jefferson.html
    http://www.gallery41.com/JazzArtists/EddieJefferson.htm
    http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1057/Eddie_Je
    fferson_sang_early_vocalese

    Video Resource:
    Reed Royalty. VHS video, 60 mins. Pleasantville, NY: VAI, 1992.

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