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Name: __________________________________________Listening Journal #10: The Advent of Jazz and the BluesDirections: Log into a laptop. Visit the Heatly music webpage (heatlymusic.musicappreciation) and listen to the corresponding piece in the playlist embedded on the site as needed, then answer the questions below each example. Make sure to read the corresponding paragraphs and answer the questions. You may need to use the readings/notes from class to help answer some of the questions.READ: (take from )Mamie Smith was the first to record blues songs in 1920 with her versions of?Perry Bradford's?"Crazy Blues", and "It' s Right Here for You" on Okeh Records. The record was a wild success, selling over a million copies in less than a year, and finally ending up selling over two million copies. After this it dawned on record companies that there was a lot of money to be made selling what was then called "race records" to various minority groups in big cities. The success of "Crazy Blues" prompted other record companies to also try to find other female blues singers that could match the sales of "Crazy Blues". It was a very important record, because it opened the doors of the recording industry to African-Americans, whether they were Blues, Jazz or popular singers or musicians. Smith herself really wasn't that much of a Blues singer.?Mamie Smith’s early recording were wildly successful. This led record companies to do what?Why was “Crazy Blues” an important record for African-Americans?LISTEN: “Crazy Blues” by Mamie SmithWhat instruments can you identify in this piece?Describe the timbre of Mamie’s voice. READ: (taken from )Rainey Pridgett worked at the Springer Opera House in 1900, performing as a singer and dancer in the local talent show, "A Bunch of Blackberries." On February 2, 1904, Pridgett married comedy songster William "Pa" Rainey. Billed as "Ma" and "Pa" Rainey the couple toured Southern tent shows and cabarets. Though she did not hear blues in Columbus, Rainey's extensive travels had, by 1905, brought her into contact with authentic country blues, which she worked into her song repertoire. "Her ability to capture the mood and essence of black rural southern life of the 1920s," noted Daphane Harrison in?Black Pearls: Blues Queens?"quickly endeared her to throngs of followers throughout the South."Unlike many other blues musicians, Rainey earned a reputation as a professional on stage and in business. According to Mayo Williams, as quoted in the liner notes to?August Wilson's 1988 play?Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, "Ma Rainey was a shrewd business woman. We never tried to put any swindles on her. During Rainey's five-year recording career at Paramount she cut nearly ninety sides, most of which dealt with the subjects of love and sexuality—bawdy themes that often earned her the billing of "Madam Rainey." As William Barlow explained, in?Looking Up at Down, her songs were also "diverse, yet deeply rooted in day-to-day experiences of black people from the South. Ma Rainey's blues were simple, straightforward stories about heart break, promiscuity, drinking binges, the odyssey of travel, the workplace and the prison road gang, magic and superstition—in short, the southern landscape of African-Americans in the Post-Reconstruction era."What was Ma Rainey’s name prior to marriage?What styles of music did Ma perform prior to the blues?LISTEN: “Titanic Man Blues” by Ma RaineyWhich disaster does this song refer to?In the song lyrics, what does Rainey compare the sailing of the titanic with? (feel free to look up the lyrics if you need to)LISTEN: “Muddy Waters” by Bessie SmithMuddy Waters was the name of a famous blues musician. Is this song referring to the musician or water that is muddy?Would you describe Bessie’s voice as a high or low voice (Soprano or Alto)?LISTEN: “Mannish Boy” by Muddy Waters&“Mannish Boy” by Jimi HendrixFill out the Venn Diagram comparing the two recordings of the song. Include at least 5 items in each category. (Hint: Try to write something about each of the musical elements.) Muddy Waters vs. Jimi HendrixListen: “Mustang Sally” by Wilson PickettWhat type of form is this song an example of?Using your notes, complete the chart below to show how this Blues Form is used in one verse of the song. Include the lyrics to provide the reader with a reference point. Use Roman Numerals to describe the chords. “Mustang Sally”Bar1234Chord UsedLyricsBar5678Chord UsedLyricsBar9101112Chord UsedLyrics ................
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