MUS 1000 HISTORY of Contemporary Music & Culture I LIST of REQUIRED MUSIC RECORDINGS FALL 2014

for MIDTERM EXAM (WEEK 7) ARTIST/BAND TITLE DATE GENRE WEEK 1 AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC

1. Pete Seeger, “Barbara Allen” (1957) (Anglo-Celtic folk ballad)

WEEK 2 MINSTRELSY

2. Dan Emmett (composer), “De Boatman’s Dance” (published 1843) (minstrel song)

WEEK 3 19th CENTURY POPULAR SONG

3. Stephen Foster (composer), “Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair” (published 1854) (parlour song) 4. Stephen Foster (composer), “Old Folks at Home” (published 1851) (plantation song) 5. James Bland (composer) “De Golden Wedding” (published 1880) (post-war minstrel song) 6. Charles K. Harris (composer), “After the Ball” (published 1892) 7. John Philip Sousa (composer) “Stars and Stripes Forever” (published 1897) (military march)

PODCAST SERIES #1: GOLDEN AGE OF TIN PAN ALLEY

8. Al Jolson, “April Showers” (1921) 9. Bing Crosby, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime” (1932) 10. Fred Astaire, “Cheek to Cheek” (1935) -written by Irving Berlin 11. Ethel Merman, “I Got Rhythm” (1947) -written by George & Ira Gershwin 12. Frank Sinatra, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (1956)

–written by Cole Porter and arranged by Nelson Riddle

MUSICAL THEATER/BROADWAY 13. Bert Williams, “When the Moon Shines On the Moonshine” (1919)

-written by R.H. bowers/F. DeWitt from Zeigfeld Follies of 1919 14. Jerome Kern (composer) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyricist), “Ol’ Man River”

(published 1927) from Show Boat; -performed by Paul Robeson 15. Richard Rodgers (composer) & Oscar Hammerstein II (lyricist),

“Oh, What a Beautiful Morning” (published 1943) from Oklahoma! WEEK 4 19th CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICAN GENRES

16. Fisk Jubilee Singers, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (1909) (concert spiritual) 17. C.B. & Axe Gang, “Rosie” (1947) (work song) Field recording at Mississippi State

Penitentiary by Alan Lomax. 18. Leonard “Baby Doo” Caston, “Field Holler” (1971) (field holler) 19. Mississippi John Hurt, “Frankie” (1928) (blues ballad)

WEEK 5 RAGTIME

20. Scott Joplin, “Maple Leaf Rag” (piano roll made by Scott Joplin in 1916) 21. James Reese Europe’s Society Orchestra, “Castle House Rag” (1914) (foxtrot)

WEEK 6 EARLY JAZZ

22. Original Dixieland Jazz Band, “Tiger Rag” (1918) (New Orleans Style jazz) 23. Paul Whiteman & His Ambassador Orchestra, “Whispering” (1920) (sweet band) 24. Don Azpiazú & His Havana Casino Orchestra, “El Manicero/The Peanut Vendor” (1930)

(Latin band)

MUS 1000 HISTORY of Contemporary Music & Culture I LIST of REQUIRED MUSIC RECORDINGS FALL 2014

for FINAL EXAM (WEEK 14) ARTIST/BAND TITLE DATE GENRE WEEK 8 JAZZ PIONEERS

1. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, “Dippermouth Blues” (1923) 2. The Wolverines, “Jazz Me Blues” (1924)

- featuring Bix Beiderbecke (cornet) 3. Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, “Black Bottom Stomp” (1926) 4. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, “Heebie Jeebies” (1926) 5. Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, “West End Blues” (1928)

-featuring Earl Hines on piano 6. Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra, “Singin' the Blues” (1927)

- featuring Bix Beiderbecke (cornet), Frankie Trumbauer (C-melody sax), Eddie Lang (guitar) 7. James P. Johnson, “You’ve Got to Be Modernistic” (1930) (Harlem stride) 8. Sidney Bechet & His Blue Note Jazz Men, “Blue Horizon” (1944)

WEEK 9 RACE RECORDS

9. Bessie Smith, “St. Louis Blues” (1925) (vaudeville blues) -written by W.C. Handy and featuring Louis Armstrong on cornet

10. Blind Lemon Jefferson, “Black Snake Moan” (1926) (Texas-style country blues) 11. Blind Willie McTell, “Statesboro Blues” (1928) (Piedmont-style country blues) 12. Robert Johnson, “Cross Road Blues” (1936) (Mississippi Delta-style country blues) 13. Mahalia Jackson, “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” (1956) (Gospel)

–composed by Thomas A. Dorsey in 1932 14. Golden Gate Quartet, “Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer” (1943) (Gospel quartet)

WEEK 10 COUNTRY & FOLK

15. Fiddlin’ John Carson, “Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane” (1923) 16. Vernon Dalhart, “Prisoner’s Song” (1924) 17. Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett, “Soldier’s Joy” (1929) 18. Jimmie Rodgers, “Blue Yodel” (1927) 19. The Carter Family, “Can the Circle Be Unbroken” (1935) 20. Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans, “The Great Speckled Bird” (1936) 21. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, “New San Antonio Rose” (1940) (Western Swing) 22. Sons of the Pioneers, “Cool Water” (1941) (Cowboy song/Western) 23. Lead Belly, “Goodnight Irene” (1940) (American folk song) 24. Woody Guthrie, “This Land Is Your Land” (1944) (patriotic song)

PODCAST SERIES #2: THE SWING ERA

25. Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra, “Wrappin' It Up” (1934) (hot band) -arranged by Fletcher Henderson

26. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, “East St. Louis Toodle-Oo” (1927) -featuring Bubber Miley on trumpet

27. Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra, “Cottontail” (1940) -featuring Ben Webster on tenor saxophone

28. Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra, “Concerto for Cootie” (1940) -featuring Cootie Williams on trumpet

29. Count Basie & His Orchestra, “One O’Clock Jump” (1937) 30. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, “Sing, Sing, Sing” (1937)

MUS. 100 HISTORY of Contemporary Music & Culture I LIST of REQUIRED MUSIC RECORDINGS FALL 2013 WEEK 11: SWING VIRTUOSO INSTRUMENTALISTS

31. Art Tatum, “Tiger Rag” (1933) 32. Quintette du Hot Club de France, “Dinah” (1934) (gypsy jazz)

-featuring Django Reinhardt (guitar), Stephane Grappelli (violin) 33. Benny Goodman Quartet, “Avalon” (1937) (small group swing)

-featuring Benny Goodman (clarinet), Teddy Wilson (piano), Lionel Hampton (vibes), Gene Krupa (drums)

34. Kansas City Seven, “Lester Leaps In” (1939) (small group swing) -featuring Lester Young on tenor saxophone

35. Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra, “Body and Soul” (1939) 36. Gene Krupa & His Orchestra, “Rockin’ Chair” (1941)

-featuring Roy Eldridge on trumpet 37. Benny Goodman Sextet, “I Found a New Baby” (1941)

-featuring Charlie Christian on electric guitar WEEK 12: GREAT JAZZ SINGERS

38. Ella Fitzgerald, “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (1938) [with the Chick Webb Orchestra] 39. Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra, “Strange Fruit” (1939) 40. Sarah Vaughan, “Loverman” (1954)