Download Communication:

Communication:
The Arts as seen through the eyes of
JAZZ
Introduction to
Communication
Communication :
•
•
•
•
•
Why do we communicate?
How do we communicate
What is communication?
Who communicates?
What effect does communication have on
the individual ?
• Is there a need for communication and why?
• How is communication perceived?
Journal Questions
•Is communication a form of language and why?
•Does communication require a form of personal
exchange and if so what type(s)?
•Why would communication be considered an
essential building block?
•Can communication be either positive or negative
and can it be considered one or both of these
types?
•Is all communication able to yield growth and
how is it able to achieve this development?
What is Jazz?
• Is it improvisation?
• Is is dialogue?
• Is it layering?
• How do we define JAZZ?
Jazz is . . .
Jazz as Communication
“Music in Color”
chalk drawing and music
Journal Questions
• How does the music make you feel?
• Document what instruments you heard,
what color did you represent them with and
what shape!
• What story do you think the artist is
expressing in your favorite Jazz piece?
• What words come to mind about the music
heard and the drawing you created?
• Do you see any similarities between your
drawings and other student drawings?
Improvisational
Storytelling
Creating a story through Jazz music
and chalk drawings
Improvisation
•Invention
•Composing on the spot
•Without preparation
•Execute something offhand
•Spoken, performed, or composed
with little or no forethought
Being the Music
Improvisational storytelling
Journal Questions
•What type of rhythm (beat) was used in the improv and explain
why that particular rhythm was chosen.
•What type of mood did you try to present in your improv?
•If you where going to describe your improv as a sound, what type
of sound would it be and why did you choose that sound?
•What type of symbol would best represent your improv and why
did you select that particular symbol?
•Overall, how well do you think the audience understood your
improvisational concept and why do you think you obtained that
reaction?
Improvisational storytelling
through
Music
Picking music that
expresses the story told
through improvisation
Journal Questions
Ba-Relief Ceramic Tiles
Portraying the music you picked to
represent your improvisational story
on a ba-relief ceramic time.
Thumbnail Drawings
Creating drawings to represent the
music chosen to portray the
improvisational story.
Journal Questions
Jazz History
Selecting a time period and
explaining the importance of major
events and people of that time period
because. . .
Artists Do Not Live
In A Vacuum
Historical Research and
Presentation
Useful Web Sites
•www.jazzhistory.f2s.com
•www.jazxlass.aust.com/contents.htm
•www.outsideshore.com/primer/ms-primer-2html
•www.si.edu/ajazzh/
•www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d5301.htm
•www.jazzhouse.org
•www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/jazz/note/index.htm
•www.bet.com/atBET/0..C-24,00html
Journal Questions
Reflection
Making jazz your own by connecting
all the lessons together with the
BIG IDEA
Journal Question
In a paragraph format, reflect on the following
question, citing examples from activities done
during this unit.
How do you communicate through
jazz and how does this communication effect you as an
individual?
Final Product
Creating a Jazz Communication
Journal by collecting all the journal
questions , brainstorming /graphic
organizers and any other important
material into a booklet format with
the original chalk drawing as the
cover