Popular Music & Jazz: Courtney Pine - Back in the Day (3)

Question 1

Describe the structure of all three pieces?

Answer 1

• Lady Day and John Coltrane:
  Verse-Chorus form
  Uses intro, extended sax solo and extended outro
• Inner State of Mind:
  Verse-Chorus form
  Has a rap section
• Love and Affection:

Question 2

Melody of all pieces?

Answer 2

• Lady Day and John Coltrane:
• Inner State of Mind:
• Love and Affection:

Question 3

Wider Listening Examples Lady Day?

Answer 3

Aretha Franklin - Think:
Jazz style
Saxaphone jazz improv (gliss, scoups)
Catchy fills in between elements of the verse
Backing vocals, choir (like gospel choir)

Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon:
Improv flute
Fills from the horn section make the piece
Laid back tempo, similar to love
improvised vocals
bass dominant in love & this (double bass)

Take Five - Dave Brubeck:
Relies heavily on improvisation. Saxophone contains the dominating melody and solo sections, typical Jazz improvisation and saxophone improvised solo also seen in Courntey Pine’s piece
there is an extended drum solo, which is rhythmically
complex and is peppered with irregular rhythms, while a piano ostinato which is
harmonically static accompanies.

If I ain’t got you- Alicia keys:
use of extended chords and blue notes. Chromatically descending chords at the end of the chorus which are typical in jazz turnarounds (b25 of Courtney Pine). Similar instrumentation as well with horn section.
Scat singing at start

Question 4

Wider Listening Inner state of mind?

Answer 4

Aretha Franklin - Think:
title hook “Think”
Jazz style
Saxaphone jazz improv (gliss, scoups)
Catchy fills in between elements of the verse
Backing vocals, choir (like gospel choir)

Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon:
Improv flute
improvised vocals

Gershwin - Summertime, Rhapsody in Blue:
Lyrics and melody taken from summertime
Long wide gliss in Rhapsody

Question 5

Wider listening Love and Affection?

Answer 5

Aretha Franklin - Think:
Jazz style
Saxaphone jazz improv (gliss, scoups)
Catchy fills in between elements of the verse
Backing vocals, choir (like gospel choir)

Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon:
Laid back tempo
improvised vocals
Double bass dominant, similar to bass clarinet