Video and Audio Classes

Course Info

Instructor

Dr. Mark Harvey

Departments

Music and Theater Arts

As Taught In

Fall 2008

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Fine Arts
- Music

Learning Resource Types

Lecture Videos

Projects with Examples

Music

Activity Assignments

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This page presents material for selected lectures and outside class sessions. The links go to webpages listing recordings and other resources used in the class.

SES # key:

L = lecture session
E = required outside event: rehearsal, workshop or performance

SES #	TOPICS	RECORDINGS AND Resources
L13	Ethiopian jazz and the Either/Orchestra (Guest lecturers: Mulatu Astatke and Russ Gershon)	Recordings list and supplemental resources
L16	Gil Evans / Miles Davis collaborations (Guest lecturer: Steve Lajoie)	Audio lecture
L17	George Russell and modal jazz	Audio lecture
L18	Afro-Cuban music and bebop (Guest lecturer: Bill Lowe)	Audio lecture
L20	Postmodern approaches	Audio lecture
L21	Soundpainting class with Walter Thompson	Audio and video lecture
E10	Soundpainting workshop with MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and Walter Thompson	Audio and video lecture
Spring 2009 event	Soundpainting performance by Aardvark Jazz Orchestra with Walter Thompson and Mark Harvey	Audio and video lecture

Topics covered:	Ethiojazz and the Either/Orchestra (Courtesy of Mulatu Astatke and Russ Gershon. Used with permission.)
Instructor:	Mulatu Astatke, Russ Gershon (guest speakers)

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Recordings and Supplemental Materials

This section gives details about the recordings played during class and other referenced resources.

Recordings

Many of these recordings come from the Buda Musique Ethiopiques catalog. The following Ethiopiques CDs were used in the lecture.

Ethiopiques 4: Ethio Jazz and Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974.
Ethiopiques 13: The Golden Seventies.
Ethiopiques 16: The Lady With The Krar.
Éthiopiques 18: Asguèbba!

Tracks in sequence as played during class:

Tracks	Compositions/Performers	Recording Sources
1	Solo washint piece (duration 1:26)	Unknown
2	Solo krar piece (duration 1:45)	Unknown
3	“Mèdinana Zèlèssègna” by Asnaqè Guèbrèyès. (Masïnqo with vocalist, duration 1:55)	Éthiopiques 18: Asguèbba!
4	“Eném Lèfèlèfkugn Mèlagèruw Sèma” by Zèwditou Yohannes. (Masïnqo with vocalist and drummer, duration 1:55)	Éthiopiques 18: Asguèbba!
5	“Gubèlyé” by Asnaqètch Wèrqu. (Krar with female vocalist, duration 2:00)	Ethiopiques 16: The Lady With The Krar.
6	“Gubelye” by Mulatu Astatke (duration 4:00)	_Ethiopiques 4: Ethio Jazz and Musique Instrumentale 1969-197_4.
7	“Amlak abet abet” by Asselefetch Ashine & Getenesh Kebret & Army Band. (duration 1:40)	Ethiopiques Vol. 13: The Golden Seventies.
8	“Amlak abet abet” by Either / Orchestra (duration 5:00)	More Beautiful Than Death. Accurate Records, 2000.
9	“Tsome Diguwa” by Mulatu Astatke.	Astatke, Mulatu. Ethio Jazz Vol. 1. Azmari, 2006.
10	“Bene Mote” by Muluquen Mellesse. (duration 2:30)	Excerpt from currently out of print recording, had been available on LP/cassette.
11	“Bene Mote” by Either/Orchestra (duration 4:30)	Private concert recording, from Zeitgiest Gallery, Cambridge MA, June 4 2005.
12	“Bati” by Eténèsh Wassié. (duration 0:25)	Éthiopiques 18: Asguèbba!
13	Russ Gershon composition “Azmari,” mvmt III from string quartet The Oldest Place	Personal concert recording from Seattle, WA, 2005. Performed by: Maria Sampen, violin I; Ella Marie Gray, violin II; Tim Christie, viola; Walter Gray, cello
14	Russ Gershon composition “Azmari,” arranged for and performed by Either/Orchestra	Personal concert recording from Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston MA, Dec. 2006. Performed by: Tom Halter, Dan Rosenthal (trumpets), Joel Yennior (trombone), Godwin Louis (alto saxophone), Kurtis Rivers (baritone saxophone), Rafael Alcala (piano), Rick McLaughlin (bass), Pablo Bencid (drums) and Vicente Lebron (congas)