Play a recording of “Anthropology” (RCA LPM-2398). Sing George Gershwin’s “I’ve Got Rhythm” as you listen. How is the relationship tied in to bebop composition? What are “Rhythm Tunes”?
Why did the jam session players at Minton’s Playhouse and the after hours clubs on 52nd Street use such complex, angular melodies?
Discuss the overtone series. Show how the often dissonant notes/intervals are related to the chords and their fundamental tones.
Discuss how the changes in the Count Basie rhythm section relate to bebop.
