MUEL 3642 – History of Jazz Unit 4 Writing Assignment Watch the following videos

MUEL 3642 – History of Jazz
Unit 4 Writing Assignment
Watch the following videos. Use the first two as reference, the third and fourth will be the topic for the performance response.
Weather Report – Birdland (1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqashW66D7o&nohtml5=False
Herbie Hancock Chameleon Live (1975)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hmVHhH96es
Chris Potter’s Underground (2009) – watch first performance (10ish minutes)Links to an external site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xLG9l_cpuk
Reinier Baas & Ben Van Gelder – the 2nd coming of Homunculus (2016)Links to an external site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJb6Dy5Qs84
Provide a paragraph of your general impressions (a minimum of 75 words) for the 3rd and 4th videos each. Consider what you’ve learned about jazz rock, jazz funk fusion, and identify these characteristics. Make note of general observations about instrumentation, rhythm, harmony, tempo, who soloed, etc.
Provide a final paragraph answering the following question (minimum of 75 words): compared to the first two videos, in what ways have these modern fusion performances departed from the jazz fusion tradition? In what ways are they similar? Would you still call this jazz? Explain your reasoning as to why or why not.