Research and find an artist or group that is combining an international music with jazz to create a new Jazz sound.  Limit your research to music from the 21st Century (since the year 2000.)  Pick a culture or country whose music you would be interested in learning about and see if you can find an artist or group who is combining that music with Jazz music to create a new Jazz sound. BE SURE YOU FIND AN ARTIST OR GROUP THAT IS COMBINING AN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AND JAZZ, TO CREATE A NEW JAZZ SOUND. There are a number of examples of non-jazz artists using international music in their folk music, rock music, hip hop etc.., so be sure your choice of artist/group is a JAZZ artist. The artist can be an American that is using International music as an influence or it can be an artist who is from another country that is an accomplished Jazz artist who is exploring combining music from his/her culture with Jazz.  Be SURE the artist is a Jazz artist and the music you write about is a combination of Jazz and an International music style.  

Example:  an online search for “Traditional Japanese music and Jazz” produced a large number of entries, and some were useful in suggesting some artists that are combining the 2 styles of music to create a new Jazz based music.

When conducting online searches, use quotation marks around the important key words in the search…”Japanese Folk Music” and “Jazz” for instance.

Requirements:

Write a 1000-1500 word paper ( this is the body of the paper, not including the discography and references, etc..) which describes the artist/group and their music.  The paper should be well written, following general rules and formatting for a Research Paper (see suggested format below). Citations should be in MLA or APA format. You can get help and information about writing a Research Paper from the USF Writing Center.

Use your research to write a description of the artist/groups concepts and ideas for combining the international music with Jazz. It is important that find descriptions of the concepts and ideas from the artist and/or reputable experts reviewing the project. You need to do significant research to be able to write about the ways the artist or group is combining the international music elements with Jazz elements to create the new music.

Include your own description of what you hear in the music. Describe the ways the music moves you.

Include a description of the artist/groups, what they are known for and other relevant projects/recordings they have produced. Include a selected discography. (A discography is an list of important recordings by the artist or group.  (You can find examples of discographies online.) You need to include the artist/group name, title of the recording, record label (company), year it was released, and important personnel on the recording.

Include information about the recordings you write about:

Date released

Record label

Musicians on the recording

How readers can find this music (purchase, listen, etc)

You will be graded on:

The inclusion of all of the issues listed above in your paper.

Evidence of research into the artist and music. References to your other research should be included.

1. Your description of the music.

How the combination of the particular Global music and Jazz presented by the artist/group works – what elements of each style of music are heard?

How the music impacts you as a listener - what moves you:

1. pick some specific moments in the performance that you can identify, describe and comment on the way the music moves you.

How well written and readable the paper is.

This is an IMPORTANT part of the Draft-Final paper process, to create a Final Paper that is well written and interesting to the reader.