Paper No. 2
Length: 500 words. Please proofread and grammar-check your reaction paper before handing it in. Your responses should reflect an essay parsed into three or four (3–4) well-constructed paragraphs, not numbered sentences.
CONTEXT: Learning to critique a jazz performance. Choose one (1) of the five videos listed below and
listen attentively at least twice through the designated timing. While you listen, doodle music terms and jazz language on a sheet of paper to create a “word cloud” that reflects the music and your reaction to it. How does the music make you feel? Where does the music “hit” you, as jazz musicians might ask? Then, using the terms in your “word cloud,” write a critique of the performance by blending a description of the sounds and your reactions to them.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66n0IXwm7Ag
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pHWwdR9elk&feature=youtu.be
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8zPorum2p0&feature=youtu.be
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Wqd-b0FRM
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI6sPIo-zZY&feature=youtu.be