Study Group (aka: The Pod)

Study Group (aka: The Pod)
Our aim is put ourselves into the mindset of the expatriate writers who
came before us. Who sat at Le Dôme and listened to a trio syncopate a
rhythm, who wandered the Left Bank visiting salons, who collaborated
with others in order to make their story live in another form. By
examining interdisciplinary artistic influence, our own work finds new
directions. Alongside the assigned weekly seminar readings, we will
explore four such intersections, places where literature danced with an
able, artistic ally. We seek not to become subject matter experts, but
simply to be inspired. Students will be asked to maintain a journal
intime, a record of reaction to what we experience each week, as well
as complete short weekly writing assignments, which can be used as a
basis for the final project: a 5-6 paged creative work influenced by
one of the art forms covered in the course.
Artists on the syllabus will include:
Week One: Jazz and Modernism
Discography
How You Gonna Keep Em Down on the Farm?
3:03
James Reese Europe’s 369th US Infantry “Hell Fighters” Band (Pathé):
Europe (arr), Frank DeBroit, Russell Smith, Pops Foster, Jake Porter
(cornet), Ward Andrews, Herb Flemming (tb), Rafael Duchesne, Antonio
Gonzales, Jesús Hernández (cl), “Pinkhead” Harker, Cerefino Hernández
(saxes), José Rivera Rosas (tuba), Noble Sissle (voc) and other
musicians; Paris 1919.
Stumbling
3:10
Mitchell’s Jazz Kings: Crickett Smith (tp), Frank Withers (tb), James
Shaw (ss, as), unknown (as), Joe Meyers (banjo), Dan Parrish (p, arr),
poss. Walter Kildaire (b), Louis Mitchell (d); Paris 19 July 1922.
La Toison d’or/Holidays
2:51
Jean Cocteau, accompagné par l’Orchestre de Dan Parrish: Jean Cocteau
(voc), Crickett Smith (tp), unknown (tb), James Shaw (ss, as), unknown
(as, ts), Dan Parrish (p), Vance Lowry (banjo), unknown (tuba), Benny
Payton (d); Paris 12 March 1929.
Hallelujah
2:55
Sam Wooding and His Orchestra: Bobby Martin, Doc Cheatham (tp), Albert
Mynn, Billy Burns (tb), Willie Lewis (cl, as, voc), Jerry Blake (cl,
as, voc), Eugène Sedric (ts, cl), Freddie Johnson (p), John Mitchell
(banjo), Sumner Leslie “King” Edward (tuba), Ted Fields (d, voc), Sam
Wooding (arr); Paris 24 Oct. 1929.
Sêpent Maigre
3:06
Alexandre Stellio (cl), Archange Saint-Hilaire (tb), Ernest Léardée
(violin), Victor Collat (cello); Paris Sept. 1929.
J’ai deux amours
3:13
Josephine Baker with l’orchestre d’Edmond Mahieux: Baker (voc), Adrien
Lamy (voc), René Compère, Léon Jacobs (tp), Jlues Testaert (tb), André
Saury, poss. Joe Hayman , Romeo Silva, Luis Lopes da Silva (cl and
saxes), Gabriel Radics (v), Frtiz Stamer (p), poss.1Oscar Aleman (g),
Sigismong Beck (b), Bibiano Miranda de Abreu (d); Paris 30 June 1931.
Blue Moon
3:16
Coleman Hawkins avec Michael Warlop et son orchestre: Hawkins (ts),
Pierre Allier, Arthur Briggs, Noël Chilboust (tp), Guy Paquinet (tb),
Alix Combelle, André Ekyan, Charles Lisée (cl and saxes), Stéphan
Grappelli (p), Django Reinhardt (g), Eugène d’Hellemmes (b), Maurice
Chaillou (d); Paris 2 March 1935.
I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me
3:17
Eddie South (v), Django Reinhardt (g), Paul Cordonnié (b); Paris 23
Nov. 1937.
Montmartre
2:26
Rex Stewart and his Feetwarmers: Stewart (cornet), Barney Bigard (cl),
Django Reinhardt (g), Billy Taylor (b); Paris 5 April 1939.
On The Sunny Side of the Street (I)
2:58
On The Sunny Side of the Street (II)
3:09
Louis Armstrong et son orchestre: Armstrong (tp), Jack Hamilton, Leslie
Thomas (tp), Lionel Guimares (tb), Peter DuCongé (as, cl), Henri Tyree
(as), Alfred Pratt (ts), Herman Chittison (p), Maceo Jefferson (g),
Germain Araco (b), Oliver Tines (d); Paris 7 Nov. 1934.
Georgina
2:10
Ensemble Swing Du Hot Club Colonial: Abel Beauregard (tp), Al Livrat
(tb), Robert Mavounzy (cl), Sylvio Siobud (ts), Claude Martial (p),
Vincent Ricler (g), Robert Roch (b), Jacques Bourgarel (d); Paris 9
Jan. 1944.
Minor Blues
2:48
Django Reinhardt et Son Orchestre du “Bœuf sur le Toit”: Jo Boyer,
Vincent Casino, Louis Menardi (tp), André Lafosse, Guy Paquinet (tb),
Michel de Villers (cl, as), Jean- Claude Fohrenbach (ts), Eddie Bernard
(p), Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt (g), Willie Lockwood (b), Al
Craig (d), Gérard Lévêque (arr); Paris 16 April 1947.
Danse norvégienne
3:01
Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France: Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt
(g), Hubert Rostaing (cl), Ladislas Csabanyck (b), AndréJourdan (d);
Paris 6 July 1947.
I’m Confessin’
3:05
Rex Stewart Quintet: Stewart (cornet), Hubert Rostaing (as), Django
Reinhardt (g), Ladislas Csabanyck (b), Ted Curry (d); Paris 10 Dec.
1947.
Daphne
1:52
Shout and Feel It
2:27
Swing Kids Soundtrack, 1993: Abe Most, Dan Higgins, Robert Tricarico,
Gene Cipriano, Curt McGettrick (saxophones & woodwinds), Jerry Hey,
Gary Grant, Larry Hall, Chuck Findley (trumpets), Bill Reichenbach,
Lloyd Ulyate, John Johnson (trombones), Sid Page (violin), Michael Lang
(piano), Dennis Budimir, Dean Parks (guitars), Ken Wild, Chuck Domonico
(bass), Ralph Humphrey (drums). Includes liner notes by Leonard
Feather. Instrumental conducted by James Horner.
A Night in Tunisia
8:18
Dexter Gordon, Our Man in Paris (Blue Note): Gordon (ts), Bud Powell
(p), Pierre Michelot (b), Kenny Clarke (d); Paris 23 May 1953.
Stompin’ at the Savoy
3:37
Henri Salvador (voc, g), Pierre Michelot (b), Jean-Baptiste “Mac Kac”
Reilles (d); Paris May 1954.
Fais-Moi Mal Johnny
2:23
Je Bois
3:32
Le Déserteur
3:29
Je Suis Snob
2:51
On n’est pas là pour se faire...
3:01
Boris Vian with unidentified musicians; Paris 1956.
Moanin’
13:37
Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, 1958-Paris Olympia (Fontana): Lee Morgan
(tp), Benny Golson (ts), Bobby Timmons (p), Jimmy Merritt (b), Blakey
(d); Paris 17 Dec. 1958.
Cha cha cha du loup
1:54
Serge Gainsbourg (voc) avec Alain Goraguer et son orchestre; Paris
1959.
Les oubliettes
2:27
Black Trombone
2:36
Baudelaire
2:37
Serge Gainsbourg (voc) avec Alain Goraguer et son orchestre; Paris
1962.
Additional Music/Video Clips
Rhythm Saved the World, Louis Armstrong, 1935
Stardus, Louis Armstrong
Black and Blue, Louis Armstrong 1929
Jazz Age Clips, France 1920’s (via youtube)
Harlem in Montmatre (via youtube)
Josephine Baker’s Banana Dance, 1927
Django Reinhardt video, 1945
Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and Eddie South Improvise on Bach
(1937)
Clips from Paris Blues, 1961
Ascenseur pour l'Echafaud- Miles Davis 1957
Things to Come, Dizzy Gillespie 1968
Readings
“Rendez-vous in Rhythm”, Brent Hayes Edwards
“Le Hot: The Assimilation of American Jazz in France, 1917-1940”,
William H. Kenny III
“Jazzing it Up: The Be Bop Modernism of Langston Hughes”, Robert
O’Brien Hokanson
Week Two: Painting and Negritude
Painters we will look at:
Ed Clark
Beauford Delaney
Herbert Gentry
Palmer Hayden
Lois Mailou Jones
Wilfredo Lam
Fred Leger
Ernest Mancoba
Pablo Picasso
Larry Potter
Man Ray
Readings
Paris Reflections, Walks Through African-American Paris by Christiann
Anderson and Monique Y. Well
Corps Perdu by Aime Cesaire, illustrations by Pablo Picasso
Week Three: Nouveau Roman and New Wave Cinema
Films
À bout de souffle (1960) co-written (with François Truffaut) and
directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Cléo de 5 à 7(1961) written and directed by Agnès Varda
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) written by Marguerite Dumas, directed by
Alain Resnais
L'Année dernière à Marienbad (1961) written by Alain-Robbe-Grillet,
directed by Alain Resnais
Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959) written and directed by François Truffaut
Moderato Cantabile (1960) written by Marguerite Dumas, directed by
Peter Brook
Week Four: Multi Media and Paris as Setting
Some of the artists we’ll look at:
Guy Du Bord (Situationist International)
Christos
Princess Hijab
Laurent Grasso
Sophie Calle
Daniel Buren
Xavier Veilhan (Versailles exhibition)
Christian Nold (biomapping)
Paris Street Art/Graffiti/Flash Mobs
Parkour
Readings
Paris France, Personal Recollections by Gertrude Stein
Mis Guide to Anywhere, Writes and Sites