M-JP-EBDJBS

Practical Classes

4

Flexible group size. 4 to 12 students. Larger or smaller very occasionally possible in consultation with faculty.

30

4 students: 40 minutes per class, 5 students: 45 minutes per class, 6 students: 50 minutes per class, 7 students: 55 minutes per class, 8 to 12 students: 65 minutes per class. Please note that only students who earn credits count toward determining the group size. Group sizes below 4 or above 12 with different class times are sometimes possible after consultation with faculty. Class time will not be adjusted after the start of the academic year due to any change in group size.

32 hours

79 hours

Admitted to year 2 Jazz & Pop or, after audition, Composition for Film and Theatre. This subject can only be followed on-campus.

NOTE that selecting one elective band is compulsory in the second year Jazz & Pop. In years 2, 3 and 4 students Jazz & Pop can select up to two elective bands per year in total.

See Competencies Matrix.

Acquiring and developing ensemble playing skills in repertoire of the relevant style.
Improving stage performance.

This module is related to the main subject module.

The J.B.'s basically are the vehicle of trombonist Fred Wesley. Throughout the years the band had different shapes and names, starting out as James Brown's band between 1970-1985. It also was a self-contained group, and still is until today as "Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s". In 1975, Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker and Bootsy Collins joined George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic and later would continue to form their own bands.
While Maceo Parker might have been the most famous J.B. musician, Fred Wesley was the bandleader, arranger and sideman, and as such one of the most influential horn players in Soul, Funk, Rhythm& Blues and Disco.
Like most of James Brown's music, the recorded output of "The J.B.'s" has been heavily mined for samples by pop, hip hop and dance producers until today.
Let's work on tracks like "Pass the peas", "Gimme some more" and "Doing it to death"!

Band rehearsals and performances.

Handed out by the instructor (where applicable).

Generating internal publicity for the band's concerts, and selecting repertoire.

Assessment by the band instructor at the end of each semester.

Creativity, improvisation, sheet music, sense of harmony, rhythmic idioms, timing and tempo control, musical interaction, intonation, reading skills, sound, interpretation, style awareness, form principles, tonal balance, preparation, accompaniment, performance, active participation and attitude.

The student has completed this module if being awarded a minimum grade of 5.5 at the end of the second semester.

Written assessment by the instructor at the end of both semesters. Assessment at the end of the autumn semester is formative and expressed in terms of satisfactory/unsatisfactory. It indicates a student's progress in this module. No ECs are awarded and there is no resit. Modules can only be absolved, and ECs awarded, after the end of the spring semester. The end-of-semester assessments comprise evaluations of students' performance during the rehearsals and public performances.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.