Write a 750 word minimum essay contextualizing the movie within the matrix of concepts

Write a 750 word minimum essay contextualizing the movie within the matrix of concepts

View one of the movies listed below, or any other fictionalized film about the life of a jazz musician (not a live concert, documentary, or satire). Write a 750 word minimum essay contextualizing the movie within the matrix of concepts, personalities, and music examined in this course. In general, think of this essay as a “critical analysis” in which you need to explain any personal opinions that you assert. Please address the following points:
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• Give a brief (1 paragraph) biographical sketch of the principal character/musician.

• Socially and musically, how is the principal character portrayed?

• What historical phase of the development of jazz does the principal character belong to?
• How does the life and music of the principal character reflect the issues we’ve examined in relation to that historical phase?

• Describe the narrative of the film. How does the story unfold? – This is the core of you movie review.

Possible movies:

Young Man with a Horn (about Bix Beiderbeck) 1949

The Glen Miller Story (1953)

The Benny Goodman Story (1955)

The Five Pennies (about Red Nichols) 1959

Lady Sings the Blues (about Billie Holliday) 1972

Round Midnight (about Dexter Gordon) 1986

Bird (about Charlie Parker) 1988

The Mambo Kings (about the Castillo brothers) 1992

Sweet and Lowdown (about Emmet Ray) 1999

For Love or Country (about Arturo Sandoval) 2001

Ray (about Ray Charles) 2004

De-lovely (about Cole Porter) 2004

El Cantate (about Hector Lavoe) 2007

Bolden! (about Buddy Bolden) 2015

Miles Ahead (about Miles Davis) 2015

Born to be Blue (about Chet Baker) 2016

 

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