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Jazz - exam 2
100 or nothing
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Undergraduate 2
10/26/2010

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John Coltrane
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saxaphone player
- leader of free jazz
- grew up in philledelphia
- played with miles davis
- created a love supreme
- played hard bob and later free jazz
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Son Ra
Definition
Chicago jazz band leader
- took jazz in a weird, cool direction
- was very trippy
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R & B
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Rythmn and Blues
- came after swing jazz
- possesed same types of qualities as dixieland
- focused on beat with horns intermitently played that emphasized unique sound qualities
- R & B is grounded in emotion and captured popularity
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Cool school jazz
Definition
combined jazz and classical music
- different from bebop
- followed old classical music parameters
- enourmously popular
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gerry mulligan
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cool jazz baritone saxaphonist
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gill evans
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jazz pianist and composer,
- worked on cool school jazz, free jazz, modal jazz, and jazz fusion
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Miles Davis
Definition
jazz trumpeter and band leader
- played with dizzie gillespie
- played bebop, cool jazz, hard bob,
modal jazz, and jazz fusison
- often disscussed classical music and incorporated it into jazz
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Stan Kenton
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Wanted to do both film scores and jazz music
- result was him creating progressive jazz
- founded neo-phonic orchestra and sounds were popular in horror movies
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hard bob jazz
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an earthy jazz that tried to recapture a black audience
- incorporated a latin framework with solos incorporating swing music
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Sunny rollins
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key saxaphone player for hard bob
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jimmy smith
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hard bob pianist
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art blakey
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wanted to spread gospel of jazz
- would take talented musicians and turn them in to band leaders
- would only keep members for a small amount of time
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dizzie gillespie
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him and charlie parker - saxaphonist combined there talent to create bebop
- later incorporated latin jazz in to progressive jazz
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free jazz
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emerges around 58 - 59, and implemented a few chordss, and than spontaneous nature took place
- very difficult to play
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modal jazz
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jazz where chords dont change too frequently
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post golden era of jazz
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during this period, a lot of jazz experiementation is going on. a lot of musicians are bored, and want to find something new to play. hardbob epitomizes this era due to its grass root beginings.
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coleman hawkins
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saxaphonist who was one of the first to start bebop
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earnest "toots" latta
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owner of mintons club in new york
- were dizzy gillespie and charlie parker started developing bebop style
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bebop
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most NEW YORK of all jazz forms
- lots of energy and fast paced
- eclectic in nature and style
- contained a sense of story telling
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theloneous monk
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new kind of piano player that wore funny hats and people didnt understand his style of play
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