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MUSC 140 People 3
Miles Davis-Wayne Shorter
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Undergraduate 1
11/13/2011

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Miles Davis
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Cool Jazz, Free Jazz and Fusion
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Miles Davis Nonet
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Cool Jazz, all play together, never have homogenous sections
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Gil Evans
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arranged for Miles Davis Nonet
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Gerry Mulligan Pianoless Quartet
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West Coast Jazz, no chord instrument (piano or guitar)
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Gerry Mulligan
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arranger/composer, tuneful solos on baritone sax
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Lee Konitz
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master of alto sax, played with Mulligan's Quartet, influenced by Charlie Parker
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Chet Baker
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trumpet/vocals in Gerry Mulligan Pianoless Quartet, scat singer
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Modern Jazz Quartet
Definition
made Jazz more formal, wore tuxedos, played some 3rd Stream
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John Lewis
Definition
light, delicate touch on piano, accompanied
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Milt Jackson
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vibraphone, used Bebop lines on solos, influenced by Blues
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Jazz Messengers
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ones of first Hard Bop bands, 1953
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Horace Silver
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funky style piano, great composer and arranger
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Art Blakey
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drums, one of Hard Bop's best; nurtured young talent
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Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet
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short lived band due to Brown’s death
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Sonny Rollins
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great improviser and jazz master on tenor sax, unique sound; motivic/thematic development
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Clifford Brown
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best/most influential Hard Bop trumpet player, full, improvised
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Max Roach
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one of best Hard Bop drummers, aggressive use of accents
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Classic (1950s) Miles Davis Quintet
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Hard Bop and Cool Jazz, 2nd great Jazz rhythm section, assembled for sound and style
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John Coltrane
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tenor sax, "sheets of sound"
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Red Garland
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light/swinging piano
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Paul Chambers
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one of greatest bass players of all time, tuneful bass lines
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Philly Joe Jones
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one of greatest hard bop drummers
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Miles Davis Sextet
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Kind of Blue album, moved toward freedom, very influential
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Cannonball Adderley
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alto sax
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Jimmy Cobb
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drums
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Bill Evans
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piano, equal partner with Davis in album's conception
Father of Modern Jazz Piano, smeared notes together
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Bill Evans Trio
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Freer Jazz, pioneered rhythm section interplay
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Scott La Faro
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Father of Modern Jazz Bass, let go of timekeeping role, plucked with 3 fingers (faster)
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Paul Motian
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plays drums and cymbals for tone COLOR rather than rhythm
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Ornette Coleman
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Free Jazz, loved or hated, very improvised, ridiculousness
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Classic John Coltrane Quartet
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free-ER jazz, unique sounds
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McCoy Tyner
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most influential post-bop piano player, full chords & ringing octaves
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Elvin Jones
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one of most influential post-bop drummers played polyrhythms
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Miles Davis (1960s) Quintet
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3rd great Jazz rhythm section, free-ER jazz, interactive
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Herbie Hancock
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influenced by Bill Evans piano, strong blues influence
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Tony Williams
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prodigy, most influential post-bop drummer
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Ron Carter
Definition
held band together, played very fast tempos on bass
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George Coleman/Wayne Shorter
Definition
tenor sax in Miles Davis 1960s Quintet
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