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19 Cards in this Set
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roots of jazz
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3 million + slaves in U.S. from West Africa, Carribean
music = functional (spiritual work songs) African speech patterns -> jazz rhythms minstrelsy, brass bands, dance halls |
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collision of diverse traditions
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black musicians using violin (European tradition)
'jazz' term first used in 1915 |
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jazz
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ragtime rhythm + blues pitch distortion
improvisation intonation freedom rhythm freedom spontaneity |
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dixieland jazz
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earliest form of jazz
jazz from New Orleans |
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dixieland jazz: Louis Armstrong
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band with Joe 'king' Oliver
Louis Armstrong and his orchestra |
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dixieland jazz: example of a song
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Basin Street Blues
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swing jazz
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lilting swing rhythm
string instruments swing era -> formation of BIG BANDS |
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swing jazz: Duke Ellington
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BIG BAND LEADER
Washington DC film music liturgical music |
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swing jazz: It don't mean a thing
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swing era piece
hard meter big bang sound Ivie Anderson was singer ends with 'DOO-WAH' |
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swing jazz: critiques from Winthrop Sergeant
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Ellington lost touch with roots of jazz
simple is better so now jazz evolves to something else........... |
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after WW2: BEBOP
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fast asymmetrical tempos
complex harmonies irregular chord progressions jagged melodies |
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bebop performers
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Dizzy Gellespie
Charlie Parker |
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cool jazz
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reaction to bebop
smooth sounds from Lester Young (sax) emphasis on arrangements cool sounds - void sentiment + fullness of swing era SOFT DYNAMICS |
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miles davis
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trumpeter
Julliard |
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miles davis: 3 styles
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Charlie Parker style
middle (1950s) style free style |
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miles davis: musical elements
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MODAL JAZZ (king of blue)
jazz improvisation hard bop |
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modal jazz
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improv based on modal chord progressions
4 bars of intro 10 measures of freely modal harmonies |
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miles davis: Blue in Green
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example of COOL JAZZ
improvised based on modal chord progression instead of bebop's harmonic complexity, stretch out harmony avoided the vibrato in winds which contribute to fullness and sentimentality of swing era |
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miles davis: later career
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fusion
influenced later genre of FREE JAZZ |
