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14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Year of release
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1959
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Genre of piece
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Modal Jazz
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Instrumentation
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6 piece Jazz Band:
Front line -Miles Davis - Trumpet -Cannonball Adderley - Alto Sax -John Coltrane - Tenor Sax Rhythm section -Bill Evans - Piano -Paul Chambers - Double bass - Jimmy Cobb - Drums |
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Timbre
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Mute is used on trumpet in the head section giving a softer, more mellow tone.
Brushes are used on the drums Double bass played pizzicato throughout Piano plays a tremolo in the intro then comps (plays chords) in the solo sections. |
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Tempo and rhythm
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-Laid back (slow) 156 bpm
-6/4 time signature -Use of swing quavers and syncopation |
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Tonality
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Modal
In G throughout G mixolydian mode and chromaticisms used. |
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Chord progression
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G7 G7 G7 G7
C7 C7 G7 G7 D7#9 Eb7#9 D7#9 G7 G7 |
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Texture
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Homophonic
Only one melody and other instruments have an accompanying role, playimg riffs, chords and rhythms. |
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Melody
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Main melody (Head melody) is based on a leap of 6 and a mordent.
Saxophones play the riff in the head the third apart Melodies in each solo are improvised by the players |
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Structure
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Head arrangement based on a 12 bar blues.
Intro is 8 bars long then the 12 bar theme or head repeated 19 times. Each head and solo section divided by 4 bar link based on the intro. |
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Harmony
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12 bar blues chord sequence jazzed up with 7th chords.
Altered chords/ substitution chords in the 9th and 10th bars of this sequence. |
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How is variety created ?
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By:
Various styles and timbres of the improvised solos The changing voicing of the piano chords The changing drum kit patterns |
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Dynamics
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Intro is quite soft
Trumpet uses a mute in the head section which makes it sound quieter. |
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What is jazz a fusion of?
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Jazz is a fusion of musical elements brought to the USA by european settlers and african slaves from the 1600s onwards.
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