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70 Cards in this Set
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Ornette Coleman
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Alto
Trumpet/Violin |
leader of Avant Garde
as significant as Charlie Parker "Civilization Day" |
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Don Cherry
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Trumpet
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free jazz
long, elaborate lines influenced by clifford brown played alongside coleman |
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Cecil Taylor
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Piano
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alternative to mainstream playing
textures, instead of melodies |
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Albert Ayler
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Tenor
Soprano/Vocals |
altissimo register
influencial |
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Charles Mingus
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Bass
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first virtuoso
combined composition with improvisation "Fables of Fauves" |
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Eric Dolphy
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Alto
Flute/Bass Clarinet |
unpredictable improvisation
influenced by Monk |
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Roland Kirk
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Tenor
Clarinet/Flute/Reeds |
circular breathing
musique concrete |
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Herbie Hancock
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Piano
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child prodigy - Chicago Symphony at 11
refined Bill Evans' style "Maiden Voyage" "Watermelon Man" |
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Chick Corea
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Piano
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influenced by Bill Evans, Horace Silver, Monk, Bud Powell, McCoy Tyner
crisp sound included latin elements jazz fusion |
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Keith Jarrett
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Piano
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long, winding phrases with staccato
influenced by Coleman and Evans "All of You" |
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Sun Ra
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Keyboard
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incorporated "world" instruments
from Chicago |
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World Saxophone Quartet
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Julius Hemphill
Oliver Lake David Murray Hamiet Bluiett |
no rhythm section
free improvisation |
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John McLaughlin
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Guitar
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long, fast-moving solos
influenced by Coltrane |
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Larry Corryell
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Guitar
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blended jazz with country, rock, and blues
from Texas |
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Pat Metheney
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Guitar
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played with Gary Burton (vibraphone)
influenced virtually all guitarists "signature" chorus sound |
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Hiram Bullock
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Guitar
(originally sax) |
featured sideman with high profile artists
played solid body guitars equally skilled in bebop, fusion, funk, soul, blues |
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John Scofield
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Guitar
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collaborated with Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Pat Metheney
bebop, funk, fusion, soul semi-hollow arch-body guitar |
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Mike Stern
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Guitar
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5 time grammy nominee
bop phrasing with rock influence |
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Joe Zawinul
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Piano
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sideman of Cannonball Adderley
composed for Miles Davis Weather Report - one of the most influential fusion bands |
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Jaco Pastorius
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Electric Bass
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pioneer of the fret-less bass
influenced every electric bass player Weather Report |
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Elis Marsalis
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Piano
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avoided the spotlight to focus on teaching
encouraged students to make discoveries on their own |
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Wynton Marsalis
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Trumpet
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hip style
9 Grammies and a Pulitzer director for Lincoln Center of Jazz Orchestra |
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Delfeayo Marsalis
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Trombone
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recorded albums without bass duret to obtain a more wood sound from the bass
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Michael Brecker
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Tenor
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most influential tenor sax since Coltrane
also influenced Rock Guitar "Steps Ahead" merged funk and soul with classic jazz |
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Diana Krall
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Piano/Vocals
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Berkeley COllege of Music
discovered by Ray brown influenced by Nat King Cole |
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Grover Washington
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Soprano/Alto/Tenor
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"Mr. Magic"
merged funk and soul with classic jazz |
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clave rhythm
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made by Cal Tjader
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3-2
2-3 |
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Paquito De'Rivera
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Saxophone/Clarinet
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played clarinet with 2 classical style guitarists
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Take Six
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Vocal
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gospel influenced
all male sextet collaborated with pop, gospel, R&B |
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The Real Group
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Vocal
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professional a cappella group from sweden
2 women, 3 men "Flight of the Foobirds" |
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Swingers Unlimited
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Vocal
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founded by Gene Puerling
first widely successful 4-part vocal jazz group |
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Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross
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Vocal
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recorded first album Sing a Song of Basie in 1957 featuring vocal versions of Count Basie standards
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Manhattan Transfer
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Vocal
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first internationally successful 4-part vocal jazz group
branched out to pop |
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New York Voices
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Vocal
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incorporates instrumental accompaniment
most respected vocal group extremely challenging music |
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Hank Crawford
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Alto
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"Centerpiece" - a l ot of guitar
emulated gospel and blues sound smaller collection of notes |
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Stanley Turrentine
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Tenor Sax
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started with hard bop, merged in funk, blues, soul
shorter phrases with intricate notes |
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McCoy Tyner
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Piano
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tends to play bigger chords
played with Coltrane |
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Ahmad Jamal
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Piano
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admired
miles davis said was influential because of his rhythm and use of space multi-tonal melodies |
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Terrell Stafford
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Trumpet
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very agile trumpet plaer
wanted sideman |
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Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
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founded by Muhal Richard Abrams
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Association of Avant-Garde musicians that allowed them to support each other
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Art Ensemble of Chicago
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notorious in the 1970's
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incorporated African instruments
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Gary Burton
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Vibraphone
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worked with Chick Corea
fostered the new fusion movement |
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Bob James
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Keyboard
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smooth jazz
jazz fusion |
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Paul Motion
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Drums
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Bill Evan's trio
Armenian extraction |
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Jazz vs Rock
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less improvs, frequency of chord changes, complex harmonies in rock. less repetition in jazz
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Dexter Gordon
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Tenor Sax
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1st bebop players
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George Shearing
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Piano
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"voicing" double melody block chord
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Arturo Sandoval
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Trumpet/Piano
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Latin, Afro-Cuban jazz
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Scat
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uses neutral syllable only
improvised on the spot |
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Vocalese
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lyrics are written
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Kurt Elling
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Vocals
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admired
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Bossa Nova
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Antonio Carlos Jobim
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brazilian jazz music
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Scott Lafaro
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Bass
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Bill Evans' Trio
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Maria Schneider
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Composer
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studied under Gil Evans
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Wynton Kelly
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Piano
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played with Davis
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Joey Defrancesco
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Organs/Trumpet/Vocals
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soul jazz
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David Sandborn
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Alto/Tenor
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distinctive, hard edge sound
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Key Figures of Jazz Rock Fusion
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Herbie Hancock
Larry Corryell Miles Davis Garry Burton |
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Sonny Stitt
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Tenor/Alto
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greatest disciple of Charlie Parker
bebop |
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Gil Evans
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Piano
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free jazz
jazz fusion worked with Miles Davis |
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Popular Soul Saxophonists
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Grover Washington
Hank Crawford Stanley Turrentine |
merged funk & soul w/ classic styles
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Anthony Wilson
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Guitar
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Bob Mintzer
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electronic wind
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Weather Report
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Joe Zawinful
Wayne Shorter |
jazz fusion
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Lester Young
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Tenor
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influenced John Coltrane
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Wayne Shorter
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Sax
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founded weather report
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John Coltrane
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Tenor
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"densely packed" solos
"sheets of sound" |
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Free Jazz
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improvisations freed from constraints of jazz
no traditional chord progression collective improv |
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Freddie Hubbard
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Trumpet
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influential tone
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George Benson
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Guitar/Scat
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funk
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