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43 Cards in this Set
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Bebop
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Jazz developed by viruoso musicians. outgoing personalities. small and dedicated audiences.
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jump bands/rhythm & blues
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swing meets R&B. very dancable and accessible to popular audiences.
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after hours clubs.
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didnt serve alcohol. Minton's, Monroe's Uptown house. bring own alcohol.
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Minton's layhouse.
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Jazz club in Harlem. Jam sessions and cutting contests. charlie parker.
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Musicians Union Recording Ban
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Ban on commercial recording.
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Jam sessions
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musicians play while improvising or without extensive practice.
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locked hands technique
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both hands played simultaneously in parrallel motion. melody on the right little fingure. harmony played by others.
Bud Powell. |
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Bombs
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Kenny Clark.
spontaneous accents hit on snare drum or bass drum. |
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cool jazz
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softer approach. intellectual. trumpet, sax, strings, tuba. written arrangments. use of counter point and dynamics.
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birth of the cool sesstions
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miles davis. tuba.
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odd-time meter
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over 3 beats or an even number of beats.
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"time out" aldumn
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Dave Brubeck. sold the most records. 5/4 beat. blend of cool and west coast jazz.
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3rd Stream Jazz
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equally classical and jazz. Gunther Schuller. Classic and improv
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west coast jazz
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cool jazz. LA and San Fran. clamer style. white musicians.
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hard bop
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outgoing. blues form. counterpoint. cannonball, sonny, horace, wes, art big musicians
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funky jazz
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strong elements of blues and gospel
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soul jazz
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blues, soul, gospel and rhythm blues. small groups, often an organ trio.
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east coast jazz
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bebop. cutting contests, less cool jazz
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Dizzie Gillespie
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first influencial bebop trumpet player. big full brass tone. swing bands. joined up with Bird in 1945
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Charlie "Bird" Parker
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Kansas CIty. Alto Sax. idolized Lester Young. Went to NY. Minton's. Drugs. Royal Roost Club. bebop to maturity. mainstream for saxaphone. amazing solos.
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Thelonious Monk
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Piano. Composer. unorthodox. not always mainstream bebop. dissonance notes. clashing notes.
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Max Roach
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played drums for Bud Powell Trio.
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Chano Pozo
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Latin jazz.
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Dexter Gordon
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Tenor sax. productive career. long flowing lines. based off coleman hawkings.
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Bud Powell
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Piano. most imitgated bebop player. most important after WW2. took strive out of jazz. locked hands
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Miles Davis
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Birth of cool. Quieter dynamics. gerry mulligan, lee konitz, gil evans, john lewis, lennie tristano. birth of cool sessions
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Lennie Tristano
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Piano. Cool jazz
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Lee Konitz
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Alto sax of cool jazz
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Gil Evans
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Young arranger of cool jazz
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John Lewis
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piano of cool jazz. MJQ
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Milt Jackson
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MJQ. vibraphones. third stream.
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Morder Jazz Quartet
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third stream. classical strings. tuxedos. composed by john lewis
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Dave Brubeck
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2nd behind miles davis of cool. performed sold out concerts. sold most CDs. Piano
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Paul Desmond
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jazz alto sax. Take 5 writted. Brubeck
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Joe Morello
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Drummer for Brubeck. take 5
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Eugene Wright
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"the senator". bass for brubeck.
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Gunther Schuller
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violinist. MJQ. coined third stream.
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Sonny Rollins
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tenor sax. gifted improv. worked with miles davis. "i know that you know"
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Horace Silver
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piano and composer. essence of hard bop. funky style. wrote many standards. "sister sadie".
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"Cannonball" Adderley
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alto sax. next big after Bird. full tone. aggresive. bridged the gap.
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Nat Adderley
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Brother of cannonball. jazz coronet and trumpet. hard bop
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wes montgomery
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guitar. horn like lines. octave voicing. hard core hard bop. brought guitar to jazz
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Jimmy Smith.
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Electric organ. worked with wes montgomery.
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