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37 Cards in this Set
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Minton's Playhouse |
Venue for bebop jam sessions. |
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Monroe's Uptown Playhouse |
Venue for bebop jam sessions. |
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Charlie Parker |
Bebop saxophonist |
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Dizzy Gillespie |
Bebop trumpeter |
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Kenny Clarke |
Bebop drummer |
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Mac Roach |
Bebop drummer |
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Bud Powell |
Bebop pianist |
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Dexter Gordon |
Bebop saxophonist |
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Cool Jazz |
Form of bebop with laid back feel. Lester Young, Bix Beiderbecke, Frankie Trumbrauer. |
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Miles Davis and the Birth of Cool |
Cool Jazz nonet. French horn and tuba. |
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Jerry Mulligan |
Cool Jazz bari sax |
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Modern Jazz Quartet |
Cool jazz. Led by John Lewis and Milt Jackson |
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Gunther Schuller |
French Horn on Birth of the Cool |
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Dave Brubeck |
Cool jazz |
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Hard Bop |
Focus on longer solos and dark, heavy tones. Opposite of cool jazz. Blues and gospel influences. |
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Art Blakey |
Hard bop drummer. Jazz Messengers. |
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Horace Silver |
Hard bop drummer. Jazz Messengers. |
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Clifford Brown |
Hard bop trumpeter. Max Roach-Clifford Brown Quintet. |
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Sonny Rollins |
Hard bop tenor sax. Album: Saxophone Colossus |
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Wes Montgomery |
Hard bop guitarist. |
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Gil Evans |
1950s composer. Collaborated with Miles Davis. |
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George Russell |
1950s composer. "Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Music. Modal improvisation. |
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Modal Jazz |
"So What?" |
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Avant-garde |
1960s evolutionary form of jazz. |
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Ornette Coleman |
Avant-garde saxophone. Raw, vocal-like sound. Free improvisation. |
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Cecil Taylor |
Avant-garde pianist. |
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The New Thing |
Avant-garde ensemble. John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler. |
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Soul Jazz |
Offshoot of hard bop. Originated from Jump music. |
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Nat King Cole |
Singer. First African-American to have his own tv show. |
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Afro-Cuban Jazz |
Speed by popularity of Latin pop in US. Dizzy Gillespie's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra. |
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Mongo Santamaria |
Composer. Fusion of Latin and soul. Watermelon Man |
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Fletcher Henderson |
Pianist and arranger during swing era. Arranged for Benny Goodman. |
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Paul Whiteman |
Dance band leader. |
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Fusion I |
Vocalists, soul jazz, Latin jazz. |
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Fusion II |
Jazz-rock, folk & world influences |
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Norman Granz |
Hosted "Jazz at the Philharmonic" |
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Muhal Richard Abrams |
Founded the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians |
