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36 Cards in this Set
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Art Tatum
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Piano
•Piano solos •Amazing technique and velovity •Started “Reharmonization” tiger rag |
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Slam Stewart
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•Solo style
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Coleman Hawkins
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•Triton substitution
•Very advanced harmonic concepts •Used heavy vibrato |
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Dizzy Gillespie
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•First and most important Bop trumpeter
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Monk
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•Rhythmic development
•Bending notes high priest of bop |
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Dave Brubeck
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Composer/pianist
•Admired as a composer, not a pianist •Mixed meters •Cross rhythm •Supermetric |
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MJQ
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•Played in constrained, conservative bop style
•Often wore tuxedos |
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Chet Baker
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•Solo style
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Miles Davis
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Trumpet
birth of cool |
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Duke Ellington
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Piano
•#2 of the "Big 6” •Master of the 3 minute form •Focused on the strengths/weaknesses of his players •Transcended the chorus bound limitations of arranging |
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Bubber Miley
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Trumpet
•Mutes •Growls |
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Cootie Williams
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Trumpet
•Very skilled with mutes |
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Benny Goodman
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Clarinet
•Technical perfectionist •Tyrant band leader •Benny Goodman Quartet – first racially mixed band •Popularity rose from clear channel broadcasts and time zone differences |
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Lionel Hampton
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Vibraphone
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Gene Krupa
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Drummer
•First major Jazz soloist on drum set |
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Teddy Wilson
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Piano
one of 1st blacks to appear with whites |
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Charlie Christian
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Guitar
•Long solo lines •First example of amplified guitar |
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Django Reinhardt
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belgian gypsy Guitar
•lost 2 fingers in a fire •First outstanding European Jazz musician un amplified |
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“Papa” Jo Jones
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Drums
•Revolutionized the rhythm section transferred basic pulse from bass drum to the hi-hat |
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Walter Page
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Bass
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Freddie Green
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Guitar
Played unamplified guitar •Sense of pulse was very strong |
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William “Count” Basie
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Piano
•Style changed from stride to very sparse due to the strong pulse of Walter Page (bass) |
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Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke
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Cornet
*wanted to be remembered as a composer, rather than a cornet player •1st great White Jazz musician In a MIst |
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Earl “Fatha” Himes
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Piano style referred to as " trumpet style"
•Played piano for Armstrong after the divorce of his 2nd wife, Lil Hardin |
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Louis Armstrong
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Trumpet / Singer
•First of the “Big 6” •Learned to play the clarinet at Waif’s Home •Stressed solo improvisation vs. group improvisation •Makes the lead line important – the most important development from small ensemble music •Outspoken on his thoughts against racism |
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Robert Johnson
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Guitar / Singer
•“Hell Hound on my Trail” •Nasal vocal quality |
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James P. Johnson
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Piano
•First recorded Jazz piano solo – “Carolina Shout” |
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Jelly Roll Morton
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Piano
•Made his own version of “Maple Leaf Rag” •Pianist, composer, and band leader •First important Jazz composer |
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Sidney Bechet
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Clarinet
•Played the out-dated Albert system clarinet |
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Bessie Smith
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Singer
•Followed the lead of Ma Rainey •Huge, powerful voice •“Lost Your Head Blues” |
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Lt. James Reese Europe
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•Credited with
oBringing ragtime into mainstream oElevating African American music •“Memphis Blues” |
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Freddy Keppard
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Trumpet
•Turned down recording with the Original Dixieland Band because “he didn’t want people to steal his stuff” |
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Scott Joplin
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Composer
•“Maple Leaf Rag” •Was a composer, not a musician • Recording comes from a piano roll |
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Lester Young= perez
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-Sax
airy sound |
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art tatum
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limited vision
piano |
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charlie (yardbird) parker
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most imoprtant figue in jazz
prolific composer played fast birdland |
