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How does cool jazz differ from bebop in terms of specific musical elements? |
bebop is based on beats and rhythmic concepts. Cool jazz is more melodic, and has a more relaxed feel to it. Bebop is usually a fast tempo piece, with a very simple arrangement or no arrangement at all. Cool Jazz, is usually played a lot slower then Bebop, sounds very arranged. |
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Who was the house pianist for Minton's Playhouse in Harlem? |
Thelonious Monk |
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Why was Dizzy Gillespie called the "professor"? |
He was known to be very generous with his knowledge of music theory. |
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Who played the conga on "Manteca"? What group did the pianist later found? |
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Who composed the two hits "Straight, No Chaser" and "Epistrophy"? |
Thelonious Monk |
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Who was Monk's friend and Protege? |
Bud Powell |
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True or False? Cool Jazz was typically fast, loud, and focused on improvisation? |
FALSE. |
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What is the title of the Modern Jazz quartet's signature album and pieces?To whom was it an homage? |
"Django" -Django Reinhardt |
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Who was the vibraphonist of the Modern Jazz quartet? |
Milt Jackson |
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Who was the pianist for the Modern Jazz quartet? |
John Lewis |
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What two musicians of the West Coast cool scene played at a club called the Haig? What did they play? What was different about their quartet? |
Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan. Baker played the trumpet and Mulligan played Baritone sax. They became famous for playing "pianoless" |
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Who was the most popular & commercially successful West Coast Musician? Who was his alto sax player? What was their big hit album? What was the most famous song on their album? |
Dave Brubeck Paul Desmond "Time out" album "Take Five" song |
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Who are some of the musicians that we studied who explored Brazillian Bossa Nova? |
Stan GETZ Joao GILBERTO Antonio Carlos JOBIM |
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True or false? Hard Bop is more complicated music than bebop |
FALSE |
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True or False? Hard bop musicians wanted to return the blues influences to jazz after the cool era |
TRUE |
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This clean-living hard bop trumpeter died in a car crash? |
Clifford Brown |
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Who composed the Jazz Standard "Goodbye Porki Pie Hat"? Who does this piece Honor? |
Charles Mingus |
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Be able to name at least four styles of Jazz that Miles Davis Explored? |
Big Band Bebop Hard Bop Modal Jazz |
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"Boogie Stop Shuffle" is from what album? |
"Mingus Ah Um" -Charles Mingus |
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"So What" is from what album? |
"Kind of Blue" -Miles Davis |
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