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53 Cards in this Set

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Free Jazz Characteristics
Lack of Chord Changes
Free Form
Collective Improvisation
Greater use of disonance
Free Jazz Timeline
Late 1950's - 60's
Free Jazz definition
Free form protest chord progression no harmony sometimes form
Ornate Coleman instrument/importance
Alto Saxophone - Pioneer of Free Jazz
Cecil Taylor
Pianist/, Pointillistic textures and tone changes
Eric Dolphy
Alto, Bass, Clarinets
Inspired by sounds of birds
Chicago avant garde
AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Music)
Art Ensemble of Chicago
AACM I really don't know
Miles Davis
Trumpet
Bebop Mainstream Hardbop, cool, modal, contemporary, Fusion

Style - Restrained lots of space, little to no vibrato
Birth of the Cool
1949-50
Classic Miles Davis Quintet
50's everyone wanted to be them
Cookin' Relaxin' Workin'
Kind of Blue
Modal Jazz
My Funny Valentine
Miles Davis mid 1960's Group
Bitches Brew
One of the best selling Jazz Fusion album
John Coltrane
Played Sheets of songs
Tons of notes
Tenor Saxophone
John Coltrane & Sonny Rollins
Lead saxophonists in the 50's
Both went through Davis
Coltrane Sound
Huge Biting sound Low & High
Instrumental Proficency
Giant Steps
Exercise emphasizing 2 beats per chord a must for improvisers
Used to gain mastery over difficult and unconventional chord changes
My Favorite Things
Played by soprano saxophone by Coltrane
Very popular
A love supreme
Career peaked modal thematic simplicity
a concept album
Fusion Improvisation
Yes
Fusion Beat
Straight up and down
Fusion Form
Simple to complex
Fusion harmony
Jazz
Fusion Instrumental proficency
High
Jazz Improvisation
yes
Jazz piano/guitar comping
highly creative and spontaneous
Fusion instruments
Electric
Fusion used non ___________ instruments
Western
Fusion timeline
1960's to present
James Brown
Sligh in the family stone
Fusion bands that set it off
R & B time
Early 1970's
R & B was referred to as...
Funk & Soul
Jimi Hendrix known for
Sound of guitar and feedback/distortion
Rock bands that Utilized Jazz elements
Blood sweat and tears
Chicago
Early New Orleans Dixieland timeline
Ragtime Timline
1895-late 1910's
Chicago Style DIxieland timeline
1910's - mid 30's
Boogie-Woogie
mid 1910's - mid 1940's
Swing time
mid 30's - mid 40's
Bop time
Mid 40's - 1950's
Cool timeline
late 40's - late 50's
Had bop funky time / Progressive Jazz
1955 - present
Free Form timeline
late 50's to Present
Jazz/Rock/Fusion timeline
60's to present
improvised jazz band utilizing rock/funk/soul elements
miles dave
Bitches Brew
Significant Jazz album that directed fusion
Tony Williams
Contributed straight stuff on drum kit with R & B Flavor
John Mclaughlin
Played Guitar w/ Davis
Mclaughlin Orchestra
Birds of Fire
Weather Report
Joe Zawal
Wagner SHort
Herbie Hancock
Piano - composer
Most sought after pianist in the 60's
"Rockit"
Chick Corea
Style modal strong latin american roots in music
New age music time
1980's
New age music =
George Winston