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30 Cards in this Set
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Very well known jazz vocalist
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Billie Holiday
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Known as the father of the jazz tenor
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Coleman Hawkins
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the notes of a chord played in quick succession rather than simultaneously
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arpeggio
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Well-known song by Coleman Hawkins
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"Body and Soul"
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Considered one of the most important "swing" tenors
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Ben Webster
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One of the most important trumpet soloists of the Swing Era
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Roy Eldridge
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One of the first prominent European jazz musicians
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Django Reinhardt
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Known as an American "swing" tenor saxophonist
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Chu Berry
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Hero of the Swing Era who received little popular acclaim
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King Carter
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A vivid description of a lynching and the first widely noted song about racism in American popular music
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"Strange Fruit"
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Known for having a vocal range of four octaves and adding falsetto cries and low growls
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Well known American jazz pianist
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Fats Waller
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Famous song by Fats Waller
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"Christopher Columbus"
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Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time
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Art Tatum
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used to identify an artist of masterly technique and skill
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virtuosity
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Famous song by Art Tatum
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"Over the Rainbow"
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Well known American swing and jazz guitarist
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Charlie Christian
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Famous song by Charlie Christian
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"Swing to Bop"
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Codified the walking bass
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Walter Page
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Expanded the bass walk by using more advanced harmonies and syncopating his rhythmic support with inventive, melodic figures
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Milt Hinton
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Remarkable bassist who became famous in the 1950s and 1960s for his virtuoso turns with the Ahmad Jamal Trio
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Israel Crosby
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Led the most popular small band of the Swing Era, an unusual minimalist sextet that prefigured the cool style of the 1950s
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John Kirby
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Known for his ability to simultaneously scat-sing and improvise bass lines, which he often played with the bow
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Slam Stewart
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bowed
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arco
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Revolutionized the bass and its role in the rhythm section, replacing the walking 4/4 approach with melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, and tonal nuances
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Jimmy Blanton
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Well known jazz and swing music drummer
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Chick Webb
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slow, powerfully syncopated rhythms derived from boogie-woogie
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shuffle rhythms
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was an influential American jazz and big band drummer
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Gene Krupa
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One of the most influential drummers in the history of jazz
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Papa Jo
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Known for his willingness to play every kind of jazz with grace and commitment
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Big Sid
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