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30 Cards in this Set
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Benny Goodman
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"king of swing" first to make swing popular became a "white" version of Henderson's band
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Fletcher Henderson
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inventor of the style led pre-swing band in 1920s
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Gene Krupa
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first great drum soloist played in Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet
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Teddy Wilson
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best and most influential swing pianist, played in Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet
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Count Basie
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piano mid west swing (Kansas City Swing) emphasis on swing or groove first great rhythm section
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Duke Ellington
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pre-swing Cotton Club Jungle Music exotic sounds mutes duke's instrument was his band used tone color like a painter to blend tones wrote for specific players
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Cootie Williams
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trumpeter plunger mute played for Duke Ellington
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Johnny Hodges
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alto sax played for Duke Ellington
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Joe Nanton
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trombone played for Duke Ellington and Koko most celebrated and unique recoding of the 1940s
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Jimmy Blanton
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bass for Duke Ellington
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Freddie Green
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played guitar for Count Basie
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Jo Jones
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played drums for Count Basie
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Walter Page
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played bass for Count Basie
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Lester Young
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tenor sax greatest soloist of swing era cool horizontal melodic emphasis
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Billie Holiday
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greatest jazz singer after Armstrong Lyrics most important part of song communicated the meaning of the words changed notes and rhythms phrasing
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Frank Sinatra
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first superstar in pop music history began with Harry Jame's band in 1939 went with Tommy Dorsey in 1940 first to conceive record album
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Tommy Dorsey
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band in 1940 with Sinatra long legato lines without taking a breath
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Helen Forest
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female crooner played for Fletcher Henderson
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Glen Miller
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most popular band during WWII commercial side of swing
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Art Tatum
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virtuoso pianist astounding technique transitional figure between Swing and Bebop fast run with both hands
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Charlie Parker
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Bird alto sax greatest figure most influential figure in bebop drug addict
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Dizzy Gillespie
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founding father of bebop trumpet pioneered afro-cuban latin jazz
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Kenny Clarke
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founding father of bebop drums
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Max Roach
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played drums for KoKo
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Bud Powell
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best and most influential bebop pianist influence of Tatum and Charlie Parker shell voicing for chords ambiguous leave more leeway for chord
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Thelonious Monk
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father of bebop pianist simulating bending of notes whole-tone scale
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Milt Jackson
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played with monk in Misterioso
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John Hammond
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non musician who discovered and helped talented musicians made concerts possible got radio show for benny goodman discovered billie holiday and bob dylan
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Cole Porter
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singer
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George and Ira Gershwin
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wrote for Louis Armstrong
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