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22 Cards in this Set
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Bebop:
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-Fast tempos
-Musical elite, high level of virtuosity -Soloistic improvisation -New tunes to old chord changes, chord substitution, reharmonization |
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Cool Jazz
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-Relaxed, light, less rough & frantic
-Rhythm section becomes quieter. -Accompaniment, less interaction. -Drummers use brushes instead of sticks -Smoother swing feel , less syncopated=more predictable, experiments with odd meters, latin groves |
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Hard Bop:
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-who: younger generation followers of bebop
-what: bebop ideas in a more polished presentation -when: beg. Of the 1950s-1960s -where: NY, Philly, Detroit, Indianapolis -AKA funky jazz mainstream, soul jazz |
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why is hard bop differnt from bebop
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different from bebop because:
-less reliance on pop chord changes -original tunes, still modern today -more organized/rehearsed -funky influence -gospel r&b -still small group combo jazz quintet -most popular tunes had bluesy, gospel-like melodies -musicians thought of it as “modern jazz” -continuation of bebop |
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Free Jazz:
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improvising music that is free of pre-set chord progression, tempo, meter, etc
-civil rights movement -ornette coleman- alto sax -free jazz album: major impact on jazz -wrote 20 albums |
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Avant Garde:
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newest freshest sound: individualists
-the art ensemble of Chicago -not just music: dramatic sketches, poetry -sun ra-paino composer -african chant, modal works -synthesized and electronically altered sounds -influenced george Clinton (p-funk) |
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Charlie Parker what time of music
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Bebop) “bird”
-alto sax player from KC -rhythmic innovator. Complex patterns, non-traditional phrasing -harmonic innovations -2nd great genius of jazz |
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Dizzy Gillespie what time of music
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(Bebop)
-brilliant trumpet virtuoso -mostly self taught -leader of his own combo & big band -pioneer of afro-cuban music. created “cubop” |
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Lennie Tristano
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(cool jazz)
-classically trained pianist & loved the music of Bach -most influential as a teacher -Lee Konitz -alto sax -dry and dirty tone -alternative to bird |
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Miles Davis
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(cool jazz)
-1947 miles hired by Charlie parker -first recordings were bebop -over 30 different 7 releases -not common until 1950s -1949 album: the birth of the cool -features Konitz -Gil Evans arranger - “boplicity” -technical sounding melody -softer more relaxed sound & unique approach improv |
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Miles & Gil Evans
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(cool jazz)
-1950: birth of the cool -Gil Evans arranger -est. cool style jazz -several more recordings with Gil Evans -feature miles w/ chamber orchestra -3rd stream: classical & jazz mix -summertime (1958) |
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Jimmy Smith
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hard bop)
-highest selling jazz artist ‘60s -revolutionized the Hammond b3 organ -self taught, very original -popularized the B3 -influence felt in jazz & rock organists “back in the chicken shack” |
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John Coltrane
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hard bop)
-tenor and soprano sax player -repopularized the sop sax “my favorite things” -started as r&b saxophonist. Heard Charlie parker and switched to jazz -intense bebop player 1959 “giant steps” -experimented with modal jazz with miles & solo albums blue train & love supreme |
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Jimmy Smith
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hard bop)
-highest selling jazz artist 1960s -revolutionized the Hammond b3 organ -self taught & very original -influence felt in jazz & rock organists “back in the chicken shack” |
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“Shaw Nuff”-Dizzie Gillespie
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extremely fast, tight, virtuosic
-rhythm changes chords to “I got rhythm” -AABA form & arranged for recording purposes |
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Senor Blues”-Horace Silver Quintet
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”-Horace Silver Quintet
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Miles runs the voo doo down”-
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la miles davis
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Giant Steps”
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John Coltrane, influential recording & new harmonic formula
-difficult chord progression at a rapid pace. Chord changed every 2 beats -demands virtuosity and intellectual approach to improv |
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-Blue rondo a la turk
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Dave Brubeck
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Signifying
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saying something, testifying, changing the music in unexpected or ironic ways, altering chord changes
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Consonance:
Dissonance: deff for both |
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