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59 Cards in this Set
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William McGuire
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was a navey chaplin "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition"
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Frank Loesser
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Took William McGuire's quote and wrote a song. (angelic sopranos, church cadences)
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Kay Kaiser
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Arranged the song that Frank Loesser wrote about William McGuire's quote.
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Films had to be approved by the ______________ and had to be________.
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War Commission, Censored
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What were Tech films.
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There for the armed forces and they showed them how to do stuff and the movies had famous hollywood actors.
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Donald Duck in Nutzi Land
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"Der Fuhrer's face" by Spike Jones
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War toll
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"My Guy's Come Back" by Helen Forest
2.5% of the world population died |
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Decline of the big band swing era
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1. draft for military
2. transportation problems:shortage of gas and rubber so citizens had gas and tire rations(now band can't do one nighters) 3. 30% cabaret tax on night clubes 4. Musician's union strike: against recorded music because they just played records on the radio instead of live bands. 5. After WWII people didn't go out as much |
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Small group jazz
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-piano
-bass -drums -solo sax or trumpet |
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What is the function of each instrument in jazz trio?
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Bass
-keeps beat, rhythm, 1 note on each beat usually. -keeps the low and supports the chords. Drums -bass drum-1note per beat -ride-plays time pattern -high hat-plays the up beat -snare-plays more complex rhythms -toms Piano -can play all the elements of jazz -can play harmony melody and rhythm |
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how many phrases are there in a 32 bar song?
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4
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how long is each phrase in a 32 bar song
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8 bars long
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What is the "out chorus"
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brings back the original tune to round off the improv
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Be-Bop
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-came from revolt against big band(people want to play music and not be confined)
-much faster tempos -expanded harmonies -substitue chords-chords you wouldn't expect -vertical melody construction -more improv -AABA form (32 bar song) |
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When did Be Bop start and where
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Early 1940's NYC-52nd st
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"Dizzy" Gillespie
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The stereotypical bebop trumpet player
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Charlie "Bird" Parker
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Alto Saxophonist
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Did the public like Be Bop
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hell no but musicians didn't give a shit
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Cool Jazz
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1948-55
-Revolt against Be-Bop -Slower Tempos -Fewer Notes -Mid Range -Subtle Approach -Horizontal Melody -New Instruments-Flute, French Horn, Flugelhorn, Violin, Cello |
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LP Records
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1948-records spun slower so you could fit more on it
Miles Davis "Birth of the cool" "Boplicity" |
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West Coast Jazz
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Grey Mulligan
"My funny Valentine" Chico Hamilton Quintet "A Nice Day" |
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Public Reaction
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Cool
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Funky Hard Bop Regression aka______
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Funky Jazz
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Funky Hard
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Rhythmic Feel of Rock
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Bop Regression
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Throwback to elements of Bebop
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Eclectic
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From several different and diverse sources
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Free Form Jazz
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Revolt against any confinement in music.
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Avant Garde Jazz
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Electronic
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Third Stream
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the use of classical FORMS in jazz.
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Jazz Rock
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-1968-Blood, Sweat and Tears
-Rhythm section plus 4 horns -jazz chords, jazz improv and alternating rhythms "Spinning Wheel" |
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Today Jazz is responsible for ____ of all recording sales
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3%
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Late 40's Early 50's
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Stylistic Void
non controversial mellow vocalists and groups subdued instrumentals tin pan alley approach many love songs |
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Biggest solo attraction in the US
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1953-LIBERACE piano soloist: "Carioca" making 1 million a year
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Pop music revolt: the 50's
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-younger people didnt know the hardship of WWII
-Generation Gap -younger generation wanted excitement and there own music |
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Response from music Establishment
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-Tin Pan Alley rigid
-slow to react to youth needs -out dated concepts -loss of significant portion of market -rise of small independent record companies |
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Blue grass
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combination of folk and hillbilly
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Rock and Roll
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combination of hillbilly and Rhythm and blues
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soul (R+B)
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combination of Rhythm and blues and gospel
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What part of the country did Rock begin?
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American south
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Alan Freed
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-1951
-cleveland DJ -first to call music rock and roll |
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New Orleans
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gave birth to the first rhythm and blues records
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Fats Domino
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sold over 30,000,000 records, white people liked it
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Little Richard
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-wanted to be the best
-extrovert -after he was a pastor -boogie woogie inspired his piano style |
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Sam Phillips
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-radio engineer
-opened mephis records |
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BB King
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recorded with sam phillips
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Ike Turner
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Did songs with BB King and Sam Phillips
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Sun Records
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Sam Phillips
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Elvis Presley
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-walked into sam phillips record place and wanted to record one song and sam new he would be really good
-400,000,000 sold at the time of death (now over 1,000,000,000) -45 gold records -47 two sided hits -737 different billboard listings -RCA contract for 35,000 -after was drafted for the army |
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Chess Records
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-Chicago south
-Phil and Lenard Chess |
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Bo Diddly
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New style of guitar
-first play violin -he did what he wanted to -rhythmic |
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Chuck Berry
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-he was different and did his own thing
-he wrote what people wanted -white people liked it -people wanted to play guitar like him -got arrested for transporting a girl across state lines |
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Maybeline
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song by Chuck Berry that reached number 5
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Jerry Lee Lewis
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-halfway between Memphis and New Orleans
-Boogie style church music -sun records |
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Milton Berle
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actor on tv
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Ed Sullivan
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entertainment writer and tv host
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"You aint nothing but a hound dog"
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originally by Willie Mae "Big Mamma" Thornton
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Early Rock and Roll
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based on music of rhythm and blues and sometimes called rock a billey
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Bill Haley and the Comets
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-1954
-"Rock Around the Clock" -First big rock song -in the movie the blackboard jungle -#1 song of 1955 |
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colonel Tom Parker
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Elvis's manager
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