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Mile davises jobs

A composer, bandleader, and trumpet ear

Miles Davis was one of the most

Acclaimed figures in the history of 20th century music

Miles Davis was at the forefront of

Several major stylistic developments in jazz and fusion

Miles Davis played trumpet without

Vibrato and head clear, mid-range tone

Miles Davis was "sensitive soul" forge a street wise exterior that later earned him

The title of Prince of darkness

Recordings on muted trumpet help mile Davis develop

Signature sounds that broke through to mainstream recognition

From 1944 to 1948 Miles Davis went to New York City after what

Stink in Billy eckstine big band which feature dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and art blakely

Miles Davis studied at

Juilliard gaining music theory knowledge

Miles Davis played on 52nd Street with

Coleman Hawkins



Debuted with Charlie Parker quintet replacing dizzy Gillespie on trumpet



They're following Styles contrasted

What album came in 1949 that started the Miles Davis nonet

"Birth of the cool"

Why was the Miles Davis nonet formed

There were Jazz musicians who were unhappy about the increasingly virtuoso instrumental techniques that dominated the Bebop scene

Miles Davis nonet achieved that sounds similar to

The human voice: carefully arranged compositions emphasizing a relaxed melodic approach to the improvisation

Which pieces of the Miles Davis nonet became influential pieces on the cool style of jazz

"Boplicity" and "move"

Cool Jazz was very prominent where

The West coast

Hard-bop incorporated influences from

Blues, Gospel music, and rhythm and blues

The rhythmic feeling of hard bop was also labeled as

Funky and soulful, using triqdic harmonies and amen chords from traditional gospel music

Davis recruited players for the first great quintet in 1955 that included

Tenor sax John Coltrane, recording and performing some Bebop pieces and songs from Great American Songbook

Call Trina Davis contrasted in the same way

Parker and Davis contrasted



Davis played long lyrical melody lines while Coltrane played high-energy solos

What is a chord

More than one note played at a time

How many chords can exist in a musical composition

The number is infinite

Modal jazz came out when

1959

What album made by Columbia records was regarded as one of the best albums of all time

Kind of blue



Ex of modal jazz

Modal Jazz usually has less

Chord progressions, where single chords May last 4 to 16 measures; quartal harmonies or melodies; polytonality

Modal Jazz was inspired by

Inspired after seeing a performance of Les ballet Africans from Guinea



it used confidence and dissonance when an instrument would play for long periods of time on just one chord

Ornette Coleman was

The shape of jazz to come

What happened in 1959

The birth of free jazz

Ornette Coleman developed

His own unique way of playing, found his own sound that was often met with hostility

Ornette Coleman album contained

Compositions that had a brief thematic statement followed by several minutes of free improv

Ornette Coleman had a quartet consisting of

Alto sax (Coleman), trumpet ,bass and drums,



There were no chordal instruments like piano or guitar

When was post bop

Between 1964 and 1968

In the post Bop era Davis assembled his second great quintet consisting of

Wayne shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams

Davis's second Great quintet tackle similar repertoire as earlier Davis bands had played, but played with

Increasing structural and rhythmic freedom

The later half of the post Bop arisaka quintet approach new music as "time no changes" this referred to

Davidson's choice to depart from chord progressions and adopt a more open approach with rhythm sections responding to The Soloist melodies like ornette Coleman early recordings

What was the last era

Jazz fusion (the electric period)

"bitches brew"

Saxophone, the use of electric piano, in guitar, and favorite a rock oriented improv style and can also be labeled as experimental jazz

Jazz fusion combined aspects of jazz

Harmony and improvisation with Styles like funk, Rock, rhythm and blues and Latin jazz

Jazz fusion with characterized by

Electric instruments and amplified sound as well as electronic effects and synthesizers

What was chor

Instrumental Brazilian popular music originating in the 19th century

Who was piyinguinha

Saxophone and flutist


What did piyinguinha intergrate

The early choro composers of the 19th century and contemporary jazz harmonies

He had sophisticated

Arrangements that incorporated afro-brazilian rhythms

He was one of the first

Popular artists to take advantage of radio wasn't studio recording

Who was Antonin Carlos jobim

He was a prolific composer of bossa novas



Brazilian songwriter, arranger , singer, pianist and guitarist


Jobim composed pieces that are now

Jazz and popular standards such as "garota de ipanema"

Jobim roots were

Firmly planted in the modern music of pixinguinha

Bossanova

Samba

The girl from ipanema was from what album

1963 album titled getz/Gilberto



Features joao Gilberto,Stan get and Antonio Carlos jobim

1964 single of girl from ipanema was omitted by

Portuguese lyrics originally sung by joao gilberto

Astrud Gilberto sung girl from ipanema , establishing her as

Bossa novas singer



She had never sung pro before getz/Gilberto album

Samba versus bossa

The bossa nova style places more emphasis on Melody and less on percussion



it is music to dance to. The rhythmic feel is more sway than swing



It was influenced from blues and samba

Aside from guitar style, gilberto's big innovation was

The vocal style employed by bossa Nova singers. The characteristic nasal vocal production is a peculiar trait of the caboclo folk tradition of northeastern Brazil

Cabacco is

Mixed indigenous Brazilian and European ancestry

Jazz fusion combined aspects of

Jazz with rock, funk, r&b and Latin jazz

Jazz fusion used what

Electric instruments such as electric bass and guitar, synthesizers, electronic effects

Yes you can put emphasis on

Original compositions

Judge fusion could employ

Odd time signatures, elaborate chord progressions and melodies

What year did weather report album come out

1971

Weather report album was what

And avant-garde experimental Jazz group originally, they also Incorporated More commercial pieces

Weather report album features

Some pieces were a half an hour in length



It was influenced by different styles of Latin, African, it's European music

What did album light as a feather return to forever in 1972 start with

Latin influence music that transform into a jazz rock group that took influence from both psychedelic and progressive rock

Played as a feather keyboardist Chick corea participated in the birth of

Electric jazz fusion movements in Miles, Davis's band and became a major modern jazz piano voice

Who were the Brecker Brothers(1975)

They were a duo of Michael and Randy brecker



Michael play tenor sax and Randy played trumpet

Randy became famous as

An original member of blood, sweat & tears

The brecker Brothers released what album in 1978

Heavy metal Bebop

Miles Davis jazz transitions

1. Cool Jazz


2 hard bop


3 modal Jazz


4 post Bop


5 jazz fusion

Miles Davis's Jazz transitions

1. Cool Jazz


2. Hard bop


3. Modal Jazz


4.post bop


5. Jazz fusions