History Of Jazz 3

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Piano
Born in Toledo
Blind
"over the rainbow"

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Art Tatem

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Who invented the electric guitar? When? Who popularized it?

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Less Paul, 1930's, Charlie Christian

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played the electric guitar and keyboard
helped create melodic role with guitar
popularized the electric guitar

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Charlie Christian

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What are the four characteristics of be-bop?

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not dance music, emphasized the soloist and their improvisations, not played by big bands, played complex harmonies

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what is evolution of be-bop?
what is revolution of be-bop?

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style and creativity of the music
what was going on in society (segregation)

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who began to take on the role as soloist when be-bop started?

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pianoest and bass players

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contraction for accompanying the way the guitar and piano players play during be-bop

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comping

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what was going on in society during be-bop?

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jobs weren't available so musicians were always on the road and doing jam sessions

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what started be-bop?

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jam sessions

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be-bop was a reaction to what era?

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swing

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greatest jazz alto sax composer of all time
known as bird
grew up in kansas city
was a drug addict, went to california for a year

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Charlie Parker

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trumpet player
very inspirational
sustained hard drugs, lived a long life
elder statesman of be-bop

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Dizzie Gillespie

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piano player
beaten up by cops
went to france had mental illness

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Bud Powel

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tenor sax player
big heroine addict
over comes it

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Dexter Gordon

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Trumpet player
most famous jazz musician
kind of blue was his most popular album of all time
bitches brew first fusion record

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Miles Davis

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Piano player
most celebrated jazz composer of all time besides duke ellington
mild for of autism

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Thelonious Monk

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upright bass player
outspoken
"Fabels of Fabus" (about segregation)

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Charles Mingus

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tenor and sapranno sax player
"a love supreme"
known as "sheets of sound"

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John Coletrane

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Piano Player
abducted by aliens

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Sun Ra

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what type of jazz was a reaction to be-bop? it discards harmony, melody, and song forms. instrumentation was from africa and asia

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Free Jazz

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Alto Sax player (plastic)
compositions are highly melodic and emotional
one of the first to use microtonal music

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Ornette Coleman

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Piano Player
Never performs the same music twice
came up with "Unit Structures"

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Cecil Taylor

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Tenor Sax player
from Cleveland
committed suicide

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Albert Ayler

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what kind of music moves away from jazz and is geared towards latin music but still had a lot of improvisations and solos are still taken?

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Salsa Music

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what is the kind of music that is a combination of musical styles that come from Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Brazil?

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Latin Music

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what kind of music has a lot to do with a rise on rock and roll music?

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Jazz Fusion

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Medeksi, Martin, and Wood

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piano, drums, bass
rock and rollish
jam band
highly improvisational

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Philadelphia
drums-quest love
hip hop jazz band
"say what"

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the roots

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over the rainbow

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art tatem

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nows the time

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charlie parker

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so what

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miles davis

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acknowledgement

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john coltrane

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ghosts

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albert ayler

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boogie stop shuffle

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charles mingus

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bulbs

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cecil taylor

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giant steps

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john coltrane

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rhythm-a-ning

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thelonious monk

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lonely woman

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ornette coleman