History Of Jazz Exam #3

Front 1

What terms are used to describe the jazz styles before and after Bebop?

Back 1

Before:

After:

Front 2

Which 3 musicians are credited with founding the bebop style?

Back 2

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk

Front 3

One of bebop's greatest musical contributions to jazz was impressive soloists and improvisers

Back 3

TRUE

Front 4

In bop style, simple chording and stride piano accompaniment developed into modern comping

Back 4

FALSE

Front 5

Bebop developed out of swing music

Back 5

TRUE

Front 6

Charlie Parker established the vocabulary out of modern jazz

Back 6

TRUE

Front 7

Bop Drummers play time keeping rhythms primarily on the suspended cymbal

Back 7

TRUE

Front 8

Dizzy Gillespie was one of the first musicians to combine Latin rhythms with Jazz

Back 8

TRUE

Front 9

What were the defining elements of Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet style?

Back 9

Agility, Harmonic Complexity, and high register playing

Front 10

What instrument did Thelonious Monk play?

Back 10

Piano

Front 11

Bud Powell mastered the art of comping. Which swing era pianist first developed this idea?

Back 11

Count Basie

Front 12

Which wind instrument, very popular during the swing era, fell out of favor during the bebop era?

Back 12

Clarinet

Front 13

What was the typical size of bebop bands?

Back 13

Small combos

Front 14

Charlie Parker is considered the most important saxophonist in history

Back 14

True

Front 15

As modern Jazz began, the status of jazz began to resemble art music rather than popular music

Back 15

TRUE

Front 16

Which swing era pianist is credited with influencing much of cool jazz?

Back 16

Lennie Tristano

Front 17

Where did West Coast jazz primarily develop?

Back 17

West Coast, California

Front 18

Lennie Tristano developed a modern jazz style that was NOT based on the ideas of Charlie Parker

Back 18

TRUE

Front 19

Compare and contrast Charlie Parker with Lee Konitz

Back 19

Different Styles, Same speed and agility/impressive techniques

Front 20

What was the name of the band founded in 1949 by Miles Davis and Gil Evans?

Back 20

Birth of The Cool

Front 21

How many musicians were in this band?

Back 21

9

Front 22

Which unusual instruments were included in the band's instrumentation?

Back 22

Tuba French Horn and Trombone

Front 23

Who were the two most important jazz trumpeters?

Back 23

Miles Davis and Chet Baker

Front 24

Which Swing Era saxophonist is credited with influencing cool jazz saxophonists?

Back 24

Lester Young

Front 25

Which baritone saxophone player led a pianoless quartet in 1950?

Back 25

Gerry Mulligan

Front 26

Which rhythmic innovation did Dave Burbeck pioneer?

Back 26

The use of odd meters and time signatures

Front 27

Who was the alto saxophonist in the Dave Burbeck Quartet?

Back 27

Paul Desmond

Front 28

In which decade was hard bob prominent?

Back 28

50/60's

Front 29

What is the prime characteristic of hard bop drumming?

Back 29

Busier, louder, more interactive

Front 30

What are the main characteristics of Horace Silver's music?

Back 30

Simple, repetitive, catchy

Front 31

Horace Silver's consisted of catchy, short phrases

Back 31

TRUE

Front 32

Latin American musical patterns were often included in the comping patterns of hard bop pianists

Back 32

TRUE

Front 33

What were the defining elements of Clifford Brown's trumpet style?

Back 33

Long flowing lines, big warm sound, and exceptional agilities

Front 34

Sonny Rollins was the first tenor saxophonist to adopt Charlie Parker's style

Back 34

TRUE

Front 35

Art Blakey incorporated many African drumming styles to his own playing

Back 35

TRUE

Front 36

Philadelphia and Detroit produced many hard bop musicians

Back 36

TRUE

Front 37

Which other labels did journalists use to categorize hard bop?

Back 37

Funky Jazz, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop

Front 38

John Colatrane first became known in the hard bop band, the Miles Davis Quintet

Back 38

TRUE

Front 39

Early in his Career, Coltrane was infatuated with harmony and chord changes

Back 39

TRUE

Front 40

What was the phrase, coined by Ira Gitler, to describe Coltrane's fast-paced style?

Back 40

"Sheets of Sound"

Front 41

What were the defining elements of Coltrane's saxophone style?

Back 41

hard/warm tone and muscular driving style. Exquisite timing

Front 42

Which musicians comprised Coltrane's classic Quartet?

Back 42

McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones

Front 43

Describe the drumming style of Elvin Jones

Back 43

Light, airy, good timing