History Of Jazz Exam #4

Front 1

What type of mute did Miles Davis use?

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Harmone Mute

Front 2

Miles renewed collaboration with Gil Evans led to new works that featured Miles with a large ensemble

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true

Front 3

Which Miles Davis album helped popularize modal improvisation in jazz?

Back 3

Kind of Blue (1959)

Front 4

Define modal improvisation

Back 4

improvisation based on scales

Front 5

Which pianist collaborated with Miles of Kind of Blue?

Back 5

Bill Evans

Front 6

Who were the leading practitioners of modal jazz?

Back 6

John Coltrane and Miles Davis

Front 7

What was the general music character of Mile's mid-60's rhythm section?

Back 7

Unique, eratic, avant garde, fresh and new

Front 8

Which Miles Davis sideman was a key composer of the 60's and 70's?

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Wayne Shorter

Front 9

What were the main components of Miles Davis' trumpet style?

Back 9

Harmone mute, timing, aggressive

Front 10

In which decades did avant garde predominate?

Back 10

60's-70's

Front 11

Which musicians were the pioneers of free jazz?

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Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor

Front 12

Which instrument was often omitted in free jazz ensembles?

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piano

Front 13

Free Jazz is improvising without preset chord changes

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true

Front 14

How would Ornette Coleman's music best be described?

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No preset chord changes or forms, a lot of improv

Front 15

What was significant about Ornette's recording 'Free Jazz'?

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Two separate quartets, no piano

Front 16

Describe the musical characteristics of free jazz

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Loud, aggressive, extreme, free

Front 17

Cecil Taylor plays piano

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true

Front 18

Describe the musical characteristics of Cecil Taylor's playing

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Avant garde, not traditional

Front 19

How did free jazz drummers differ from the swing and hip hop drummers before them?

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textural, creative, aggressive

Front 20

Which musical styles are the roots of soul, funk and rock?

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blues, gospel

Front 21

Jazz-rock fusion was the most popular style of jazz since swing

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true

Front 22

What are rock's musical characteristics?

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short, repeated phrases, straight groove, vocal

Front 23

Rock rhythms feature intensity and firmness, while jazz emphasizes flexibility and relaxation

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true

Front 24

jazz rock was less harmonically complex than prior styles to jazz

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true

Front 25

Fusion guitarists and pianists replaced spontaneous comping with repetitive accompaniment riffs

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true

Front 26

Which pianist composer collaborated with Miles on 'Ina Silent Way'?

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Joe Zawinul

Front 27

describe the instrumentation used in Miles' post-1968 bands

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electric bass, keyboard, percussion

Front 28

Joe Zawinul was an early proponent of electric pianos and synthesizers

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true

Front 29

Which guitarist led the Mahavishnu Orchestra?

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John McLaughlin

Front 30

What was the Weather Report's early musical approach?

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collective improvisation

Front 31

Who was the electric bassist for Weather Report from 1976-1982?

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Miroslav Virtuous

Front 32

What was Weather Report's later musical approach

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Less improve, and more simple repetitive grooves

Front 33

Jazz rock is essentially jazz improvisations mixed with R&B rhythms and instruments

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true

Front 34

Acid jazz relies heavily upon the technique of sampling previously recorded music

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true

Front 35

Who invented acid jazz?

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Djs

Front 36

What is looping?

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Short, repeated musical phrases

Front 37

What is the name of the innovative musicians that scratch records using two turntables and a mixer?

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turntablists

Front 38

During the 80's and 90's, a variety of soulful styles developed led mostly by saxophonists

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true

Front 39

What is the most prominent characteristic of soul jazz?

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simple melodies, the groove, the feel of the music

Front 40

What are the three "soul saxophone" styles?

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complicated jazz, smooth, rough/raw

Front 41

Describe Michael Breker's saxophone style?

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rough, raw and complicated

Front 42

Smooth jazz features soft tone qualities and a lack of tension

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true

Front 43

What instrument does Kieth Jarrett play?

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piano

Front 44

In addition to trios, and quartets, Keith Jarrett also has great success as a solo performer

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true

Front 45

What are the musical characteristics of postmodernism?

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Every style since the modern age

Front 46

Describe Carla Bley's musical style

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ballads, runs, loud and swinging

Front 47

What are the Wynton Marsalis' career accomplishments?

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Won 9 grammys, creator of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra