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10 Cards in this Set
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Wrappin' It Up |
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra Composed by Henderson (who arranged for Benny Goodman and led the 1st "American Jazz Band") Song has call & response, reed doubling, shout chorus |
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Cotton Tail |
Duke Ellington Orchestra Piano: Ellington (great composer/arranger, influenced by James P. Johnson's piano style) Sax solo: Webster |
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Koko |
Duke Ellington Orchestra Composed by Ellington Piano: Ellington From larger musical work - more serious, depicts "Congo Square" in New Orleans, everything written out, no soloists |
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Cherokee |
Charlie Barnet Orchestra Barnet on sax Arranged by Billy May (one of the best white arrangers) Interesting chord sequence on bridge (B section) AABA form |
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Body and Soul |
Coleman Hawkins Hawkins on sax -the model for most swing era tenor saxophonists -played inside the chords -influenced by Armstrong -played with Henderson |
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Lester Leaps In |
Count Basie's Kansas City Seven Showcase for Lester Young -light tone -plays "pretty notes"/upper extensions of chords -father of "Cool School" Has Basie's modern rhythm section Basie: piano (sparse comping) Page: bass "walking" bass style Jones: drums, timekeeping on cymbals Green: guitar, only acoustic, "felt more than heard" |
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Rockin' Chair |
Gene Krupa's Orchestra Krupa on drums (used to play with Goodman) Roy Eldridge on trumpet (link between Armstrong and Gillespie, most influential trumpet player of swing era, merged styles of Armstrong and Hawkins) |
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Too Marvelous For Words |
Art Tatum - on piano, most technically accomplished and harmonically advanced pianist in swing era, big impact on bebop |
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Seven Come Eleven |
Goodman and Christian Benny Goodman on clarinet ("King of Swing") Christian on guitar (1st great electric guitarist, phrasing big impact on bebop, heavy influence on all jazz artists guitarists after him) Lionel Hampton on vibraphone Recording session produced by Hammond Racially integrated recording |
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How Deep is the Ocean? |
Singer: Ella Fitzgerald Composer : Irving Berlin Form: ABAC |
