Bebop

Charlie Parker Jr. better known as the Bird was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is accredited for being an influential part in the development of bebop. This style of jazz had a much faster tempo, specialized technique, and advancement in the harmony that is used. His playing style made way for faster chords, variants to altered chords, and substitution that are made to it. Although he had a difficult upbringing and maybe obstacles were placed in front of him, he still succeeded…

12 Bars Blues progression of just using I, IV and V chords, Charlie Parker composed it through a lot of ii - V sequences. For melody lines, Charlie Parker’s famous Bebop tune was used, as well as arpeggios, syncopation and also anticipation. These make Blues For Alice famous from its melody sounds, and also used for practicing as Bebop etude and ii-V progression. Today, I will perform ‘Blues For Alice’ with piano and accompanied by Elishama Zikri Abit (bass guitar) and Ting Chee Wei (drums). The…

groundbreaking album. It’s influential in the fact that this is the album bebop was really first noticed on. Miles sets a tone like none other, creating a cool yet trying environment. The playing is very compressed, blending the sound of typical jazz quintet instruments with newer instruments used for jazz. On top of the instrumentation, there is not one dull song off of Birth Of The Cool. As well as showing the evolution of bebop, Birth Of The Cool demonstrates the development of this awesome…

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie acts as a quintessential tip of hat to its predecessor anime series. Which is one of the most universally well-respected animated series of its time. Simply put the central plot of Cowboy Bebop: The Movie follows a terrorist bombing which releases a deadly virus to the mass population living on Mars. As a result the government has issued a 300-million woolong reward in order to capture the cold-blooded culprit that’s behind it. A legalized bounty hunter crew of the…

Music of that contemporary time consisted mostly of jazz, more specifically bebop and swing styles. During the 30’s and the Great Depression, swing music was the standard among pop culture. Swing refers to the rhythm of the music in which the upbeat of a note would be played as closely to the next down beat as possible. On the other hand, Moore says it better when he explains that, “‘swing’ style — a combination of elongated and shortened beats produced by the fixed attacks and accents of the…

life by many musicians like Miles Davis on trumpet, Steve Grossman on the soprano saxophone, John McLaughlin with his electric guitar and Jack DeJonette on the drums. Miles Davis, the now legendary Cool Jazz pioneer from Illinois, started off playing Bebop (the notoriously crazy fast jazz which was terrifyingly difficult for many musicians to master.) and then later found his place in the upcoming Cool Jazz (the much relaxing sub-genre of Jazz.) Go Ahead John is quite a unique piece in my…

American Jazz sensation, Miles Dewey Davis III was born in Alton, Illinois, on May 26th 1926. The nine time Grammy winner is considered to be one of the top musicians of his era. He forever changed the style of jazz and history of music. Throughout his years in music, he has proven to be a universal musical genius that was able to stretch his style of sound for miles. Davis grew up in a middle class home with his parents, Miles Davis Jr. and Cleota Henry. His father was a successful oral…

Chick Corea is an American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer. Chick Corea received the privilege to be part of the electric jazz fusion movement back in the 1960’s along side Miles Davis. From 1941 until today Chick has recorded a total of eighty-eight albums alongside some of the greatest musicians of his time. Chick Corea has become a master of his craft being nominated sixty-three Grammy Awards, and out of which he has won twenty-two. Out of his eighty-eight albums he’s…

Fernandez- Guitar, Christian Martinez- Drums, Charles English-Drums, Christian Romero- Piano, Andrew Collado- Tenor Sax, Marcel Diaz- Alto Sax and Jose Romero- Trumpet and Fluegel Horn. The Studio Jazz Ensemble performed various modern Jazz styles such as Bebop, Hard bop, and a Brazilian style called a Bossa Nova. In most of the pieces performed the Trumpet carried out the Melody…

improvisation without a set chord or rhythm structure. This type of jazz was born during the social, political and civil movements’ era, the sixties. There are many reasons that free jazz was formed, the main one being the limitations in other forms such as bebop, big band and swing. Free jazz was influenced by the works of Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane through their love of free jazz and ability to compose works that were unique in every way. Cecil Taylor is considered by…