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43 Cards in this Set
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What terms are used to describe the jazz styles before and after Bebop? |
Before:
After: |
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Which 3 musicians are credited with founding the bebop style? |
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk |
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One of bebop's greatest musical contributions to jazz was impressive soloists and improvisers |
TRUE |
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In bop style, simple chording and stride piano accompaniment developed into modern comping |
FALSE |
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Bebop developed out of swing music |
TRUE |
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Charlie Parker established the vocabulary out of modern jazz |
TRUE |
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Bop Drummers play time keeping rhythms primarily on the suspended cymbal |
TRUE |
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Dizzy Gillespie was one of the first musicians to combine Latin rhythms with Jazz |
TRUE |
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What were the defining elements of Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet style? |
Agility, Harmonic Complexity, and high register playing |
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What instrument did Thelonious Monk play? |
Piano |
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Bud Powell mastered the art of comping. Which swing era pianist first developed this idea? |
Count Basie |
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Which wind instrument, very popular during the swing era, fell out of favor during the bebop era? |
Clarinet |
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What was the typical size of bebop bands? |
Small combos |
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Charlie Parker is considered the most important saxophonist in history |
True |
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As modern Jazz began, the status of jazz began to resemble art music rather than popular music |
TRUE |
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Which swing era pianist is credited with influencing much of cool jazz? |
Lennie Tristano |
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Where did West Coast jazz primarily develop? |
West Coast, California |
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Lennie Tristano developed a modern jazz style that was NOT based on the ideas of Charlie Parker |
TRUE |
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Compare and contrast Charlie Parker with Lee Konitz |
Different Styles, Same speed and agility/impressive techniques |
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What was the name of the band founded in 1949 by Miles Davis and Gil Evans? |
Birth of The Cool |
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How many musicians were in this band? |
9 |
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Which unusual instruments were included in the band's instrumentation? |
Tuba French Horn and Trombone |
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Who were the two most important jazz trumpeters? |
Miles Davis and Chet Baker |
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Which Swing Era saxophonist is credited with influencing cool jazz saxophonists? |
Lester Young |
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Which baritone saxophone player led a pianoless quartet in 1950? |
Gerry Mulligan |
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Which rhythmic innovation did Dave Burbeck pioneer? |
The use of odd meters and time signatures |
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Who was the alto saxophonist in the Dave Burbeck Quartet? |
Paul Desmond |
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In which decade was hard bob prominent? |
50/60's |
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What is the prime characteristic of hard bop drumming? |
Busier, louder, more interactive |
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What are the main characteristics of Horace Silver's music? |
Simple, repetitive, catchy |
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Horace Silver's consisted of catchy, short phrases |
TRUE |
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Latin American musical patterns were often included in the comping patterns of hard bop pianists |
TRUE |
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What were the defining elements of Clifford Brown's trumpet style? |
Long flowing lines, big warm sound, and exceptional agilities |
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Sonny Rollins was the first tenor saxophonist to adopt Charlie Parker's style |
TRUE |
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Art Blakey incorporated many African drumming styles to his own playing |
TRUE |
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Philadelphia and Detroit produced many hard bop musicians |
TRUE |
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Which other labels did journalists use to categorize hard bop? |
Funky Jazz, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop |
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John Colatrane first became known in the hard bop band, the Miles Davis Quintet |
TRUE |
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Early in his Career, Coltrane was infatuated with harmony and chord changes |
TRUE |
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What was the phrase, coined by Ira Gitler, to describe Coltrane's fast-paced style? |
"Sheets of Sound" |
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What were the defining elements of Coltrane's saxophone style? |
hard/warm tone and muscular driving style. Exquisite timing |
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Which musicians comprised Coltrane's classic Quartet? |
McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones |
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Describe the drumming style of Elvin Jones |
Light, airy, good timing |