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What type of mute did Miles Davis use? |
Harmone Mute |
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Miles renewed collaboration with Gil Evans led to new works that featured Miles with a large ensemble |
true |
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Which Miles Davis album helped popularize modal improvisation in jazz? |
Kind of Blue (1959) |
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Define modal improvisation |
improvisation based on scales |
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Which pianist collaborated with Miles of Kind of Blue? |
Bill Evans |
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Who were the leading practitioners of modal jazz? |
John Coltrane and Miles Davis |
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What was the general music character of Mile's mid-60's rhythm section? |
Unique, eratic, avant garde, fresh and new |
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Which Miles Davis sideman was a key composer of the 60's and 70's? |
Wayne Shorter |
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What were the main components of Miles Davis' trumpet style? |
Harmone mute, timing, aggressive |
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In which decades did avant garde predominate? |
60's-70's |
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Which musicians were the pioneers of free jazz? |
Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor |
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Which instrument was often omitted in free jazz ensembles? |
piano |
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Free Jazz is improvising without preset chord changes |
true |
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How would Ornette Coleman's music best be described? |
No preset chord changes or forms, a lot of improv |
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What was significant about Ornette's recording 'Free Jazz'? |
Two separate quartets, no piano |
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Describe the musical characteristics of free jazz |
Loud, aggressive, extreme, free |
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Cecil Taylor plays piano |
true |
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Describe the musical characteristics of Cecil Taylor's playing |
Avant garde, not traditional |
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How did free jazz drummers differ from the swing and hip hop drummers before them? |
textural, creative, aggressive |
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Which musical styles are the roots of soul, funk and rock? |
blues, gospel |
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Jazz-rock fusion was the most popular style of jazz since swing |
true |
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What are rock's musical characteristics? |
short, repeated phrases, straight groove, vocal |
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Rock rhythms feature intensity and firmness, while jazz emphasizes flexibility and relaxation |
true |
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jazz rock was less harmonically complex than prior styles to jazz |
true |
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Fusion guitarists and pianists replaced spontaneous comping with repetitive accompaniment riffs |
true |
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Which pianist composer collaborated with Miles on 'Ina Silent Way'? |
Joe Zawinul |
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describe the instrumentation used in Miles' post-1968 bands |
electric bass, keyboard, percussion |
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Joe Zawinul was an early proponent of electric pianos and synthesizers |
true |
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Which guitarist led the Mahavishnu Orchestra? |
John McLaughlin |
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What was the Weather Report's early musical approach? |
collective improvisation |
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Who was the electric bassist for Weather Report from 1976-1982? |
Miroslav Virtuous |
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What was Weather Report's later musical approach |
Less improve, and more simple repetitive grooves |
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Jazz rock is essentially jazz improvisations mixed with R&B rhythms and instruments |
true |
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Acid jazz relies heavily upon the technique of sampling previously recorded music |
true |
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Who invented acid jazz? |
Djs |
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What is looping? |
Short, repeated musical phrases |
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What is the name of the innovative musicians that scratch records using two turntables and a mixer? |
turntablists |
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During the 80's and 90's, a variety of soulful styles developed led mostly by saxophonists |
true |
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What is the most prominent characteristic of soul jazz? |
simple melodies, the groove, the feel of the music |
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What are the three "soul saxophone" styles? |
complicated jazz, smooth, rough/raw |
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Describe Michael Breker's saxophone style? |
rough, raw and complicated |
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Smooth jazz features soft tone qualities and a lack of tension |
true |
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What instrument does Kieth Jarrett play? |
piano |
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In addition to trios, and quartets, Keith Jarrett also has great success as a solo performer |
true |
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What are the musical characteristics of postmodernism? |
Every style since the modern age |
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Describe Carla Bley's musical style |
ballads, runs, loud and swinging |
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What are the Wynton Marsalis' career accomplishments? |
Won 9 grammys, creator of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra |