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When Louis Armstrong was called to be a goodwill ambassador, he was actively conscious of... |
The irony inherent in black man's representing a still segregated America |
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While in Ghana, Armstrong felt |
A warmhearted kinship with the people of Ghana |
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One aspect of Dave Brubeck's music that he was well-known for was |
Unusual time signatures |
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The style of jazz that had a light, laid-back, reticent quality that was born out of bebop is called... |
Cool jazz |
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Who was the jazz pianist that began on piano professionally at age 12 and was blind since childhood? |
Lennie Tristano |
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Jazz known as "West Coast Jazz" received this name because... |
It was usually associated with white musicians who relocated from the East Coast to California |
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What was Miles Davis' 9-piece ensemble called? |
Miles Davis Nonet |
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Who was the orchestrator who arranged for Miles Davis and led bands in California? |
Gil Evans |
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The Gerry Mulligan Quartet was known for its |
The use of West Coast Jazz |
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The drummer that was a central figurehead of hard bop who asked the musicians in his band to put aside their private lives and give their all to the music as he did was named |
Art Blakey |
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An African American East Coast band that lasted for more than 40 years was called MJQ. MJQ stood for? |
The Modern Jazz Quartet |
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"The Preacher" ws one of the best known and recorded tunes by |
The Horace Silver Quintet |
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"All the Thing You Are" was intially composed for |
An unsuccessful broadway musical by Jerome Kem and Oscar Hammerstein II |
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The idea that synthesizing elements in western art Music would emerge with "ethnic or vernacular music" was called |
The Third Stream |
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Paul Desmond became well-known through the band known as the |
Dave Brubeck Quartet |
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Hard Bop was knwon as a |
All of these |
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Microgroove is |
A long-playing LP (record) 33 1/2 rpm with 20 minutes per side |
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Microgroove made it possible to |
Play lond, extended improvisation sections |
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The press-roll that Blakey became famous for was |
An intense rumbling on the snare drum |
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The cadenza is an unaccompanied episode played by an instrumentalist at the beginning or end of a performance. As bop expanded, the use of cadenzas... |
Increased |
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Thelonious Monk, the most widely performed of all jazz composers after Duke Ellington, |
Briefly studied music but was recruited to play in a band and left school |
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Thelonious Monk's instrument was the |
Piano |
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Monk was known for |
Onstage dancing or twirling when other musicians soloed |
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Thelonious Monk's music is some of the most performed music. In comparison to the output of the other composers with whom his music is still in competition, such as Duke Ellington, Monk's output (number of pieces composed) is |
Much smaller than Ellington's |
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Monk's compositions most often followed |
AABA tunes and blues |
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"Rhythm-a-ning" is one of Monk's best-known pieces. It is in |
AABA form |
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Charles Mingus was a famous jazz |
Bassist |
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Mingus incorporated ________ into his compositions |
All of the Above |
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Mingus was notoriously ________ about race, music, and musicians |
Outspoken |
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How did Mingus feel about the older composers like Ellington and Parker? |
He cited them as his inspirations |
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Gil Evans became famous at age forty-five when he re-united with ______ on a groundbreaking album |
Miles Davis |
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The improvisational technique, used by George Russell, of using fewer chords and focusing on their underlying modes is called |
Modalism |
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Miles Davis' music was |
Innovative and took new directions |
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Miles Davis's education included |
Professional studies including a year at Juilliard |
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How did the Harmon mute differ from other metal mutes? |
It is held in place by a cork ring producing a thin, humming sound |
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How did modal jazz affect Miles' music? |
It allowed him to play scales that overrode harmonies and freed his improvisations to be more expressive |
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Quartal harmonies are harmonies |
Built on fourths |
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Who composed "So What"? |
Bill Evans |
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What was Coltrane's relationship with Miles Davis? |
Miles Davis hired Coltrane to be in his band in 1955, but fired him twice due to his drug dependency |
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How did Coltrane fell about modal jazz? |
He incorporated it extensively in his music |
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Which of the following statements best describes John Coltrane's later music? |
It includes scales, free improvisation, and shifting rhythms and multiphonics |
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Multiphonics are |
Chords played on an instrument that is designed to play only one note at a time |
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Were Coltrane's improvisations long or short? |
Extremely long |
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E.S.P. was a song on the album of the same name that was performed by |
Miles Davis' Quintet |
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After "Kind of Blue" Miles Davis |
Successfully began recording with a quintet of new, younger musicians |
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E.S.P. in the title of the album emphasized the idea that |
Extra-sensory perception was needed to play this music |
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What well-known pianist would develop his own career after playing with Miles Davis' Quintet? |
Herbie Hancock |
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Voicing chords refers to |
The way notes or instruments are combined |
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This piece is called |
Thelonious |
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This piece is called |
All the Things You Are |