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| Pop, R&B, Latin Music, Hip Hop |
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| playing off (in front or behind) the beat |
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| 2 artists best known as being "straight-ahead" jazz |
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Miles Davis
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| Blues format - what the letters mean, and how many bars |
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A-A-B-A
A=melody
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typically 12 bars |
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| Mood variations, diverse rhythms, different sound quality |
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| creates feeling that tempo has doubled/ cut in half, but it hasnt |
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| Beginning or end of song, repeated piece of music to intro or outro. |
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| John Coltrane's main instrument? what about "my favorite things?" |
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| Tenor sax. Alto sax in my favorite things |
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| Trumpet, trombone, sax, clarinet, tuba |
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| repetition of riff/phrase |
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| what is elvin jones known for? |
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| polyrhythms. (played w/ John Coltrane) |
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He called the 30's the "jazz age"
Wrote the great gatsby |
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Pianist/composer/bandleader - bridged ragtime with jazz
-piano phrasing more like a horn player |
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| Louis Armtstrong's pianist, played very hard. chicago. |
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stride pianist from NY
BoogieWoogie/ Scat style.
COuld write/compose on a moments notice |
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"Father of Stride Piano"
one of the first to broadcast live radio. |
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| Louis Armstrong's other names |
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| Father of jazz, satchmo, pops |
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| known for using the cornet regularly |
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| White trumpeter from Iowa, popular late 20's, early 30's |
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| saxophone, count basie's band. light tone, slow vibrato |
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| clarinet/ sax, used "swooping" technique |
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| Guitarist for Count Basie. strokes on every beat. Defined basie's rhythm section |
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| drummer, first to deviate from conservative approach 1941 |
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| bassist known for singing along with his playing |
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| Clarinetist/ band leaders 30's and 40's. first interracial band |
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| (30's)Trumpeter, daring, played in high register, swooping patterns & scale-like lines |
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| [20's and 30's]Sax, made the "foo foo" tone, deep husky. Featured soloist in Fletcher's band. |
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| respected pianist. unpredictable, changed keys |
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| pianist/ vocalist. 40's. trio w/ piano guitar and bass |
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| pianist in 50's. played bass chords on every beat. |
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| Pianist, Boogie woogie, 40's wrote arrangements for goodman, gillespie, and ellington |
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| Belgian gypsy guitarist, played mostly in europe |
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| singer "Lady Day" deep, emotional, 30's & 40's |
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| Great scat singer, improvisor, "a tisket a tasket", over 40 million records |
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| repeat last 4 bars, sustain final chord |
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New orleans
white creoles: spanish/ french
black creoles: african/ french
well educated, spoke french. |
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| new orleans 1800s preceded jazz |
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| Trumpeter, scat singer, new orleans |
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| left hand plays bass notes which alternates with right hand which plays mid range chords |
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| first to use 2 bass drums |
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