Bebop

Question 1

Earl “Fatha” Hines

Answer 1

piano
bebop
incubated musicials like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

Question 2

Earl Hines Orchestra

Answer 2

bebop

included Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

Question 3

jam sessions (in bebop timeframe)

Answer 3

encouraged individual expression and experimentation

Question 4

musical changes in the bebop era

Answer 4

small groups
improvisation very important
fast tempo
rhythym was more syncopated

Question 5

“Anthropology”

Answer 5

Charlie Parker

bebop

Question 6

Charlie Parker

Answer 6

alto sax

bebop

Question 7

Dizzy Gillespie

Answer 7

trumpet

bebop

Question 8

Bud Powell

Answer 8

piano

bebop

Question 9

Thelonious Monk

Answer 9

piano;
bebop;
House pianist at Minton’s Playhouse (Kenny Clarke also in the band);
dropped stride technique in favor of rhythmically unpredictable accompanying chords;
off-beat accents

Question 10

Jimmy Blanton

Answer 10

bass

bebop

Question 11

Kenny Clarke

Answer 11

drums

bebop

Question 12

Max Roach

Answer 12

drums

bebop

Question 13

J.J.Johnson

Answer 13

trombone

bebop

Question 14

Melba Liston

Answer 14

trombone, composer, arranger;
played in Dizzy Gillespie’s big band;
bebop

Question 15

Miles Davis

Answer 15

trumpet

bebop

Question 16

Clark Terry

Answer 16

trumpet

bebop

Question 17

Which bands was Charlie Parker in?

Answer 17

Jay McShann’s band

Earl Hines band

Question 18

Who had a big problem with heroin

Answer 18

Charlie Parker

Question 19

Who started writing songs based on chord progressions of other songs?

Answer 19

Charlie Parker

Question 20

What bands was Dizzy Gillespie in?

Answer 20

Cab Calloway’s band
Earl Hines band
Billy Eckstein band

Question 21

Who tried to popularize bebop by forming a big band to show that bebop was danceable?

Answer 21

Dizzy Gillespie

Question 22

Who incorporated Afro-Cuban elements in their music?

Answer 22

Dizzy Gillespie

Question 23

Who hired Melba Liston?

Answer 23

Dizzy Gillespie

Question 24

“Manteca”

Answer 24

Dizzy Gillespie

bebop

Question 25

"Night in Tunisia"

Answer 25

Dizzy Gillespie | bebop

Question 26

Who introduced "dropping bombs"

Answer 26

Kenny Clarke

Question 27

What is "dropping bombs"

Answer 27

adding loud irregular accents in unexpected places (drums)

Question 28

Father of modern jazz piano

Answer 28

Earl "Fatha" Hines

Question 29

"Evidence"

Answer 29

Thelonious Monk | bebop

Question 30

Who mentored musicians like Parker, Gillespie, Monk, Powell, Coltrane, Davis?

Answer 30

Mary Lou Williams

Question 31

"Pisces"

Answer 31

Mary Lou Williams

Question 32

Who developed a unique style (not bebop)?

Answer 32

Erroll Garner

Question 33

"Misty"

Answer 33

Erroll Garner

Question 34

"My Reverie"

Answer 34

Melba Liston

Question 35

What song is "Anthropology" based on?

Answer 35

"I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin

Question 36

scat singing

Answer 36

vocal improvisation using non-lexical syllables to imitate sounds made by instrumentalists

Question 37

scat singers

Answer 37

``` Louis Armstrong Dizzy Gillespie Ella Fitzgerald Mel Thorme Slam Stewart ```

Question 38

"Lady be Good"

Answer 38

Ella Fitzgerald & Mel Thorme

Question 39

Why was bebop not very popular?

Answer 39

difficult to understand, | couldn't dance to it