Ch 14

Question 1

Four jazz b/c Miles

Answer 1

1. Cool Jazz
2. Hard bop
3. Modal jazz.
4. Jazz Fusion

Question 2

Rethinking of…

Answer 2

Harmony
Melody
Rhythm
Instrumentation

Question 3

Davis’ privilege?

Answer 3

Davis was born into a wealthy African

American family.

Question 4

Davis’ playing preferences

Answer 4

Davis, however, preferred the middle
register.
Davis preferred to play fewer and longer
notes.

Question 5

Eureka moment

Answer 5

He was offered an opportunity by director
Louis Malle to provide music for Malle’s
crime movie (Elevator to the Gallows). (French)

Malle asked Davis to improvise the music with
local musicians while watching the movie.

Davis improvised with one scale (D minor) for an extended period of time.

Question 6

Davis’ Modal Jazz people

Answer 6

Cannonball Adderley (alto sax)

John Coltrane (tenor sax) (“reborn”)

Bill Evans (piano)

Question 7

most celebrated album

Answer 7

Kind of Blue (1959)

• popularized modal jazz.
• It decreased the amount of harmonies within a piece.

Question 8

Challenge of modal jazz

Answer 8

Modal jazz challenged musicians to improvise with one scale for an extended period of time.

Question 9

So What

Answer 9

32-bar Popular Song Form
D Dorian, E flat Dorian

Chorus 2-3 Miles Davis
Chorus 4-5 John Coltrane (tenor)
Chorus 6-7 Cannonball Adderley (alto)
Chorus 8 (Bill Evans)

Question 10

Coltrane’s breakthrough

Answer 10

In 1957, Coltrane stopped using drugs and claimed to have religious experience that inspired him to devote his life to music.

Question 11

“Giant Steps”

Answer 11

-challenging harmonic
sequence

-the tempo is very fast.

-even Coltrane relied on
repeated patterns

Form:
A 16 bars
A 16 bars

Coltrane solos chorus 3-7

Question 12

Elvin Jones

Answer 12

Famous for his innovative approach to polyrhythms

Question 13

A Love Supreme

Answer 13

The album’s sections refers to his 1957
liberation from addiction and spiritual
awakening.

“Acknowledgement”

1964

Question 14

Davis’ second quintet members

Answer 14

Herbie Hancock (piano)
Ron Carter (bass)
Tony Williams (drums)
Wayne Shorter (1964, tenor)

Question 15

Davis’ second quintet

Answer 15

-postbop:

• First, the pieces have new kinds of harmonic frameworks.
• Second, there is a looser sense of rhythmic underpinning compared to bebop.

Question 16

“E.S.P.”

Answer 16

Chorus 2-3 Wayne Shorter
Chorus 6-9 Davis
Chorus 10-11 Hancock