Chapters 5-6

Question 1

All American Rhythm Section

Answer 1

Count Basie - Piano
Freddie Green - Guitar
Walter Page - Bass
Jo Jones - Drums (first to use hihat)

Question 2

Lester Young

Answer 2

Tenor saxophonist that played with Basie. Light tone and melodic solo

Question 3

Benny Goodman

Answer 3

Clarinet “King of Swing”. Most popular jazz musician of the swing era. First white jazz musician to use black musicians in public performance.

Question 4

Gene Krupa

Answer 4

Drummer for Benny Goodman. Famous for Sing Sing Sing

Question 5

Duke Ellington

Answer 5

Pianist/composer/arranger/bandleader. Single most prolific composer in jazz history. Big bands often used call & response between sections of the band. Voicing across sections of the band was important in Ellington’s band.

Question 6

Billie Holiday

Answer 6

“Lady Day” She made the lyrics come alive, singing with depth & sincerity, often as if she was singing directly to you.

Question 7

Ella Fitzgerald

Answer 7

The most outstanding non-operatic singer of the 20thh century. 3.5 octave vocal range. Master of “scat” singing (invented by Louis Armstrong)

Question 8

Art Tatum

Answer 8

The most widely admired piano virtuoso in jazz history

Question 9

Mary Lou Williams

Answer 9

Pianist/composer/arranger. 2nd female instrumentalist we talk about. Used “cross voicing” between sections much like Ellington

Question 10

Glenn Miller

Answer 10

“Sweet band”. Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman. “Hot” bands.

Question 11

Charlie Parker

Answer 11

“Bird”. Most significant saxophonist of the 20th century. Co-originated bop with Dizzy Gillespie.

Question 12

Dizzy Gillespie

Answer 12

Trumpet. amazing playing and improv ideas. remembered for compositions, puffy cheeks, and bent horn.

Question 13

Max Roach

Answer 13

Drums

Question 14

Thelonious Monk

Answer 14

Pianist/composer, unorthodox rhythms & harmonies.

Question 15

Bud Powell

Answer 15

Most imitated & influential bop pianist.

Question 16

Dexter Gordon

Answer 16

first tenor saxophonist to be recognized as a bop player. Hist tone was deep, dark. Not light like Lester Youngs’. Helped establish bebop in the L.A. West Coast scene.

Question 17

Miles Davis

Answer 17

Got his start with “Bird” on 52nd street, NYC. Sometimes just called the street

Question 18

“The Laboratory”

Answer 18

Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem, where after hours jam sessions often went till the early mornings. Bebop or just Bop made it’s way to 52nd St. where it became the place to hear this new music starting in the mid 40’s.

Question 19

Bebop

Answer 19

Combos, tempos faster, clarinet & rhythm guitar were rare, surprise was highly valued, drummers time primarily on ride cymbal, drummers dropping bombs (bass drum). Music for listening!