Cole Info and Key Words Flashcards
What is the name of the album from which the set works come?
After Midnight.
What kind of record was Cole’s album recorded on?
Vinyl LP.
How many Tracks are on Cole’s album?
12 tracks.
How could you describe Cole’s style?
Early Jazz-oriented.
When was Cole’s album released?
1956.
What makes up Cole’s Album?
Jazz Standards.
What was Cole the first black artist to do?
Host his own radio show.
How could Cole’s voice be described?
Smooth and Gentle
What was the style of many of his hits?
Pop Ballads
When was the King Cole trio formed?
1936
What instruments made up the King Cole trio?
Piano, Bass and guitar.
What did Cole play in the King Cole trio?
Piano. He also sang.
In what period did Cole record most extensively?
From the late 1930s to the early 1960s.
What was effective about the King Cole trio’s combination of instruments?
They produced a clear, balanced and intimate texture.
How did Cole’s album vary from his earlier work?
By 1956, Cole was using a wider selection of musicians with the trio acting as the foundation of the band.
What voice group was Cole?
Baritone.
Who influenced Cole’s Jazz ‘language’ and how?
Earl Hines. Particularly he influenced Cole’s use of rhythm.
Who influenced both Cole and Earl Hines?
Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson.
Meaning: Blues, Bluesy, Blue Note
12-bar blues chord pattern, notes characteristic of the blues scale (b3, b5, b7).
Meaning: Break
A change in texture from the rest of the song, solo/instrumental.
Meaning: Call and Response
Question and answer phrases between musicians.
Meaning: Changes
The chords in a jazz piece.
Meaning: Comping
Rhythmic chords usually played by piano.
Meaning: Doit
Sliding upwards from a note.
Meaning: Fall-off
Sliding downwards from a note.
Meaning: Four-beat
Accompaniment with emphasis on all four beats of the bar (contrast two-beat with emphasis on 1 and 3).
Meaning: Front Line
The melodic instruments in the band, plus any vocalist.
Meaning: Horn (Jazz)
Any blown instrument.
Meaning: Idiomatic
Particularly characteristic of the instrument, voice or style.
Meaning: Mute
Put in bell of brass instruments to alter sound. Straight, cup, harmon and plunger are types.
Meaning: Riff
Repeating melodic or rhythmic pattern.
Meaning: Rubato
Expressive changes in tempo within a phrase.
Meaning: Rhythm Section
Drums, bass, piano, guitar/banjo.
Meaning: Scat
Vocal improvisation with nonsense syllables.
Meaning: Smear
Scooping up to a note.
Meaning: Stride
Piano style with alternating bass notes and chords in LH.
Meaning: Stop-Time
Reduced accompaniment with chords on first beat and a gap for melody shine.
Meaning: Swing
Types of jazz; also swung rhythm with uneven quavers.
Meaning: Tailgate
Slide played on trombone.
Meaning: Walking Bass
Even bass notes outlining notes of chord.
