Courtney Pine, Back In The Day, Lady Day

Question 1

What instrument is Pine self taught on?

Answer 1

Saxophones

Question 2

What does OBE stand for?

Answer 2

Order of the British Empire

Question 3

What is Back in the Day a fusion of?

Answer 3

Jazz
Funk
Hip-hop
Some Latin influence

Question 4

What type of sax does Pine play in Lady Day?
What is the tessitura?

Answer 4

Alto
High - virtuosic

Question 5

Who Is the vocalist?

Answer 5

Lynden David Hall

Question 6

Describe the movement of the melody line

Answer 6

Mostly stepwise & narrow movement

Question 7

What is the sax used for in Lady Day?

Answer 7

Small interjections (riff)
Instrumental
Outro

Question 8

How is the ‘devils interval’ created?

Answer 8

C major with diminished 5th creates tritone

Question 9

How is the ‘devils interval’ linked to a jazz element/technique?

Answer 9

Spectralism: music built on 5ths

Question 10

Describe the sax solo

Answer 10

Virtuosic
Improv
Chromatic
Pitch bends

Question 11

How is the harmony jazzy?

Answer 11

Chromatic
Complex chords
12 bar blues idea

Question 12

How is the 12 bar blues used in Lady Day?

Answer 12

Chord progression of 8/12 bar blues
C C C C F F C C
I IV I

Question 13

What is the rhythm based on?

Answer 13

Drum & bass genre

Question 14

What is played double time (X2)?

Answer 14

Drum & bass track

Question 15

What is a Hammond organ?
What is it played with in Lady Day?

Answer 15

Small electric organ with lots of tremolo
Connected to Leslie speaker to create synth sounds

Question 16

What happens at bar 37?

Answer 16

Vocal interlude

Question 17

What are multiphonics?
When are they used?

Answer 17

Multiple notes at once - virtuosic
Near end

Question 18

What type of drums are used?

Answer 18

Drum machine

Question 19

Who is Lynden David Hall accompanied by?

Answer 19

Backing vocals

Question 20

What does the sax play at the end?

Answer 20

Key clicks

Question 21

What music tech is used in Lady Day?

Answer 21

EQ - equaliser
Panning
Reverb
Sampling - end

Question 22

What is the structure of Lady Day?

Answer 22

4 bar intro - standard pop
X3 verse - chorus
Verses based on 8 bars of 12 bar blues

Question 23

When is ‘no chord’ written?
What does it mean?

Answer 23

Bar 28
Singer on own

Question 24

What happens in bar 30?

Answer 24

Link passage

Question 25

When is there an alto sax solo?

Answer 25

After second verse