Davis Flashcards
1
Q
album
A
Kind of Blue
2
Q
released in
A
1959
3
Q
style
A
jazz
4
Q
features of modal jazz
A
laid-back and uncomplicated
solos based on modes
complex, altered chords
5
Q
key
A
mixolydian mode
6
Q
metre
A
notated in:
6/4
2/4
4/4
7
Q
structure - introduction
A
rhythm section
8
Q
structure - head 1
A
muted trumpet - melody
opening riff
muted trumpet - melody
opening riff
9
Q
structure - solos
A
trumpet - 4 choruses piano riff alto sax - 4 choruses piano riff tenor sax - 4 choruses piano riff piano - 2 choruses
10
Q
structure - head 2
A
muted trumpet - melody
opening riff
muted trumpet - melody
opening riff
11
Q
structure - coda
A
trumpet solo
12
Q
tempo
A
jazz waltz
13
Q
melody
A
head melody - 3rd in between, saxes
solos improvised - rhythm section comping
14
Q
instrumentation
A
jazz band:
frontliners - trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax
rhythm section - piano, bass, drums
15
Q
rhythm
A
syncopation
swung quavers
