Davis

Question 1

album

Answer 1

Kind of Blue

Question 2

released in

Answer 2

1959

Question 3

style

Answer 3

jazz

Question 4

features of modal jazz

Answer 4

laid-back and uncomplicated
solos based on modes
complex, altered chords

Question 5

key

Answer 5

mixolydian mode

Question 6

metre

Answer 6

notated in:
6/4
2/4
4/4

Question 7

structure - introduction

Answer 7

rhythm section

Question 8

structure - head 1

Answer 8

muted trumpet - melody
opening riff
muted trumpet - melody
opening riff

Question 9

structure - solos

Answer 9

trumpet - 4 choruses
piano riff
alto sax - 4 choruses
piano riff
tenor sax - 4 choruses
piano riff
piano - 2 choruses

Question 10

structure - head 2

Answer 10

muted trumpet - melody
opening riff
muted trumpet - melody
opening riff

Question 11

structure - coda

Answer 11

trumpet solo

Question 12

tempo

Answer 12

jazz waltz

Question 13

melody

Answer 13

head melody - 3rd in between, saxes

solos improvised - rhythm section comping

Question 14

instrumentation

Answer 14

jazz band:
frontliners - trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax
rhythm section - piano, bass, drums

Question 15

rhythm

Answer 15

syncopation

swung quavers

Question 16

harmony and tonality

Answer 16

12 bar blues

mode - G major with flattened 7th

Question 17

texture

Answer 17

start - drums, bass, piano
builds as instruments added
homophonic