exam 3 unit 4

Question 1

influences of jazz

Answer 1

African tradition, European tradition, ragtime, the blues

Question 2

Jazz first appeared in print in

Answer 2

1913

Question 3

first recording labeled jazz

Answer 3

1917

Question 4

Dixieland

Answer 4

5-7 players, collective improvisation and driving rhythmic feel “ Cornet Chop Suey”

Question 5

New York City

Answer 5

Big band jazz with a section for each instrument in New Orleans Style jazz “Take the A Train”

Question 6

swing

Answer 6

walking bass, subtle propulsion, Duke Ellington

Question 7

WW2 affects on jazz

Answer 7

commercial recording ban and smaller performing groups developed ideas in impromptu jazz sessions

Question 8

Bebop

Answer 8

Radical rejections of swing era, playing for listening, music for musicians , fast tempi complex chord progressions with rapid chord and key changes, virtuosity, 32-bar form

Question 9

cool Jazz

Answer 9

restraint, lyricism, counterpoint

Question 10

Rejection of previous avant-garde elitism, involving phasing and escaping from the narrative repetition instead of development

Answer 10

minimalism

Question 11

American minimalist, vocalist, pianist. Was Homeless and wrote “Stay on it”

Answer 11

Julius Eastman

Question 12

Cels layered over the main theme, solos outside of established rhythm/harmony

Answer 12

Stay on it

Question 13

Choral as accessible “call to arms” Tribute to the fight for gay rights

Answer 13

Gay Guerrilla