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Who were the members of the Classic Miles Davis Quintet?

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John Coltrane - Tenor Sax
Red Garland - Pianist
Paul Chambers - Bassist
“Philly Joe” Jones - Drummer

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Which specific mute was a signature part of Miles Davis’ trumpet sound?

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Harmon mute

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What type of music was created by Miles’ renewed collaboration with Gil Evans?

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Davis was the only soloist with a large band.

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What are the musical characteristics of the Miles Davis recording Sketches of Spain?

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Nearly a classical music album because the music was almost exclusively written

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Which 1959 Miles Davis album helped popularize modal improvisation in jazz?

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Kind of Blue

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Which pianist was responsible for most of the harmonies on Kind of Blue?

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Bill Evans

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What features characterize the compositional style of Miles Davis’ 1964-1968 band?

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  • the use of space in tune construction

- free-flowing sound

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What was the Hancock/Carter/Williams rhythm section know for musically?

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Being the smoothest rhythm section ever.

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What composer was prominently featured in Miles’ 1960s quintet?

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Wayne Shorter

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Describe the playing style of drummer Tony Williams?

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  • He was very fast
  • ride cymbal playing was very hard and crisp
  • possibly the most influential jazz drummer of the 1960s
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What are essential components of Miles’ trumpet style?

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  • alternating pitch and tone quality
  • Harmon mute
  • using silence as an effective dramatic device
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Define avant-garde

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Ahead of their time. Always pushing forward.

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Which rhythm section instrument was often absent from free jazz groups?

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Piano

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Describe Ornette Coleman’s music?

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  • One of the most prolific bop composers

- music is free of present chord progressions and their chorus lengths.

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How was Ornette Coleman’s Free Jazz album significant?

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  • contributed to more frequent use of free-form approaches
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What is the instrumentation used on Free Jazz?

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2 Pianoless quartets:

Don Cherry - tpt, Charlie Haden - bass, Eddie Blackwell - drums.

Eric Dolphy - Alto sax/bass cl. , Freddie Hubbard - tpt, Scott LaFaro - bass, Billy Higgins - drums

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Which trumpeter was a member of Ornette Coleman’s groups in the 1950s and 1960s?

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Don Cherry

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Describe the musical characteristics of free jazz.

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  • absence of chord progressions, sometimes tempo
  • typically lacks piano and guitar
  • fragmented phrasing
  • extensive manipulation of pitch and tone quality
  • dense textures
  • loosening of melodic practices
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Describe the music of Albert Ayler.

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  • his style remains one of the most usual in jazz history
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Which musical styles influenced the music of Charles Mingus?

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  • symphonic music
  • folk songs
  • modern jazz
  • avant-garde jazz
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Which bandleader had a profound influence upon the music of Charles Mingus?

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Duke Ellington

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Describe free jazz drumming.

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Free jazz drummers perfected approaches that depart from marching band and dance band traditions by generating an ever-changing undercurrent of activity instead of standard timekeeping patterns.

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Fusion pianist and guitarists replaced the improvised comping of jazz with…

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Repeating accompaniment riffs

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Which pianist-composer collaborated with Miles Davis on In a Silent Way?

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Joe Zawinul

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Which instruments did Miles Davis prefer in his post-1968 groups?

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  • electric piano, organ, bass, and guitar
  • soprano sax
  • two or more drummers
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Which type of saxophone was often used in the jazz-rock groups of Miles Davis?

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Soprano sax

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Joe Zawinul contributed significantly to the use of which instruments during the late 60s?

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Electronic instruments

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Which guitarist led the fusion group Mahavishnu Orchestra?

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John McLaughlin

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Which two artists used Indian modes in their solo improvisations?

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  • John McLaughlin

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Describe the guitar style of John McLaughlin.

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He plays with phenomenal speed and precision, and draws from the music of India and John Coltrane.

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What was the musical approach of early Weather Report recordings?

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Weather Report did not use it’s conventional instrumentation in conventional ways.

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Which bassist was a member of Weather Report from 1976-1982?

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Jaco Pastorius

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What was the musical approach of late Weather Report recordings?

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Highly repetitive phrases

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Which jazz saxophonist was the musical model for many jazz-rock saxophonists?

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John Coltrane

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Which type of music present soft tone qualities and the lack of tension?

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New Age

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What other types of music provided much of the model for New Age music?

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Gregorian chant and classical music

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Acid jazz features which digital technique?

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Sampling

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Describe the process of looping.

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It produced an accompaniment groove with lots of stuff on top of it.

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What is the name of musicians that scratch records?

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DJ

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What are the three soul saxophone styles?

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  1. Smooth jazz style
  2. Rough, raw style
  3. More complicated, jazz-oriented style
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Which musics are combined in Kelzmer jazz?

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Mixes Jewish music and jazz.

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Who influenced Klezmer music?

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John Zorn.

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What are characteristics of post-modernism?

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  • A fusion style that draws from a wide variety of musical periods: jazz, world music, rock, R&B, and film/tv.
  • incorporates non-traditional instruments.
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Which artist explored blending jazz improvisation and hip hop?

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Branford Marsalis

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What significant accomplishments were made in the career of Wynton Marsalis?

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  • won a Grammy in both jazz and classical music at 22 yes old.
  • nine Grammys and a Pulitzer Prize.
  • creator and artistic director of jazz at Lincoln center.
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Describe the music of Carla Bley.

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  • always “avant garde”

- “there are no rules”

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