Final Flashcards
One of the first recordings of Charlie Parker features him with which big band?
Jane McShan
Which big band did Dizzy get his start?
Cab Calloway
Where did early bebop movement take place?
52nd street
“Salt Peanuts” has a chord progression that is called?
Rhythm change
Who did Bird write “Moose The Mooch” for?
Drug dealer
“Manteca” is a combo of what styles of music?
Afro Cuban and bebop
Which pianist got electro shock therapy?
Bud Powell
Where did Thelonius Monk start as a musician?
Coleman Hawkins
Monk was fond of a scale called?
Whole tone scale
Lenny Tristano is remembered for his?
Students
Before become a pop star crooner, this artist had a successful trio of guitar, bass, and piano
Nat King Cole
Which virtuoso pianist led a successful piano trio?
Oscar Peterson
What did Ahmad Jamal use more than any other pianist in his era?
Space
Where did Miles Davis go to college?
Juliard
Where did Davis get his real education?
52nd street
What composer/arranger did Miles collaborate with for the money sessions the 1940s?
Gil Evans
What was the name of the quartet led by vibraphonist Milt Jackson and pianist John Lewis?
Modern jazz quartet
Gerry Mulligan formed a piano-less quartet featuring trumpeter _?
Chet Baker
Which pianist had a hit jazz record, that featured the use of odd time signatures?
Dave Brubeck
Where did Davis make his big comeback after being a prisoner to his heroin addiction?
Signed with Columbia after
Who did Miles play with at the 1955 Newport Jazz Festival?
Thelonius Monk
Who did Miles hire on tenor sax in the 1950s quintet?
John Coltrane
The album Milestones brought in alto saxophonist _ to the band.
Cannonball Aderly
Davis’ album Kind of Blue, feats. many songs based on one chord. AKA _.
Modol jazz
Bill Evans trio played around with the concept of _ _
Internalized beat
Coltrane wrote a song that proved to be too difficult for pianist Tommy Flanagan. What is the song
Giant steps
What is a Hammond B3 organ?
Two rows of keys, tone sliders, foot pedals
What is different about the Leslie speaker?
Speaker pointed up to come, cone spins sound around room
What unique was did Wes Montgomery played guitar
Used his thumb
What was Montgomery’s way for developing a solo?
Single not lines, to playing octaves, chords
Besides standards and originals, what kinds of songs did Wes Montgomery begin recording in the mid to late 1960s?
Started recording rock and pop songs with improv
Art Blakey led a group that fostered bio and coming musicians for over 30 years. Name the group.
Jazz messengers
In what way did Charles Mingus engages with many different styles of jazz?
He was a side man for Armstrong, Ellington, and Parker
What are the lyrics to “Fables of Faubus” about?
A response to Orville Faubus, who refused to let black students into a white school
Miles Davis’ album ESP, what was the first to feature his new tenor player _.
Wayne Shorter
Describe the live repertoire of Miles Davis’ so-called second great quintet
Play a lot of standards
What was unique about Ornette Coleman’s sax?
It was plastic
Ornette Coleman’s album Free Jazz featured?
Double quartet album
In an interview for the 2013 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, this pianist explained that there were “many ways to play the piano.”
Cecil Taylor
Describe the playing of saxophone player Albert Ayler.
Guttural
Fusion is generally referring to the fusing of jazz and what?
Rock
What was the name of Davis’ seminal fusion album in 1970
Bitches Brew
Describe the music of Davis’ Bitches Brew album
Like a jam session
What was Herbie Hancock’s first hit record?
Watermelon man
What was the name of Herbie Hancock’s funk group
Head hunters
What was the name of Hancock’s hot single from Future Shock, that featured a DJ?
RockIt
What was the name of Chick Corea’s fusion band in the 1970s?
Return to Forever
Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul led a successful fusion group called _.
Weather report
Who was the bassist for Weather Report?
Jacco Restorus
What was the name of Pat Metheny’s first album?
Bright size life
Who played bass on the album?
Jacco
Metheny is also known for his interview in which he lashed out at smooth jazz artist _.
Kenny g
