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1
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What are the four elements of FREE STYLE?

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  1. Improvisation was not tied to chord progression
  2. Tempo was free – speed and slow down during song – musician played at different tempos
  3. Traditional melodies were rare
  4. Involved collective improv
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What were some of the criticisms of FREE STYLE (2)

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  1. Less predictable (but this is good because there is an element of chance)
  2. Could seem loud and disorganized
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What are two main characteristics of SONIC TEXTURE?

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  1. Blending of certain instruments

2. Less concerned with recognizable melody

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Traditional Jazz musicians frowned on free jazz/avante garde because (3)

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  1. They believed it was less accomplished
  2. Because of different appraoch to improv in free setting
  3. Believed it to be a “cop out” to mask inability to play in traditional form
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What two subgenres make up AVANTE GARDE?

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  1. FREE STYLE

2. SONIC TEXTURE

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Which alto saxophonists is considered to be one of the most influential in avant garde?

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Ornette Coleman

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Ornette Coleman used ______ tone in his early career

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Soft Legato Tone

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Which musician played the pocket trumpet and was an important sideman of Coleman’s early career.

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Don Cherry

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Which two musicians were a part of the Avante Garde movement but NOT free jazz?

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Charles Mingus

Eric Dolphy

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Which group emerged from AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Minds)

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Art Ensemble of Chicago

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This musician is considered the most influential pianist since Bud Powell.

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Bill Evans

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Bill Evans developed a new style in the areas of _______ and ________.

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Chord voicings and modal harmony

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13
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Who made up the Bill Evans Trio?

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  1. Bill Evans (piano)
  2. Scott LaFaro (bass)
  3. Paul Motian (drummer)
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Who was the first pianist to experiment with electric piano?

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Herbie Hancock

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What was the name of the band led by Herbie Hancock? What was their style?

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Head Hunters

Jazz, Funk, Rock Fusion

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16
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Chick Corea was heavily influenced by _____

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Bill Evans

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17
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Chick Corea collaborated with ______.

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Gary Burton (vibraphonist)

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18
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Chick Corea’s style is more ____ (_____) compared to Herbie’s

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Crisp (stacatto)

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19
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Keith Jarrett is known for playing long-winding music, what is this style called?

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Legato

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20
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Who was the most successful solo piano concert player in Jazz History?

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Keith Jarrett

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21
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Who are the forefathers of fusion?

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Miles Davis (trumpet) 
Herbie Hancock (piano)
Larry Coryell (guitar) 
Gary Burton (vibraphonist)
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Who is considered to be one of the most prominent guitarists since Wes Montgomery?

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John McLaughlin

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John McLaughlin founded _____ orchestra, the leading fusion band

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Mahavishnu orchestra

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24
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John McLaughlin was influenced by ____ (person) and ______ styles

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Coltrane and rock guitar styles

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25
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Who was the first guitarits to blend jazz not only with rock, but with country and blues?

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Larry Coryell

26
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This guitarist is the most famous and influential

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Pat Metheney

27
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Pat Metheney was the first to incorporate ________.

A

electronic effects in to his signature sound

28
Q

Hiram Bullock used what kind of guitar?

A

solid body guitar

29
Q

This guitarist was the original guitarist in the David Letterman Band.

A

Hiram Bullock

30
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This guitarist played in chord melody – where the bass notes was the melody

A

Hiram Bullock

31
Q

John Schofield played the _____guitar

A

semi hallow guitar

32
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Mike Stern used the ______ guitar

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solid body electric guitar

33
Q

Who were the 3 cofounders of Weather Report? Which one left?

A

Joe Zawinul
Wayne Shorter
Miroslav Vitous (left the band)

34
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Who was added to Weather Report later

A

Jaco Pastorius

35
Q

Who were some big artists of the new age jazz era? (4)

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George Winston
Paul Wynton Consort
Yanni
Dave Grusen

36
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Who were some minimalist composers of the New Age Jazz era? (3)

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Philip Glass,
Steve Wright,
John Adams

37
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Who were some big smooth jazz artists? (4)

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Grover Washington,
George Benson,
Earl Klugh,
Bob James

38
Q

Who were some artists that saw smooth jazz as viable, moneymaking genres (4)

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Kenny G
David Benoit
Boney James
Rick Braun

39
Q

George Benson (hard bop guitarist) received heavy critism for his album “breezin”. Why?

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That he has sold out his artistry/artistic values, played more commercial music.

40
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This tenor saxophonist is widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coletrane

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Michael Brecker

41
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The recording pointed to as one of the first Latin jazz songs is ____ by Gillespie, when he brought in ______, who was a Cuban percussionist.

A

Manteca

Chono Poso

42
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The foundation for Latin Jazz is the _____ pattern

A

Clave

43
Q

This type of modern jazz is closest to hard bop.

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Neo Classic Jazz

44
Q

Branford Marsalis began his career with playing as a sideman for ______

A

Art Blakey

45
Q

This trumpet player was the first jazz musician to win a Pulitzer prize

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Wynton Marsalias

46
Q

The style of jazz singing in which lyrics are written for melodies that were originally part of an instrumental composition or improvisation is:

A

Vocalese

47
Q

Who were the two pioneers of scat singing?

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King Pleasure (Clarence Beak) 
Eddie Jefferson
48
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Who are two practitioners of Vocalese?

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Karrin Allyson

Kurt Elling

49
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Who was included in the first vocalese group? (3 people)

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Dave Lambert
John Hendricks
Annie Ross

50
Q

This group was a four part vocal group which included 1 female and 3 males

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Singers Unlimited

51
Q

Which was the first international four part jazz group which branched off to perform pop influenced tunes

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Manhattan transfer

52
Q

This group is the most accomplisehd in the present day and will perform with instruments and acapella

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New York Voices

53
Q

This group has a highly gospel influence and is a sextet of all males

A

Take 6

54
Q

This group is a professional acapella group from Sweden and includes 5 people (2 women and 3 men)

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The Real Group

55
Q

Name 4 ensemble orchestras

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Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Chicago Jazz Orchestra
Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra Unlimited

56
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This trumpet player got a slow start to his career because he was in Wynton Marsalis’ shadow, but he became an active film composer and has scored a lot of Spike Lee movies

A

Terrance Blanchard

57
Q

This bass player was the jazz music director of the hollywood bowl

A

Christian McBride

58
Q

This piano player is a Jazz piano prfoessor at UCLA

A

Tamir Hendelman

59
Q

This guitarist used to be a jazz guitar professor at UCLA, but now is currently the guitarist in Diana Crawl’s band

A

Anthony Wilson

60
Q

The trumpet player who performed with the Thelonius Monk Institute was ____.
Who was the singer?

A

Terrell Stafford

Lisa Henry

Jazz (7 decks)

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