Final exam Flashcards
Wynton Marsalis
Neo-traditional trumpeter
Won a grammy in both Jazz and Classical catagories
Sun Ra
Postmodernist pianist
Says he isn’t from this planet and was sent to earth to save the universe with Jazz
John Zorn
Postmodern saxophonist
Owned Tzatik Label
Herbie Hancock
Jazz-Rock Fusion pianist
artist of the song “Watermelon Man”
Gerald Joseph “Gerry” Mulligan
Cool Jazz saxophonist
Had a quartet with trumpeter Chet Baker
Dave Brubeck
Cool Jazz pianist
a part of the Dave Bruneck Quartet
Stan Getz
Cool Jazz saxophonist
He was known as The Sound
Art Blakey
Hard Bop pianist
leader of the band “The Messengers”
Clifford Brown
Hard Bop Trumpeter
Died in a car accident at 25
Charles “Bird” Parker
Bebop jazz saxophonist
invented the bebop vocabulary
John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie
Bebop trumpeter
artist of “Manteca”
Earl Rudolph “Bud” Powell
Bebop pianist
called “The Charlie Parker of the Piano”
Thelonious Sphere Monk
Bebop pianist
artist of “Round Midnight”
Lee Morgan
Hard Bop trumpeter
artist of “Cornbread”
Miles Davis
Modal trumpet
invented cool
Theodore Walter “Sonny” Rollins
Hard Bop tenor saxophonist
artist of “Tenor Madness”
John Leslie “Wes” Montgomery
Hard Bop guitarist
Played with his thumb
John William Coltrane
Modal jazz saxophonist
recorded “Kind of Blues” with Miles Davis
Charles Mingus
modal jazz bassists
artist of “Moanin’”
Max Roach
Bebop/hardbop drummer
fought for civil rights through his music
Ornette Coleman
Free Jazz atlo saxophonist
inventor of free jazz
Eric Allan Dolphy
Free Jazz flute
First important bass clarinet solo in jazz
Dexter Gordon
bebop/hardbop saxophonist
addicted to heroin and moved to Europe
