Final Exam Listening

Question 1

Shaw Nuff

Answer 1

• Charie Parker (alto sax) and Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)
• 1945
• Use of fast eight-note melodies, rhythm changes AABA form, solo improv all characteristic of bebop
• New York

Question 2

Things to Come

Answer 2

• Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, soloists include Gillespie, Milt Jackson (vibes), John Brown (alto sax)
• 1945
• fast intricate bebop melody played by a big band

Question 3

Misterioso

Answer 3

• Thelonious Monk
• 1948
• 12 bar blues, unpredictable, angular melodies, strange intervals all signature of Monk’s style

Question 4

No Figs

Answer 4

Lennie Tristano (piano), Lee Konitz(alto sax), Stan Getz (tenor sax)

• 1950
• Softer, more melodic style signature of cool jazz

Question 5

My Lady

Answer 5

Stan Kenton Big Band (composed by Bill Russo) featuring Lee Konitz

• 1952
• Rich brass sound and arrangement, soft melodic style of the cool jazz period

Question 6

Blue Rondo a la Turk

Answer 6

Dave Brubeck (released on Time Out)

• 1959
• song is in 9/8 with a blues solo section, odd time signatures are hallmark of Brubeck’s style\
• West Coast cool jazz

Question 7

Senor Blues

Answer 7

Horace Silver (on Six Pieces of Silver with Hank Mobley,

• 1955
• Use of latin rhythms and blues is reminiscent of hard bop style, piano and bass double the bass line

Question 8

Cranky Spanky

Answer 8

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Jackie Mclean, Bill Hardman, Spanky DeBrest)

• 1956
• Hard-driving tune, highly melodic improv, energetic drumming by Blakey, all signature of hard bop

Question 9

Kiss and Run

Answer 9

Sonny Rollins and Clifford Brown (with Richie Powell, Max Roach)

• 1956
• Shows Clifford Browns virtuosity and Sonny Rollins great swing feel/melodic lines (hard bop style)

Question 10

Flamenco Sketches

Answer 10

Miles Davis (Kind of Blue)

• 1959
• Use of different modes, use of space and harmon mute (Miles), melodic playing

Question 11

Masqualaro

Answer 11

Miles Davis, composed by Wayne Shorter (Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Ron Carter)

• 1967
• uses a melody based on fourths, rhythm section collectively improvising their parts, modal solos

Question 12

Afro-Blue

Answer 12

John Coltrane Quartet, composed by Mongo Santamaria

• 1963
• Afro-cuban inspired, in triple meter, Coltrane plays soprano sax, modal solos

Question 13

Civilization Day

Answer 13

Ornette Coleman Quartet (Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins, Don Cherry)

• 1971
• unpredictable solos and sudden stops by the rhythm section, free jazz

Question 14

Ghosts: First Variation

Answer 14

Albert Ayler trio (tenor sax), Gary Peacock, Sunny Murray

• 1964
• Free Improv

Question 15

Chameleon

Answer 15

Herbie Hancock (Bennie Maupin, Harvey Mason, Paul Jackson)

• 1973
• Funk influenced, use of synthesizers and fender rhodes, prime example of jazz fusion