JAZZ 3 Flashcards
What instrument did charlie parker play?
alto sax
what was charlie parker’s nickname?
BIRD
Charlie Parker was embarrassed at an early jam session when drummer Jo Jones…
threw a cymbal at his feet
Parker was a member of which big band from Kansas?
Jay McShann
Dizzy Gillespie’s 1940s big band experimented with fusing bebop with..
CUBAN DANCE MUSIC
Many of the smaller bebop clubs were housed on….
52nd st.
Who joined Charlie Parker’s band after Dizzy Gillespie quit?
MILES DAVIS
What happened to Charlie Parker in California?
he was committed to a mental institution
Norman Grantz produced an album with Charlie Parker for Mercury Records featuring…
a rhythm section and strings
Aside from a career of working as a musician, Dizzy Gillespie played with the idea of..
becoming president
Miles Davis collaborated with composer/arranger___on his nonet recordings.
Gil Evans
Gerry Mulligan started a piano-less quarter with trumpeter__after moving to the west coast.
CHET BAKER
Dave Brubeck experimented with odd time signatures on his song___from Time out
Blue Rondo a La Turk
The Jazz Messengers were led by….
Art Blakey
Hard Bop is best described as having…
blues, R&B, and gospel influence
Clifford Brown co-led a highly influential quintet along with drummer___.
MAX ROACH
Jimmy Smith was best known for his organ trio recordings for____.
Blue note
What kind of organ did jimmy smith play?
Hammond B3
what was unique about Wes Montgomery’s technique?
he used his thumb instead of a pick
After wes montgomery signed to Verve, he started recording____.
arrangements of popular songs
Woodie Herman’s “second hurd” sax section was known as the…
the four brothers
Stan Getz achieve crossover success with his groundbreaking album____
JAZZ SAMBA
Ornette Colman was known for his innovations in…..
FREE JAZZ
What was the name of the Ornette Colman record featuring 2 quartets playing at the same time
free jazz
Miles Davis employed saxophonist___ for his first great quintet of the 1950s
John Coltrane
Who joined Mile Davis’ group for the kind of blue recordings on alto sax?
cannonball ADDERLEY
Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue record focused on….
modal jazz
Miles Davis’ second great quintet of the 1960s featured pianist….
Herbie Hancock
In 1960, John Coltrane recorded a song and album of the same name that featured an unusual chord progression. What was the song?
Giant Steps
What was the protest song that was recorded by Charles Mingus on Mingus Ah Um?
Fables of Faubus
One of Charles Mingus’ last recording projects was with folk singer….
Joni Mitchell
The Bill Evans trio featured what he callled the _____,which was the tempo of the music was implied rather than stated outright
internalized beat
Herbie Hancock led an experimental group called____before expanding into fusion
Mwandishi
What was Herbie Hancock’s fusion band called?
The Headhunters
What was Miles Davis’ first the hit fusion record?
BITCHES BREW
What was the name of guitarist John McLaughlin’s fusion band in the 1970s?
The Mahavishnu Orchestra
The band Weather Report featured a virtuoso bass player named…
Jaco Pastorius
Birdland was written by the leader of Weather Report
Joe Zawinul
Chick Corea’s fusion band was called….
Return to forever
Guitarist Pat Metheny’s first album was almost entirely orginal compositions, what was it called?
BRIGHT SIZE LIFE
Song for Bilbao features Pat Metheny playing a….
guitar synthesizer
George Benson had a breakthrough smooth jazz album called____in 1976
Breezin’
Throughout the 1970s, what pianist was featured in a series of completely improvised concerts?
KEITH JARRET
Wynton Marsalis got his start with what band?
The Jazz Messengers
By the late 1980s and 1990s, Marsalis had moved on to….
traditional New Orleans styles
Joshua Redman’s second album, Wish featured guitarist….
Pat Metheny
Joshua Redmen’s 2002 album Elastic feautures mainly
funky fusion
Which pianist featured Joshua Redman on his 2010 concept album, Highway Rider?
Brad Mehldau
Who is the guitarist from Benin that feaures a unique interplay between vocal baselines, melodies and percussion sounds,while also playing guitar?
Lionel Loueke
Who won a grammy for best new artist in the 2011 grammies?
ESPERANZA SPALDING
What artist was able to fund his first album using a fundraising campaign with IHarmU?
JACOB COLLIER
Who is the contemporary big band composer that is also one of the founders of Artist Share?
MARIA SCHNEIDER
