Jazz And Other Forms

Question 1

Reflection of the cultural diversity and individualism of America.

Answer 1

Jazz music

Question 2

Born around _____ between the end of World War I and the Great Depression.

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1895 in mew orleans

Question 3

Unquestionably the most important single force in the development of early jazz styles.

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Louis Armstrong

Question 4

strong but flexible (8th notes)

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Rhythm

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highly sophisticated

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Harmony

Question 6

uniquely American

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Form

Question 7

improvisation (blue notes)

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Melody

Question 8

extreme

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Dynamics

Question 9

Jazz music was called New Orleans or Dixieland Jazz during this period.

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1920s Jazz Age

Question 10

Bands became bigger for swing, often including 16 or more players.

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1930s era of swing

Question 11

pianist and composer who was particularly noted for showing the combination of improvisation and composed parts in swing.

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Duke Ellington

Question 12

combined the rhythms of African and Latin American countries with the harmonies from US Jazz.

Uses straight rhythms rather than the swung rhythms of earlier.

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1940s/1950s Latin Jazz, Hot and Cool Jazz

Question 13

collaborated with other artists and brought Latin Jazz to mainstream awareness.

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Dizzy gillespia

Question 14

collaborated with other artists and brought Latin Jazz to mainstream awareness.

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Dizzy gillespia

Question 15

result of the experimentations done by different musicians with complex rhythm and harmony.

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Be-bop/Modern Jazz

Question 16

pioneered the style of be-pop.

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Charlie Parker

Question 17

gentler, more subtle and without the fiery intensity of Hot Jazz.

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Cool jazz

Question 18

developed in California and like Cool Jazz was more impersonal and relaxed than be-pop.

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West coast jazz

Question 19

extension of Be-pop but had a slower tempo with more varied bass playing.

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Hard bop

Question 20

drummer in “The Jazz Messengers”, a group who played hard bop.

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Art blakey

Question 21

development from Hard Bop, strongly influenced by blues and gospel music.

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Soul jazz

Question 22

also known as Avant-Jazz disregarded previous rules and constrants on harmony and structure.

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Free jazz

Question 23

leader of the free jazz movement

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Cecil tayler

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Result of the collaboration of jazz with rock music.

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1970s Jazz Fusion

Question 25

played over rock rhythms using the electric guitar and piano.

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Jazz solos

Question 26

example of a group that fused jazz and rock together using improvisation.

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Weather report

Question 27

musical genre that developed in the 1980s and the 1990s.

It combined parts of jazz music with soul, funk, disco and hip-hop.

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Acid jazz

Question 28

include Jamiroquai, The Brand New Heavies and James Taylor Quartet.

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Acid jazz groups

Question 29

mixes alternative hip-hop music with jazz.

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Jazz rap

Question 30

used samples from previous jazz artists like Gang Starr’s first single which included samples from Charlie Parker and Miles Davis’s final album with MC Easy Mo Bee

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Jazz rap groups

Question 31

Also known Electrojazz, because of its use of electronic dance music and house beats.

It is characterized by repetitiveness and sometimes blaring loudness reflecting its club roots.

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1990s to present Nu Jazz