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Jazz Final Exam Flashcards

1
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What was Charlie Parker’s nickname?

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Bird (roadkill)

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2
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What instrument does Professor Price play?

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Piano

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3
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Who are the members of the modern jazz quartet?

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John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, Connie Kay

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Who are the members of the coltrane classic quartet?

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John Coltrane, Mccoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison

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5
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Smooth jazz is based on the fusion of

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jazz and easy listening/R&B

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6
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What was John Coltrane’s 1964 album?

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A Love Supreme

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7
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Jazz rock fusion is a combination of what two genres?

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Jazz and rock

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8
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What album launched modal jazz?

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Kind of Blue

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9
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Who are the architects of bebop?

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Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker

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10
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Third Stream

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Combination of jazz and classical music. A subset of progressive jazz (West Coast) and it was not commercially successful.

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11
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Did people dance to Bebop?

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Yes

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12
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What syle of jazz had an influence on electronic instruments

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Jazz rock fusion

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13
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Third stream consists of

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jazz and classical music

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14
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Who created the term vocalese?

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Eddie Jefferson

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15
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Who were the three fathers of free jazz?

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Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, and John Coltrane.

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16
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Does Birdland exist?

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Yes, it is a jazz club in New York.

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17
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After the 1960s, all forms of jazz were fusions?

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Yes.

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18
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Which major style did not occur during the 1950s?

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Smooth Jazz

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19
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In the 1940s, did you need a union card to play?

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Yes.

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20
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Were rock musicians influenced by jazz musicians?

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Yes

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21
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What style was the hammond b3 organ?

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Organ, drums, guitar. gospel jazz, and was part of hard bop.

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22
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Who was the drummer whose nickname was klukemop?

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Kenny Clark

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23
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What social movement was free jazz not associated with?

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Harlem Renaissance.

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24
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What instrument did John Coltrane play?

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Saxaphone

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25
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Who was a major innovator?

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Miles Davis

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26
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Which style of jazz is not considered a type of fusion?

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Latin Jazz.

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27
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Miles Davis played the trumpet.

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Yes.

28
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Progressive jazz is a combination of what types of jazz?

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Cool Jazz, Third Stream, and Modal Jazz.

29
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Eperanza Spalding is from which era?

A

Here and Now

30
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What were the two major venues for bebop?

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Mintons Playhouse and Monroe’s.

31
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What did they do in those places?

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Jam sessions.

32
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Genres of jazz in chronological order. Can you do this?

A

Yes!

33
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Was latin jazz present before the 1940s?

A

Yes!

34
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Who are the two people on top of every slide?

A

Mary Lou Williams and Coltrane!

35
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What are the other names for free jazz?

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Avant-Garde, Fire Music, Out Music, New Thing

36
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Bebop was a new genre that was based on old formations.

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True.

37
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Bebop was an attempt by black musicians to create something that white people couldnt play.

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False.

38
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After 1935, there are a lot of bands that are integrated.

A

True.

39
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What album gave rise to cool jazz?

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Birth of the Cool.

40
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What Miles Davis Album was Third Stream?

A

Sketches of Spain

41
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Cool Jazz and Third Stream emphasized the composer as opposed to the improviser or virtuoso.

A

Yes!

42
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Eddie Jefferson came up with the term

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Vocalese.

43
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Which style incorporated lots of electronics into the music?

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Jazz Rock Fusion.

44
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Jazz Rock Fusion and the late 1960s:

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Tony Williams - Lifetime
Chick Corea - Return to Forever/ My Spanish Heart
John McLaughlin - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter - Weather Report
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters

45
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Important albums in Jazz Rock Fusion:

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Bitches Brew - MD
The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
My Spanish Heart - Chick Corea
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
46
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Consumer base of smooth jazz was

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middle aged professionals who commuted, and who host social gatherings.

47
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Musicians from Smooth Jazz

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Gover Washington Jr. - Mister Magic
Geroge Benson - On Broadway
Fourplay - After the Dance
George Duke - Sweet Baby

48
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Musicians and songs from Jazz Hip Hop:

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Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Miles Davis - Chocolate Chip
Buckshot Le Funque (Brandon Marsalis
Jason Moran - Planet Rock
Stetasonic - Talkin all that jazz
Gang Starr - Jazz Thing
Tribe Called Quest - Jazz we've got. 
Guru's - Loungin
Hidden Beach
49
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Omar Sosa

A

Here and Now

50
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Robert Glasper

A

Here and Now

51
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Diana Krall

A

Here and Now

52
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Gregory Porter

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Here and Now

53
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Roy Hargrove

A

Here and Now

54
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Jonathan Butler and Elan Trotman

A

Here and Now

55
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Stetasonic

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Talking all that jazz - Jazz Hip Hop

56
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Gang Starr

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Jazz Thing - Jazz Hip Hop

57
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Tribe Called Quest

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Jazz Hip Hop

58
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Guru’s

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Loungin- Jazz Hip Hop

59
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Jason Moran

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Planet Rock - Jazz Hip Hop

60
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Brandon Marsalis

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Jazz Hip Hop

61
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Digable Planets

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Jazz Hip Hop

62
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George Benson

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Smooth Jazz

63
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Fourplay

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Smooth Jazz

64
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George Duke

A

Smooth Jazz

65
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Hard Bop is what coast?

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East coast = hard bop.

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