Listening Exam II Flashcards
LESTER LEAPS IN
Lester Young
Count Basie’s small combo
Innovations in sound that influenced bebop and later led to cool jazz
BRILLIANT CORNERS <3
Thelonius Monk
Before Free Jazz
showcases Monk’s eccentric, angular style,
extremely difficult for musicians to play
pieced together from multiple takes
‘ROUND MIDNIGHT
Thelonius Monk
Most recorded jazz standard of all time
APRIL IN PARIS
Duke Ellington
Beat out Elvis for #1 spot on the charts
Quotes “Pop Goes the Weasel”
Trick ending
SING SING SING
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Benny’s theme song
Intergrated band
Played at Carnegie Hall
Solidified Swing’s popularity
STRANGE FRUIT
Billy Holiday
Song about the plight of African-Americans in the US
Showcased Holiday’s penchant for emotionally wrought singing and unique timbre
KOKO
Charlie Parker
A contrafact of Cherokee
Parker developed the language of bebop on this tune
SHAW ‘NUFF
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
First bebop recording
Rhythm changes
BODY & SOUL
Coleman Hawkins
Contains tritone solos
Strict double time
Melodic and harmonic language that signalled the end of swing and the beginning of bebop
ONE O’CLOCK JUMP
Count Basie
Basie’s theme song
ft. riff-based improvisation
tight homogenous band, strong rhythm section
MANTECA
Dizzy Gillespie
Pioneered Afro-Cuban Jazz/Cubano-bop
He led one of the only successful Bebop Big Bands
DIMINUENDO & CRESCENDO IN BLUE
Duke Ellington
Played at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956
Legendary, revived Duke’s career
Paul Gonsalves played a whopping 27 choruses
TAKE THE A TRAIN
Duke Ellington
Duke’s theme song, written by Billy Strayhorn
Ellington’s right hand man
EAST SAINT LOUIS TOODLE-OO
Duke Ellington
Co-written by Bubber Miley
ft. new growler plunger mute technique
also ft. racist exoticism with its jungle themes
