MIDTERM 2 - PEOPLE Flashcards
1
Q
Dizzy Gillespie
A
Trumpet
- most influential bebop trumpet player
- big, fully brassy tone
bebop
2
Q
Charlie Parker
A
Alto saxophone
- played with dance bands
- heroin addict
- helped define bebop
bebop
3
Q
Dexter Gordon
A
Tenor sax
- similar improv style to Charlie Parker
- Coleman Hawkins style sound
bebop
4
Q
Thelonious Monk
A
Piano
- unorthodox solos
- dressed the part
bebop
5
Q
Bud Powell
A
Piano
- most imitated bebop pianist
- de-emphasized activity of left hand
- focus on right hand improvs
- perfected “locked-hands” technique
bebop
6
Q
Lennie Tristano
A
Piano
-blind
cool jazz
7
Q
Miles Davis
A
Trumpet
- subtle, less brassy tone
- no use of vibrato
cool jazz
8
Q
Dave Brubeck
A
Piano
-incorporated classical techniques into jazz compositions
cool jazz
9
Q
Shelly Manne
A
Drums
- associated with West Coast cool jazz
- improv highly encouraged
- improv style rooted in bebop
(West Coast) cool jazz
10
Q
The Modern Jazz Quartet
A
- famous for combining classical concepts with bebop
- third stream jazz movement
- focus was on cool jazz & third stream
hard bop
Third Stream
11
Q
Sonny Rollins
A
Tenor Sax
- initially interested in rhythm & blues
- influenced by swing era
- considered major transition figure from bebop to hard bop
hard bop
12
Q
Horace Silver
A
Piano
- Portuguese decent
- hard bop style
- use of bluesy riff phrases
- use of silence as dramatic device
- background horn riffs
hard bop
13
Q
Julian Cannonball Adderley
A
Alto sax
- best after Charlie Parker
- big, full tone
- funky, blues laced solos
- bursts of notes followed by sparse, bluesy lines
- aggressive, outgoing improvs
hard bop
14
Q
Art Blakey
A
Drums
-classical bebop to hard bop
hard bop
15
Q
Jimmy Smith
A
Organ
- made organ into a whole group
- played bass lines with foot pedal keys
- melodies & improv on upper keyboard
hard bop
