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Midterm Flashcards

1
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Bebop (the most influential bop performer, greatest influence with IMPROV and the approach to improv)
Alto Sax player (considered to be the most important saxophonist)

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Charlie Parker

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Bebop
Piano player
Very well respected

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Art Tatum

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Bebop and cool (influenced both of them)
Which aspect of his style did bebop players like? Which aspect appealed to cool players?
Jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet

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Lester Young
Bebop artists like his improv style
Cool-era musicians liked the cool era and his phrasing (it didn’t have much accent, his notes were more evenly balanced)

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Bebop
Trumpet leader/band leader/composer
Most important bop trumpet player
Physically demanding range for the trumpet (high range) not easy to play high notes

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Dizzy Gillespie

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Bebop
Pianist and composer
Considered to be one of the few great bop composers, but this is controversial
played with splayed fingers

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Thelonius Monk

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Bebop
COMPOSER, considered to be one of the most influential composers of the bop period
Many of his pieces because jazz standards
Number 5 on the listening list “house house” was composed by this person, performed by Dizzy Gillespie

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Tad Dammeron

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Bebop
Drummer
Kept time in a different way, used the ride symbol (they have a “ting” to it). Started to keep his time on the symbol, used the bass drum for emphasis)

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Kenny Clarke

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Drummer

will appear in multiple periods

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Max Roach

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Bebop
Bass Player
Composer and Band Leader

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Charles Mingus

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Bebop
Bass Player
Known as one of the masters of the walking bass style, where the bass player is “backing up” the soloist.

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Ray Brown

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Bebop
Bass Player
Early master improviser

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Oscar Pettiford

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Bebop Pianists (3)

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Bud Powell (highly imitated style) 
George Sheraing (known for having a very light, clean touch) 
Oscar Peterson (used high and low notes)
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Bebop tenor saxophonists (4)

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Charlie Parker (alto sax and tenor sax)
Dexter Gordon
Stan Getz
Sonny Stitt

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14
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Bebop
Trumpet
Teacher of Clifford Brown

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Fatz Navarro

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15
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Bebop

Trombone

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JJ Johnson

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Bebop big band, led by Woody Herman
Which song are they known for?
Which 4 band members?

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Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd
“Four Brothers”
Stand Getz, Zoot Sims, Herbie Steward, Serge Chaloff

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17
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Trumpet player
Falsely associated with being the very beginning of cool, but he emerged at the end of the bebop period.
What is his ablum title?

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Miles Davis; “Birth of the cool”

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18
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Emerged during the bebop period but took a liking to cool.

tenor saxophonist

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Stan Getz

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Cool
Pianist/composer/band leader
Influenced Art Tatum (pianist) and Lester Young (saxophonist)
Played with “locked hands” (hands together or moving in the same fashion)
Used collective improvisation (more than one improviser playing at a given time)

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Lennie Tristano

20
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Cool
Alto Saxophone
Featured in the Stan Kinton Orchestra

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Lee Konitz

21
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“Birth of the Cool” was a collaboration between these two people.
Which 4 instruments unique to jazz were featured?

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Miles Davis and Gil Evans

Tuba, bass clarinet, flute, french horn

22
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Cool
Band Leader
Entertaining seated audiences – music more consistent with a “Jazz Orchestra”

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Stan Kenton

23
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Cool Trumpet players (4)

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Chet Baker (vocalist and trumpet) 
Shorty Rogers (composer and arranger) 
Jack Sheldon (vocalist and trumpet) 
Art Farmer (Trumpet and flugel horn player)
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Cool saxophone players (4); which type of sax?

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Art Pepper (Alto Sax): started with Kenton and became one of his best known improvisors
Jimmy Giuffre (Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, and arranger) 
Paul Desmond (Alto sax) Featured member of the Dave Brubeck quartet 
Gerry Mulligan (Baritone Saxophone, Composer, and Arranger)
25
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Cool
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, and Arranger
Known for composing “Four Brothers”, which was performed by the Thundering Herd

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Jimmy Giffre

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“Four Brothers”: Composer, band, and who it featured.

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Composer: Jimmy Giffre
Band: Thundering Herd
Featured: saxophone section

27
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Cool period drummers (2)

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Chico Hamilton (worked with Stan Kenton, was one of the only African Americans in the band) 
Shelly Mane: played with both Herman and Kenton and became a session musician
28
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Cool

guitar

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Jim Hall

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Cool period trombone players (3)

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Carl Fontana (Considered by many as second only to J.J. Johnson) 
Frank Rosolino 
Bob Brookmeyer- Trombone, Arranger, and Composer (played the valve trombone)
30
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Cool
Piano Player
Leader of his own quartet
Two albums: “Jazz goes to college” and “Time Out”

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Dave Brubeck

31
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Bosa Nova
Composer, also played the guitar and piano
Collaborated with Stan Getz, Joao Gilbitto, and Astrud Gilbitto

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Carlos Jobim

32
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Hard Bop Piano Players (4)

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Tommy Flanagan (He was known for flowing solos and having a light touch on the piano. He was best known as a sideman and recorded with musicians such as Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane.)

Horace Silver (Pianist, Composer, and Arranger. One of the most influential bandleaders of the Hard Bop Era. Was known for playing short, catchy phrases during his improvisations. He emphasized clarity rather than speed and agility. Most prolific composer of the hard bop period. )

Ahmad Jamal **

Cedar Walton

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Hard Bop Trumpet Players (3)

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Clifford Brown (Was influenced and taught by trumpet player Fats Navarro. He is not widely known outside of Jazz circles, but is considered to be one the most talented trumpet players of our time, DIED VERY YOUNG IN A CAR ACCIDENT)

Freddie Hubbard

Lee Morgan (composer also, was influenced by Clifford Brown)

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Hard Bop Drummers (3)

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Max Roach (He was known for collaborating with Clifford Brown during the Hard Bop Era. He also was a notable drummer during the Bebop era as well.)

Art Blakey (considered to be one of the first true jazz educators because he would train younger generations of jazz musicians. He also founded a group called the Jazz Messengers with Horace Silver and led the band.)

Philly Jo Jones (one of the most influential drummers because of his drumming style.)

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Hard Bop Saxophonists (6)

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Cannonball Adderley: Considered to be the most influential Alto Saxophonist since Charlie Parker

Sonny Rollins: Was one of the most popular Tenor Saxophonists of the 1950s and beyond. Composer and Band leader.

Gene Ammons: Notable Tenor Saxophonist

Benny Golson: Notable Tenor Saxophonist who started his career with the Jazz Messengers. Was also a widely respected composer, because many of his songs became jazz standards.

John Coltrane: Notable Tenor Saxophonist and Composer

Joe Henderson: Composer and notable Tenor Saxophonist. He was known for being a daring improviser and creating longer melodic phrases

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Hard Bop Trombonists (2)

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JJ Johnson: style like Max Roach

Curtis Fuller: Played with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, imaginative improviser

37
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Hard Bop Guitarists (6)

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Wes Montgomery: used his thumb instead of a guitar pick, Known as pioneer of octave technique

Kenny Burrell: most recorded jazz guitarist ever, First recording made as sideman for Dizzy Gillespie

Joe Pass

Grant Green

George Benson

Pat Martino

38
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Hard Bop Big band leaders

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Thad Jones (trumpet player, composer, band leader)

Gerald Wilson (composer and trumpet player)

Maynard Ferguson (only caucasian band leader)

39
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Hard Bop Organists

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Jimmy Smith

“Brother” Jack McDuff

Jimmy McGriff

40
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Legendary trumpet player, band leader, sometimes composer

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Miles Davis

41
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Noteworthy contributions of Davis (5)

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  1. Created an original trumpet style unlike his predecessors
  2. His usage of space
  3. Created a large body of recording
  4. Collaboration with Gil Evans
  5. Considered to be a pioneer of jazz fusion
42
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2 trademarks of Davis’ style

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  1. Use of space

2. Using a mute

43
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Tenor saxophone
band leader, composer, improviser
he was a transformative figure in jazz

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John Coletrane

Jazz (7 decks)

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