Test 2 Biographies Flashcards
Jelly Roll Morton
Pianist, singer, composer, arranger and music theorist
Claimed he invented jazz in 1902.
Fats Waller
Pianist, organist, composer, violonist, singer and comedic entertainer
His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano.
Meade «Lux» Lewis
Boogie-woogie
Mary Lou Williams
Wrote and arranged for Duke & Benny Goodman
Duke Ellington
Leader of a jazz orchestra
Fletcher Henderson
Most influential arranger and bandleader in jazz
Count Basie
Many musicians came to prominence under his direction (Lester Young)
Teddy Wilson
With Benny Goodman, first black musician to appear with white musicians
Art Tatum
Acclaimed for virtuoso technique
Extended the vocabulary and boundaries of jazz
Al Haig
Pioneer of bebop
Bud Powell
The «Charlie Parker» of the piano
Errol Garner
His composition, «Misty», became a jazz standard
Tadd Dameron
Most influential arranger during bebop era
Thelonious Monk
Unique improvisational style
Numerous contributions to jazz repertoire
Lennie Tristano
Teacher of jazz improv
Exerted influence on jazz through students (Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh)
Louis Armstrong
Known for intense, rythmic swing
Complementary relations among rhythmic patterns
Bix Beiderbecke
Inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone
Roy Elridge
Virtuosic solos, departure from old style
Rex Stewart
«Talking» style and half-valve effects
Cootie Williams
Renowned for plunger mute
Dizzy Gillespie
Musicianship, showmanship and wit contributed to bebop
Miles Davis
Variety of musical directions that kept him fresh
Theodore «Fats» Navarro
Pioneer of «bebop» style jazz improv
Clifford Brown
Died at 25 in car accident
