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Art of jazz test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Describe Bebop music. | very technical, unsingable, jagged contour |
| Describe Cool music. | less technical, singable, smooth contour |
| Describe West Coast music. | very technical, unsingable, smooth contour |
| Describe Hard Bop music. | less technical and singable |
| What is the organization/instrumentation of Bebop music? | Alto, trumpet,RS, and head charts |
| What is the organization/instrumentation of Cool music? | unusual combinations of instruments, complex arrangements |
| What is the organization/instrumentation of West coast music? | unusual combinations and complex arrangements |
| What is the organization/instrumentation of Hard Bop music? | tenor, trumpet, RS, and head charts |
| Describe the solos in Bebop music. | technical, jagged with "bopped" accents |
| Describe the solos in Cool music. | Smoother, laid back, less is more ideas |
| Describe the solos in West Coast music. | technical, longer lines, smoother contour |
| Describe the solos in Hard Bop music. | combination of technical/smooth long lines |
| Describe the rhythm section interaction for Bebop music. | High level of interaction |
| Describe the rhythm section interaction for Cool music. | less interaction, emphasis on arrangement and solos |
| Describe the rhythm section interaction for West Coast music. | Least interaction, emphasis on arrangement and solos |
| Describe the rhythm section interaction for Hard Bop music. | high level of interaction |
| What are some of the players and their significance in Bebop music? | Bird, Diz, Bud, Max,and Monk they were all very technical |
| What are some of the players and their significance in Cool music? | Miles,Gil Evans, MJQ,and Tadd Dameron they were all laid back musicians |
| What are some of the players and their significance in West Coast music? | Tristano, Konitz, Kenton They were into the LA studio scene |
| What are some of the players and their significance in Hard Bop music? | Roach and Brown Part of a Quintet with Sony |
| Describe Cool Jazz/ West Coast Jazz through the 1950s-1960's. | Unusual combinations of instruments, smaller than big bands,but bigger than combos |
| How is Cool Jazz/ West Coast Jazz different from Bop music? | more relaxed, subdued and melodic than Bop, smoother, and less jagged improvisations |
| Describe the tone quality and volume of Cool Jazz/ West Coast Jazz of the 1950's-1960's. | Light, dry tone qualities, low volume levels |
| Did cool Jazz/west coast jazz have more or less emphasis on written arrangements? | More |
| What instrument did Cool musician Miles Davis play? | trumpet |
| Who was nicknamed the "Birth of The Cool" | Miles Davis |
| Describe the Modern Jazz Quartet. | many concert tours, business like, and very organized |
| what instrument does Cool musician John Lewis play? | piano |
| Where was John lewis trained? | he was classically trained at Eastman |
| What was Third Stream Jazz? | fusion of classical and jazz music |
| What was special about cool musician Tadd Dameron? | He created a Big band sound with only 3 horns |
| What instrument does west coast musician lennie Tristano play? | piano |
| Who was Lee Konitz and what instrument did he play? | He was a student of Tristano and he played the alto sax |
| Who was the West Coast leader in LA and what instrument did he play? | Stan Kenton; he played the piano |
| What was the difference between Hard Bop and regular Bop traditions? | had simpler melodic materials, Darker, heavier weighted tone qualities,and emphasis on hard driving swing. |
| What did Hard Bop fromt he 1950's-1960's sound like? | had a funky jazz sound, bluesy inflections of pitch,and gospel-like harmonies |
| What instrument did Hard Bop musician Clifford Brown play? | Trumpet |
| How would you describe Clifford Brown's music? | it is a cross between Miles and Dizy, but primarily bop oriented |
| What instrument did Hard Bop musician Sonny Rollins play? | Tenor Sax |
| What instrument did Hard Bop musician Max Roach play? | Drums |
| what time period was Bebop and Bop music popular? | 1940-1950 |
| How did Bebop music come about? | Combination format, big bands started to fade away, faster tempos were used often to demonstrate chops |
| Describe Bebop music. | Less emphasis on arrangements, head charts, musicians would borrow chord changes to make new melodies Ex."I got rhythm", Flinstones |
| How was Bebop or Bop music different from other music prior to this time? | Much greater technical facility by musicians, more sophisticated Improvisations melodies and harmonies are more complex, unsignable, jagged lines Solos are more technical and complex, often shorter spurts of jagged melodic content |
| How is the interaction in Bebop music different than other music prior to this time? | there is higher level of interaction among players, especially rhythm section and with soloists, comping the norm, more varied than before. |
| How was Modern Jazz is born? | Popularity drops with public, increases with hot musicians. |
| What instrument does Bebop musician Charlie Parker play? | Alto Sax |
| What instrument does Bebop musician Dizzy Gillespie play? | Trumpet |
| What instrument does Bebop musician Bud Powell play? | Piano |
| What instrument does Bebop musician does Max Roach play? | Drums |
| What instrument does Bebop musicion does Thelonious Monk play? | Piano |
| Describe Thelonious Monk's music? | depth in simplicity, leftist, and influenced Free jazz |
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