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| 3 characteristics of BeBop |
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| Small combo instead of big band. Irregular drum beats called Bombs. Extended and complex improvisation |
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| Max Roach: important work of his relative to social movement in 60s, as well as his role in jazz |
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| Considered one of the most important drummers in jazz. 1960 he wrote the We Insist! Freedom Now Suite |
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| new genre brought together classical elements and jazz |
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| named third stream jazz, french horn virtuoso |
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| John Coltrane: What was his instrument? What special elements did he bring to his playing and compositions? |
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| Played Saxophone, and he developed jazz as an outlet of personal searching and evolution |
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| Give title and date of Coltrane's best known album illustrating personal searching |
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| A Love Supreme - 1964. Dedicated to God |
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| merges jazz with elements of other styles of music like funk, rock, r&b, world music, pop styling, etc |
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| Miles Davis' Role in Fusion? |
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| 1970 made music with cross cultural influences, and in 1980 worked with jazz rock |
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| Important Title by Davis including name, date, and artists he worked with |
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| Bitches Brew in 1970 Worked with Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. |
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| hit tune called bird land, named after a jazz club |
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| Ornette Coleman? Role in Free Jazz? Famous Album? |
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| Helped develop the genre, his album was Free Jazz, and cover art was mainly text |
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| Philip Glass's Hydrogen Jukebox - original source of lyrics? original author? three social issues? |
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| Inspired by the poem HOWL by Allen Ginsberg in 1966. Adresses the environment, antiwar movement, and the sexual revolution |
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| John Adam's Pulitzer prize? |
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| On The Transmigration of Souls (2002). Comissioned after 9/11, words and narrations from signs of missing persons. Contained musical quote from Charles Ive's The Unsanswered Question |
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| Leonard Bernstein's multiple roles in American Music? |
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| American conductor, composor, author, pianist. First american born/educated composer to receive international fame |
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| Leonard Bernstein and the NY Philharmonic in 1958? |
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| First american conductor and director |
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| West Side Story: Date, two artists and their skills |
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| 1957. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Choreography by Jerome Robbins. |
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| What are two of Stephen Sondheim's musicals that are different from others? |
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| Into the Woods: different look at traditional fairy tales. Assasins: people that killed famous presidents |
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| Alan Freed: Emergence of R&R? End of Career? |
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| Disc Jockey, claimed to invent term rock n roll. indicted for payola |
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| Leo FendeR? Two inventions |
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| 1954 stratocaster, 1960 jazz bass |
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| invented reel to reel taping and over dubbing |
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| Buddy Holly: two hit songs, career end? |
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| Peggy Sue and That'll be the Day. Died in a plane crash |
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| Wrote La Bamba! First mexican american to gain mainstream success |
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| When record companies paid djs for heavy airtime during the 1950s. led to end of lots of careers |
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| Detroit 1959. Lots of success with black artists |
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| Important song writing team and band for Motown |
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| Holland-Dozier-Holland and The Funk Brothers |
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| Two Motown Groups and Two Hits by Each |
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| The Temptations (My Girl, Ain't Too Proud to Beg) and The Jackson 5 (ABC, I'll Be There) |
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| STAX: location, dates, artist roster |
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| Memphis 1960-1975. black & white artists |
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Otis Redding (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay)
Sam & Dave (I'm a Soul Man) |
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| James Brown's April 5th Concert in 1968 |
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| James Brown's hit song in late 60s that described black attitude |
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| Say It Loud. black attitude |
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| 3 causes championed by folk singers |
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| social movement, sense of person, humanitarian responsibility |
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| Woody Guthrie. hit song, two younger artists who said he's a role model |
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| This Land is Our Land. Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springstein. traveled with migrant workers. |
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| Weavers. Success as a folk group? Political affect on career? |
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| major success, accused of communism in 1950s |
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| Montery International Pop Music Festival: Dates, 3 reasons why important, 2 artists who got their start here |
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| June 16-18 in 1967. Jimi Hendrix & The Who. First widely promoted and heavily attended rock festival. Otis Redding performed in front of a primarily white audience. Started the Summer of Love |
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| Where did punk develop from? |
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| strippeddown version of rock n roll |
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| Two pioneer groups of punk in 60s/70s, and song titles |
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Velvet Undergound (Venus in Furs, Heroin)
The Ramones (I want to be sedated, Rockaway Beach) |
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| Country Bluegrass Blues. Famous punk venu |
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| Ian MacKaye: Two groups he performed with, hardcore scene? |
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| Minor Threat and Fugazi. Started straightedge movement |
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| 3 disturbing grunge topics |
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| Drug addiction, paranoia, violence |
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| Subpop: Location, date started. importance in grunge scene? |
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| Indie Record Label. Seattle, 1986. First to sign a lot of grunge bands |
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| 3 background elements of rap |
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| african roots in griot tradition. carribean dance tradition. disco; blending beats |
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| important female rapper & song/date |
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| Roxane Shante, Roxanne's Revenge in 1984 |
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| explain 3 famous rap controversies |
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Beatsie Boys: 1986, black/white rap ownership
NWA: 1988 Straight Outta Compton (gang terretories)
Public Enemy: 1989 Fight the Power (question authority) |
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| Kind of Blue: Blue in Green |
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| Miles Davis. Jazz. 1959. Recorded with little to no rehearsal. |
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| Bob Dylan. 1963. Melody adapted from "Nottamun Town." Protest against the Cold Warm Arms buildup. |
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| Velvet Underground. 1967 on Velvet Underground & Nico. Overly depicts heroin use, neither positive or negatively |
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| Queen Latifah. 1994. Spoke out against sexism and disrespect of women. |
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