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History of Jazz
Final Exam
24
Music
Undergraduate 3
05/04/2009

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John Coltrane
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Bridges Hard Bop to Free Form. Leading saxophonist. Joined Miles in 1955. Sacred music.
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John Coltrane Quartet
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160-1965 - McCoy Tyner: Piano; Elvin Jones: Drums(African pr); Jimmy Garrison: Bass
A Love Supreme - Landmark Album
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Free Form
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No structure or form; chords not prescribed. Rhythms not always 4/4; High communication needed
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Ornetter Coleman
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Avant-garde: Free form, play the melody and go "outside". Melodic and no regular Harmonic form
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Eric Dolphy
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Avant-garde: Improvisor, played sax, bass clarinet (with Coltrane, Mingus and own group)
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Sun Ra
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Avant-garde: Orchestra leader
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ACCM
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Avant-garde: Association for the Advancement of Creative Music – Important avant-garde music collective – Bands include Art Ensemble of Chicago, Anthony Braxton ,Muhal Richard Abrams
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Art Ensemble of Chicago
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Collective interaction, wide range of tone colors, sound structures, Suspension of fixed rhythm
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Jazz Rock Fusion
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when two different styles are fused together to create a hybrid style that has characteristics of both previous
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Miles Davis
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Fusion: Bitches Brew
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Fusion
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Less melody- more a jam
Rhythm - backbeat; Incorporated Funk: James Brown and Hendrix
Instrument: Electric
Bass line: more important, ostinato, riff
Drums: rock and funk backbeats
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John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Fusion group: 1.Very arranged music – complicated; electric rock guitar sound; odd rhythmic meters
2. Influenced by Indian music
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Weather report
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Fusin Group: Joe Sawinul(piano/keyboard) & Wayne Shorter's Band(sax), Jaco Pastorius(great bass player))
Interesting use of musical textures, synthesizer sounds, overlapping instruments
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Chick Corea's First Band
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Fusion Group: Return to Forever, usins electric piano, synthesizer(bendable pitch)
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Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters
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Fusion group: bass riff, many funk musicians
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Pat Metheney
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Fusion: open style, different than McLaughlin (guitar: technical and fast)
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ECM Music Label
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Keith Jaret, Pat Metheny, Gary Burton, Carla Bley
more eclectiv, ethereal sounding music
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Blue Note Label
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Mid 60s post hard bop legacy with African influences
McCoy Tyner, Freddy Hubbard, Herbie Hancock/Wayne Shorter (before fusion)
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Contemporary Jazz
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1. Traditionalist/Mainstream
2. Legacy of 70s Fusion
3. Legacy of 60s avant-garde
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Traditionalist/Mainstream
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1. Repertory movement(Master Works) & Wynton Marsalis
2. Hard bop renaissance and the "Young Lions"
3. Re-issue older recordings on CDS
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Legacy of 70s Fusion
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i. Popular music connections (e.g., Rap), electronic jazz
ii. Crossover to world-beat popular music
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Legacy of 60s Avant-garde
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i. Acoustic, electronic, cross-over to world music cultures
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Wynton Marsalis
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Neo-classical school - gredited with resurgance in popularity in the history of jazz since 80s
Artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center
Re-created live performances of old jazz - Ellington compositions
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Women in Jazz
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Carla Bley(composer), Maria Schneider (composer/arranger). Regina Carter (violin), Jane Ira Bloom (sax), Geri Allen (piano)
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