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Intro to Jazz Records 1
Small group jazz #1
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Undergraduate 1
10/21/2010

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Term
What was Minton's Playhouse?
Definition
One of the clubs in Harlem where bop started
Term
Beginning in the mid 40's what was the change in the musicians and societies attitude towards jazz?
Definition
It begun to be taken seriously
Term
The form and chord progressions of John Coltrane's Giant Steps is indicative of which jazz stylistic approach?
Definition
Hard Bop
Term
Know the particulars of the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ)
Definition
-originally from Dizzy Gillespie rhythm section
-Cool/Neoclassic
-Vibes, Piano, Bass, Drums
-Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
-Some classical stuff
Term
On what part of the drumset did drummers play the time or ride pattern from the 40's on?
Definition
Ride cymbal
Term
Modal jazz is based on?
Definition
Melody
Term
Musical attributes of cool jazz?
Definition
Melodic, flowing lines, restrained, dynamics tend to be lower, dry, little vibato
Term
Kind of blue is considered to be what kind of jazz?
Definition
Cool
Term
According to McCalla, what is the first example of fusion?
Definition
Bitches Brew
Term
Who was Cannonball discovered by? Where?
Definition
Miles at a jam session
Term
Once he was done with miles band, what did cannonball do?
Definition
Toured with Nat until the end
Term
Cannonball Adderly's first major record?
Definition
Somethin' Else
Term
The Cannonball Adderly album Somethin' Else was recorded on what record label with what guest artist? Who was the piano player?
Definition
Columbia Records, with Miles as a guest artist.
Hank Jones- Piano
Term
Cannonball Adderly quintet in Chicago. What was weird about the band? Who was piano player?
Definition
It was Miles sextet minus Miles.
Wynton Kelly
Term
Nippon Soul
Piano player?
Definition
Cannonball Adderly
Joe Zawinul
Term
Live at the Club (Also know as ?)
Piano Player?
Definition
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Cannonball
Joe Zawinul
Term
Gene Ammon's nickname
Definition
Jugs
Term
Boss Tenors
Definition
Gene Ammons and Sonny Stit
Term
Clifford Browns large influence
Definition
Fats Navaro
Term
Clifford Brown started with?
Definition
Art Blakey
Term
Brown and Roach Inc (Band)
Definition
Clifford
Harold Land
Sonny Rollins
Max Roach
Richie Powell
George Morrow, Bass
Term
Daahoud and Joy Spring were recorded on?
Definition
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Term
Clifford Brown and Max Roach @ Basin Street is with who?
Definition
Sonny Rollins
Term
The night Clifford died?
Definition
June 25, 1956
Term
A Night at Birdland
Definition
Blakey
Clifford
Lou Donaldson
Term
Birdland announcer
Definition
Pee Wee Russell
Term
Unsung Bebop Bass hero
Definition
Curly Russell
Term
Moanin'
Definition
Art Blakey
Lee Morgan
Benny Golson
Term
The Big Beat
Definition
Blakey
Lee Morgan
Wayne Shorter
Term
Ugetsu
Definition
Blakey
Freddie
Wayne Shorter
Curtis Fuller
Term
Dave Digs Disney
Definition
Dave Brubeck
Term
Time Out
Definition
Dave Brubeck
Paul Desmond
Eugene Wright
Joe Morello
Term
Famous tunes from 'Time Out'?
Definition
Take 5, Blue Rondo A La Turk
Term
Midnight Blue
Definition
Kenny Burrell
Term
Blue Train
Definition
Coltrane
Term
Giant Steps (year album was made)
Definition
1959
Term
Giant Steps
Definition
John Coltrane
Tommy Flanagan (piano)
PC
Art Taylor (Drums)
-First album where Trane wrote all the tunes
Term
My Favorite Things
Definition
Coltrane
Term
Special about My Favorite Things?
Definition
Coltrane plays soprano sax
Term
Record label Coltrane signed with in 1961?
Definition
Impulse
Term
What did Impulse records convince Coltrane to do?
Definition
Make tamer records
Term
Ballads
Definition
Coltrane
Term
Classic Coltrane Quartet
Definition
McCoy Tyner
Elvin Jones
Jimmy Garison
Term
Coltrane records w/ impulse
Definition
Ballads
Coltrane with Hartman
Village Vanguard recordings
Love Supreme
Term
The complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
Definition
Coltrane
w/ Eric Dolphy
Term
Chick Corea's Hero
Definition
Horace Silver
Term
Now he sings, now he sobs
Definition
Chick Corea
Term
Further Definitions
Definition
Benny Carter
Term
The Shape of Jazz to Come. Musicians?
Definition
Ornett Coleman
Don Cherry
Charlie Hayden, Bass
Billy Higgins, drums
Term
Sonny's Crib
Definition
Sonny Clarke
Term
Leapin' & Lopin'
Definition
Sonny Clarke
Term
Writer on Birth of the Cool
Definition
Gerry Mulligan
Term
Bags Groove
Definition
Miles with Milt Jackson
(Album that Horace Silver had to replace Monk)
Term
First classic Miles quintet (Prestige)
Definition
Miles
Trane
Red Garland
Philly Jo
PC
Term
Prestige Records by Miles
Definition
Relaxin'
Steamin'
Workin'
Cookin'
Term
Round About Midnight
Definition
Miles, with 1st classic quintet (on Columbia)
Term
Milestones
Definition
First classic quintet + Cannonball
Term
Kind of Blue
Definition
Miles
Trane
Cannonball
Bill Evans/Wynton Kelly
PC
Jimmy Cobb
Term
Whats wierd about Seven Steps to Heaven?
Definition
Different bands in NY and LA
Term
Four and more
Definition
1st Classic Quintet
AKA My Funny Valentine
Term
Miles second classic quintet
Definition
Wayne Shorter
Herbie Hancock
Tony Williams
Ron Carter
Term
ESP
Definition
Miles 2nd
Term
Miles Smiles
Definition
2nd Quintet
Term
Sorcerer
Definition
2nd
Term
Nefrititi
Definition
2nd
Term
In a Silent Way
Definition
2nd
Term
Bitches Brew
Definition
2nd
Term
Out to Lunch
Definition
Eric Dolphy
Term
Undercurrent
Definition
Bill Evans w/ Jim Hall
Term
Famous Bill Evans Trio
Definition
Scott LaFarro, Bass
Paul Motian, drums
Term
Portrait in Jazz
Definition
Bill Evans
Term
Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Definition
Bill Evans
Term
Waltz for Debby
Definition
Bill Evans
Term
The Cannonball Adderly Quintet in San Fransico. Pianist?
Definition
Bobby Timmons
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