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Jazz History
Jazz History Final
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Undergraduate 4
05/04/2014
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Bessie Smith
 Definition
Singer, Blues, Dixieland
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James Reese Europe
 Definition
Bandleader, Composer, Arrange, Dixieland
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Buddy Bolden
 Definition
Cornet, Dixieland
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Original Dixieland Jazz Band
 Definition
Dixieland
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Jelly Roll Morton
 Definition
Dixieland
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Joe "King" Oliver
 Definition
Cornet, Bandleader, Dixieland
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Sidney Bechet
 Definition
Saxophone, Dixieland, Composer
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Fletcher Henderson
 Definition
Swing
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James P. Johnson
 Definition
Dixieland, Stride
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Louis Armstrong
 Definition
Swing
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Bix Beiderbecke
 Definition
Dixieland
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Coleman Hawkins
 Definition
Saxophone, Swing, BeBop (a little)
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Benny Goodman
 Definition
Swing
Term
Mary Lou Williams
 Definition
Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Swing
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Count Basie
 Definition
Swing
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Duke Ellington
 Definition
Swing
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Billy Strayhorn
 Definition
Arranger, Composer, Pianist, Swing
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Lester Young
 Definition
Tenor Saxophone, Swing
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Ben Webster
 Definition
Tenor Saxophone, Swing
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Lionel Hampton
 Definition
Vibraphone, Composer, Swing
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Django Reinhardt
 Definition
Guitar, Composer, Bebop
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Billie Holliday
 Definition
Swing, Blues, Vocal
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Ella Fitzgerald
 Definition
Swing, Singer
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Fats Waller
 Definition
Swing (stride)
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Art Tatum
 Definition
Pianist, Stride, Swing
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Charlie Parker
 Definition
Bebop
Term
Bud Powell
 Definition
Pianist
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Dexter Gordon
 Definition
Tenor Saxophone, Bebop, Composer, Bandleader
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Gerry Mulligan
 Definition
Saxophone, Composer, Arranger,Cool Jazz
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John Lewis
 Definition
Pianist, Cool Jazz
Term
Gunther Schuller
 Definition
Composer, Horn,
Term
Miles Davis
 Definition
Fusion
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Dizzy Gillespie
 Definition
Bebop
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Horace Silver
 Definition
Hard Bop, Composer, Bandleader, Pianist
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Clifford Brown
 Definition

BeBop (Hard?)

 
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Sonny Rollins
 Definition
Hard Bop, Tenor Saxophone, Composer, Bandleader
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Wes Montgomery
 Definition
Composer, Guitar, Bass,
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Thelonius Monk
 Definition
Pianist, Composer, Bebop, Hard Bop
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Charles Mingus
 Definition
Composer, Bandleader, Bassist, Hard Bop
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Gil Evans
 Definition
Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Bandleader, Cool Jazz
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John Coltrane
 Definition
Avant-Garde Jazz
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Ornette Coleman
 Definition
Avant-Garde Jazz
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Cecil Taylor
 Definition
Avant Garde Jazz, Pianist
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Sun Ra
 Definition
Avant Garde Jazz, composer, bandleader, pianist
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Ray Charles
 Definition
Singer, Pianist, Composer, Fusion
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Frank Sinatra
 Definition
Singer, Swing, Fusion
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Sarah Vaughan
 Definition
Singer, Bebop, Cool Jazz
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Stan Getz
 Definition
Cool Jazz
Term
Weather Report
 Definition
Jazz Fusion
Term
Jaco Pastorius
 Definition
Jazz Fusion, Composer, Bass
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Pat Metheny
 Definition
Guitar, Composer, Jazz Fusion
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Keith Jarrett
 Definition
Historicism,
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Chick Corea
 Definition
Fusion, Keyboard, Composer
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Herbie Hanhock
 Definition
Bandleader, Composer, Pianist, Fusion
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Wynton Marsalis
 Definition
Historicism
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