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Jazz Musicians
Jazz Musicians and Instrumentation
38
Music
Undergraduate 2
11/01/2010

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Term
Fletcher Henderson
Definition
Arranger - 100s of recordings
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Benny Goodman
Definition
Clarinet
Term
John Hammond
Definition
Entrepreneur - Found Count Basie
Term
Artie Shaw
Definition
Clarinet - cooler style than goodman
Term
Jimmie Lunceford
Definition
alto sax
Term
Glenn Miller
Definition
Trombone
Term
Cab Calloway
Definition
Black Singer
Term
Pete Johnson
Definition
Piano
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Big Joe Turner
Definition
Vocals
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Count Basie
Definition
Piano
Term
Duke Ellington
Definition
Piano, composer
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Billy Strayhorn
Definition
co composer w/ Ellington
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Coleman Hawkins "Bean"
Definition
Tenor Sax
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Lestor Young "Prez"
Definition
Tenor Sax
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Django Reinhart
Definition
Guitar
Term
Billie Holiday
Definition
Vocals - singer with limited range
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Ella Fitzgerald
Definition
Vocals - singer with no truncated range
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Mary Lou Williams
Definition
Piano and Composer/Arranger
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Fats Waller
Definition
Piano, Canny Vocals, Songwriter
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Art Tatum
Definition
Piano - change harmonies and rhythms at will
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Jimmy Blanton
Definition
String Bass (w/ Ellington)
Term
Charlie Christian
Definition
Guitar (w/ Goodman)
Term
Charlie Parker "Bird"
Definition
Alto Sax
Term
Dizzy Gillespie
Definition
Trumpet
Term
Bud Powell
Definition
Piano - Bebop
Term
Dexter Gordon
Definition
Tenor Saxophone
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Miles Davis
Definition
Trumpet
Term
Gil Evans
Definition
Arranger
Term
Gerry Mulligan
Definition
Baritone Sax (only bari to be a major jazz star)
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Dave Brubeck
Definition
Piano ?
Term
Lenny Tristano
Definition
Blind pianist
Term
Art Blakey
Definition
Drummer
Term
Horace Silver
Definition
Piano (w/ Blakey)
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Clifford Brown
Definition
Trumpet
Term
Sonny Rollins
Definition
Tenor Sax
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Wes Montgomery
Definition
Guitar
Term
Thelonius Monk
Definition
Piano
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Charles Mingus
Definition
String Bass (played over many decades and styles)
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