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Listening - Jazz FINAL
N/A
8
Music
Undergraduate 4
12/09/2011

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"Bitches Brew"
Definition
  • By - Miles Davis
  • Miles on amplified trumpet - plays entire song
  • 1st section very spacey, no real pulse/groove
  • 2 drummers, 2 keyboardists 
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"Actual Proof" 
Definition
  • By - Herbie Hancock
  • Electric bass prominent - super funky 
  • Funky drums go along w/bass
  • Features the YAZZ FLUTE!
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"Lonely Woman"
Definition
  • By - Ornette Coleman
  • Haunting/bizzare sound over bass line
  • Acoustic bass and drums - no amplified instruments
  • No piano/guitar (chords)
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"The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines"
Definition
  • By - Joni Mitchell and Jaco
  • Female vocals throughout
  • Jaco playing fretless electric bass
  • Mellow funk groove 
  • Horn section in back
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"Desafinado"
Definition
  • By - Joao Gilberto and Stan Getz
  • Only brazilian tune - in Portuguese
  • Classical acoustic guitar
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"Caravan"
Definition
  • By - Wynton Marsalis
  • Muted trumpet - takes out mute half way through ***
  • Sounds most like bebop
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"The Next Step"
Definition
  • By - Kurt Rosenwinkel Group
  • Distorted guitar 
  • Sax on top - guitar plays in unison for melody

 

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"Jazz Crimes"
Definition
  • By - Joshua Redman
  • Organ/drums/sax - Very Napoleon Dynamite
  • SAX - on top throughout
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