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Final Jazz survey class
Unit four
30
Music
Undergraduate 2
12/06/2010

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John Coltrane
Definition
Influencial tenor saxophonist. He is also a Composer/Performer/Leader (hard bop, free, modal)
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John coltrane
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This saxophone player recorded influencial albums with Miles Davis such as Milestones (1958) and Kind of Blue (1959)
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Classic Quartet
Definition
John coltrane's band
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John coltrane
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Who recorded the song "the promise"
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Avant-garde

Definition

 

designates individuals ahead of peers in developing new creations

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Avant-garde
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This term came to be synonymous with free jazz

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Free Jazz
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Improvised music without preset chord changes or conventional practices such as tempo or form

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True
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Free Jazz often omitted piano

True or false

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False
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Free Jazz often had a lot of melody

True or false

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Ornette Coleman
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Saxophonist and individual most associated w/creating free jazz,

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Don Cherry (1936-1995)

Definition

Trumpeter, he Played on Coleman’s early albums 1950’s-1960’s

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Ornette Coleman
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What artist recorded the song "Civilization Day"?
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Cecil Taylor

Definition

This Pianist, composer, bandleader, developed a major alternative to the mainstream of modern jazz styles and emphasized musical textures rather than musical lines

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Cecil Taylor
Definition
This piano player is known to play percusively on the piano
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Sun RA
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Free Jazz Big Band leader, he made big use of African Instruments, other Percussions as well as the use of electronics (synthesizers)

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Free Jazz
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squeaks, squawks, and sound effects are the characteristic for what style of Jazz

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Charles Mingus

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 Bassist, band leader, composer in many styles

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Charles Mingus
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This artist worked on changing tempo/double time call and recorded songs to express the frustration at racism

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Space is the palce
Definition
What is the name of the film that Sun Ra produced in 1974
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Sun Ra Arkestra
Definition
What was name of Sun Ra's big band
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Modal Jazz
Definition

repetitive bass line, not walking over changes)

 

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Pedal Point
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 Sustained bass note below changing harmonies

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John Coltrane
Definition
What Jazz artist popularized soprano sax
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Milestones (1958) and Kind of Blue (1959)

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What influential albums did John Coltrane recorded with Miles Davis

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Double Stop

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When bass player plays two strings at the same time

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Polyrhythms

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 More than 1 rhythm played simultaneously

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McCoy Tyner

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Pianist in John Coltrane's band

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Elvin Jones

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Drummer in John Coltrane's band
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Jimmy Garrison

Definition
Bassist in John Coltrane's band
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1960's
Definition
Free Jazz emerged in which year
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