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Jazz Exam Two
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Undergraduate 1
11/12/2008

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Bebop
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Came about in the 1940s. Crazy, funk, eccentric style of Jazz.
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Sarah Vaughn
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Prominent Jazz singer in the Bebop era. She sang with the Earl Hinds and the Billy Eckstine bands. Has a huge range, twists the notes into many syllables.
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Gil Evans
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"Birth of the Cool", collaborated with Miles Davis.
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Charlie Parker
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Saxophone player. Addicted to heroin. Left school and played under Laqrence "88" Keys. Had his first recording with the Mcshann Band. Collaborated with Dizzy Gellespie on "Salt Peanuts." Was sent to a mental hospital after drug addiction. Charlie was known for "quoting" music.
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Salt Peanuts
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Maybe the greatest bebop song ever recorded. Performed by Dizzy and Charlie Parker.
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Charlie Parker's quintet
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When Charlie Parker returned to NY after his hospital stay he started a quintent with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Duke Jordan, bassist Tommy Potter, and drummer Max Roach.
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Bird
Definition
Charlie Parker (Birdland).
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High Priest of Bop
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Thelonious Monk
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Third Stream Jazz
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Jazz that uses a bit of classical and jazz improvation.
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"Dizzy" Gillespie
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John Birks Gellespie.
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Dizzy Gellespie
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Trumpeter. Originally influences by Roy Eldridge. Had command of the upper register of the trumpet, could play her fast and very high. PLayed with cab Calloway. Been a member of the big bands of Earl Hinds and Billy Eckstine. The hands and body that held it together.
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Bud Powell
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Earl "Bud" Powell. Considered to be the finest bop pianst. Institutionalized 5 times. Very moody and withdrawn. Died of tubercolsis.
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Thelonious Sphere Monk
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An orignial. Made use of silence around the notes. Was put on Time Magazine's cover.
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Gerry Muligan
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Baritone sax player. Took Jazz to the West Coast.
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Coleman Hawkins
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Father Of The Tenor Sax.
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Father of the Tenor Sax
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Coleman Hawkins
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Paul Desmond
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Alto sax player in the Dave Brubeck band.
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John Coltrane
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Tenor sax. Got his start with Miles Davis.
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Dave Brubeck
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Trumpeter. Could only play in block chords because of an accident to his hands.
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Stan Getz
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Very into Brazilian dance rhythems. Played the tenor sax.
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Clifford Brown
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"Clean" musisician. Never did drugs or drank. Played the trumpet. Died in a car wreck.
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Max Roach
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Drummer that colaborated with Clifford Brown.
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Horace Silver
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"The Jazz Messengers" very funky, gospel style pianst. Left Art Blakey.
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Art Blakey
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Drummer and band leader of "The Jazz Messengers." university for Jazz musicians.
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Billie Holiday
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"Strange Fruit," worked with Abel Meropol
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Known for her scat singing.
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Stand Kenton
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Classical style. Big bands with tuba's and french horns.
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Lewis Allen
Definition
Abel Meropols pen name.
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