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Jazz exam 3
Bebop jazz
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Undergraduate 2
03/25/2013

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When was the bebop era?
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1940's
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Small group oriented
Definition
Bebop jazz
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Faster tempos were a style of Bebop jazz
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TRUE, faster tempos
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Clarinet and rhythm guitar were common in Bebop jazz
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FALSE, less common
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Music became less singable in Bebop jazz
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True, more singable
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There was more emphasis on arrangements in Bebop jazz
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FALSE, less emphasis
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Instrument virtuosity was a low priority in Bebop jazz
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FALSE, high priority
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Bebop jazz was "art music", didn't want people to dance to it
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TRUE, artsy, not danceable
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Bebop jazz used richer chords
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TRUE, used richer chords
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Bebop jazz had less chord changes
Definition
FALSE, had more chord changes
Term
Drummers played time on the _________
Definition
Ride cymbal
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Bebop jazz had less tension or resolved phrases
Definition
FALSE, more tension or unresolved phrases
Term
Unresolved phrases
Definition
used to create tension in the song
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Who were the main influences to Bebop jazz?
Definition
Coleman Hawkins
Lester Young
Art Tatum
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Where did Bebop jazz's incubation occur at?
Definition
Minton's Playhouse jam sessions
early 1940's
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"Bird" or "The Father of Bebop"
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Charlie Parker
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Alto Saxophonist/Composer who had a dry, biting sound
Definition
Charlie Parker
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Invented the "Bebop vocabulary"
Definition
Charlie Parker
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Extreme speed at which he was able to improvise with creative-double timing
Definition
Charlie Parker
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Selected unique, non-traditional notes that fit around the notes in the accompaniment chords
Definition
Charlie Parker
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What chord changes did Charlie Parker compose tunes to?
Definition
12-Bar Blues
Rhythm Changes
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"Parker's Mood"
Definition
Charlie Parker
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Trumpet/Composer that worked with Charlie Parker
Definition
Dizzy Gillespie
Term
Innovative melodic concepts, high-register playing (simultaneously)
Definition
Dizzy Gillespie
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Harmonic Skills "Bird's equal on trumpet"
Definition
Dizzy Gillespie
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Weaved in and out of different keys within a single phrase resolving his lines logically to fit a chord change
Definition
Dizzy Gillespie
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Band leader for combos, bebop bands, and Afro-Cuban music
Definition
Dizzy Gillespie
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The best-known vocalist to come out of the Bebop era
Definition
Sarah Vaughan
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Recorded with Clifford Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, and Tadd Dameron
Definition
Sarah Vaughan
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Deep, Dark tone of voice
Definition
Sarah Vaughan
Term
Loved to embellish the rhythms and pitches of the lyrics
Definition
Sarah Vaughan
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"Loverman"
Definition
Sarah Vaughan
Term
Professional pianist and scat singer
Definition
Sarah Vaughan
Term
Tenor Saxophonist
Definition
Dexter Gordon
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Deep and Dark tone (not like Prez)
Definition
Dexter Gordon
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Influenced many of the hard bop saxophonists to come after him
Definition
Dexter Gordon
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Not based on the quality, but can be largely based on the performance practice and in the way it treats the basic elements of music
Definition
Popularity of a style of music
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Bebop was less Popular than swing
Definition
TRUE, less popular
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Bebop had less visual appeal than Swing
Definition
TRUE, had less visual appeal
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Bebop used fewer singers than Swing
Definition
TRUE, used fewer singers
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Bebop was less complicated and predictable than swing
Definition
FALSE, bebop was more complicated and unpredictable
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Bebop had shorter improvisations and more written music
Definition
FALSE, bebop had longer improvisations and less written music
Term
Piano player in Bebop era,
opposite of Art Tatum
Definition
Thelonious Monk
Term
Piano playing was blunt, strident
Definition
Thelonious Monk
Term
Blue's Clue's song
Definition
Rhythm-a-ning
Term
Piano player from Bebop era,
played like Art Tatum
Definition
Bud Powell
Term
Bud Powell
Definition
Piano
Bebop
Term
Dextor Gordon
Definition
Tenor saxophone
Bebop era
Term
Cool Jazz
Definition
West coast Jazz
50's
Term
Stan Getz
Definition
Tenor Saxophone
Cool Jazz
Term
Played pretty ballads on Tenor Saxophone, relaxed and airy
Definition
Stan Getz
Term
Had a softer, lighter, little vibrato, little to no accents
Definition
Cool Jazz
Term
Who was Cool Jazz influenced by?
Definition
Bix Beiderbecke, Lester Young, Count Basie
Term
Softer, subdued, introspective
Definition
Cool Jazz
Term
Four Brass (Miles Davis)
Definition
French Horn, Tuba, trombone, Saxophones
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"Birth of the Cool"
Definition
1950 Miles Davis album
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Boplicity
Definition
Miles Davis
Term
Nonet
Definition
9 members in group
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Lennie Tristano
Definition
Pianist- Cool Jazz Era
Term
Avoided stock bebop phrases
Preffered long smooth phrases
Definition
Lennie Tristano
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Lee Konitz
Definition
Alto Saxophone
Cool Jazz era
Term
Influenced by Tristano, while others were influenced by Charlie Parker
Definition
Lee Konitz
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Gerry Mulligan
Definition
Baritone Saxophone
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______'s compositions, improvisational approach and tone quality epitomized the Cool genre
Definition
Gerry Mulligan
Term
Simpler than Tristano's and less intense than Bebop
Definition
Gerry Mulligan
Term
Hard-Bop
Definition
Gospel
Term
Evolved directly form bebop during the '50s, mainly along East Coast and Midwest musicians
Definition
Hard Bop
Term
Drummers played with more activity (Art Blakey, Max Roach)
Definition
Hard Bop
Term
Emphasis on consistent swing
Definition
Hard Bop
Term
Earthy, blues-drenched gospel-like music
(Horace Silver, Cannonball, Lee Morgan)
Definition
Funky Jazz
Term
Art Blakey
Definition
Drummer (Hard Bop)
Term
Ran "School of Jazz"
Take young "jazz lions" under wing
Definition
Art Blakey
Term
Lee Morgan
Definition
Trumpet Player (Hard Bop)
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"The Sidewinder"
Definition
Lee Morgan
Term
Clifford Brown
Definition
Trumpet
Hard bop
Term
Led a band with drummer Max Roach
Definition
Clifford Brown
Term
Hard driving linear lines with Trumpet
Definition
Clifford Brown
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Horace Silver
Definition
Pianist
Hard bop
Funky/Soul Jazz
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Hard bop's most prolific composer
Definition
Horace Silver
Term
He made his quintet sound larger than they really were
Definition
Horace Silver
Term
Cannonball Adderley
Definition
Alto saxophonist
Hard bop
Funky/Soul Jazz
Term
"The Preacher"
Definition
Horace Silver
Term
Charlie Parker's Succesor
Definition
Cannonball Adderley
Term
"Sack O' Woe"
Definition
Cannonball Adderley
Term
Sonny Rollins
Definition
Tenor Saxophonist
Term
Was Among the first group of musicians to use Charlie Parker's alto sax style on tenor saxophone
Definition
Sonny Rollins
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