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Jazz - Playing Styles
Famous Jazz Styles and Types
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Undergraduate 1
04/29/2010

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Trombone player with a "Tailgate" Style
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Kid Ory
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Trumpet player that "growled"
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Bubber Miley
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Pianist with a "trumpet" style
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Earl Hines
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"Sheets of sound"
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John Coltrane
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Patriarch of Jazz
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Buddy Bolden
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Patriarch of Saxophone
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Coleman Hawkins
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Father of Stride Piano
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James P. Johnson
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Known for playing "portamento" style
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Sidney Bechet/Johnny Hodges
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Jazz style where small combos with mostly cornet, clarinet, trombone lead collective improvisations are common
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New Orleans Style Jazz
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Jazz style where Big band is most common; arranger came to importance in this style as well as soloists
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Swing
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Jazz style where small combos were common; often had 2 horns and a rhythm section; rhythm was often irregular
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Bebop
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User-friendly Bebop with regular rhythms
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Hard Bop
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Jazz style that was noticeably "softer" than other styles; somewhat indistinguishable from Bop at times
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Cool Jazz
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Jazz Style that improvises on scales instead of chords
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Modal Jazz
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Jazz Style with no preset chords/scales/form
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Free Jazz
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