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Jazz Records Final
Jazz Records Final
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Undergraduate 1
12/12/2011

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What is Minton's Playhouse?
Definition
A club Where bebop got started.
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What is the Modern Jazz Quartet?
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Rhythm section players in Dizzy gillespie's big band.
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Which Regional big Band Style was dominated by riffs?
Definition
Kansas City
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Differences in Coleman Hawkins and Lester young's sound?
Definition
Coleman Hawkins had a more robust tone
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How did Charlie Christian change the rule of of Jazz guitar?
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Brought the guitar out of the rhythm section to more of a solo instrument?
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What was Art Tatum's unique contribution to Jazz?
Definition
Substitute chords
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The Tune Jumping at the woodside, what was the woodside?
Definition
A Hotel, and musician's Hangout
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what countries music influenced Jazz?
Definition
Europe and Africa
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How many horns made up a new orleans front line?
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3: trumpet, clarinet, and trombone
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How did the presentation of Jazz change as stars emerged?
Definition
turned from group improv to soloist led.
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Lester young's nickname?
Definition
The Prez
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How did the creation of storyville speed along the evolution of jazz?
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Mixed creoles and blacks together sharing different musical approaches and ideas

 

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Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" album employed which stylistic approach?

 

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Modal Jazz
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Famous trumpet player and drummer that formed a quintet?
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Clifford Brown and Max Roach
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Who was Cannonball adderly's employer to play on his album "Something else"?
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Miles Davis
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The Jones Brothers?
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Hank Jones, Elvin Jones, Thad Jones
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What Trumpet player and pianist died on June 5, 1956?
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Clifford Brown and Richie Powell
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Personell on Cannonball adderly Quintet can be best described as?
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Miles Davis 1st classic quintet minus miles

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Who were the Boss Tenors
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Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammonds
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Art Blakey's Quintet called?
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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
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What album was Take Five off of?
Definition
Dave Brubeck's "Time out"
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What was the only album John Coltrane Made as a Leader for Blue Note?
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Blue Train
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What happened with the rhythm section on the tune Giant Steps?
Definition
They didn't realize it was a fast tune, thought it was a ballad, and sight read it. Tommy Flanaghan the pianist had to sight read changes on a solo
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The Tune "Naima" was named after who?
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Coltrane's wife at the time
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John Coltrane's Albums?
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Blue Trane, Giant Steps, My Favorite Things, Ballads, John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, live at birdland, the complete 1969 village vanguard recordings, a love supreme
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John Coltrane's Classic Quartet?
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T. Sax- Coltrane, Piano-Mccoy Tyner, Bass- Jimmy Garrison, Drums-Elvin Jones

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Most of mile first classic quintet made on what album?
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Prestige
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miles' first classic quintet?
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T sax-John Coltrane, Piano-Red Garland, Drums-Philly Joe Jones, Bass-Paul Chambers, Tpt-Miles
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Miles' second classic quintet?
Definition

T. Sax-Wayne Shorter, 

pno-Herbie Hancock, Bass-Ron Carter, Drums-Tony Williams, Tpt-Miles

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Who wrote "Que Pasa", "Nutville", "Vidas Dance", "Peace", "Sister Sadie" 
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Horace Silver
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Herbie Hancock's maiden voyage personell?
Definition
Drums-Tony Williams, Tpt-Freddie Hubbard, Bass-Ron Carter, T sax-George Coleman, Herbie
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Album "Money Jungle"
Definition
Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach
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whose album is "Concert by the sea"
Definition
Erroll Garner
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2 Sax players on "Tough Tenor Favourites?
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Johnny Griffin, Eddie Lock Jaw Davis
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5 Guys on "Jazz at Massie Hall"?
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Bird, Dizzy, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Charles Mingus
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Dizzy's album with which swing trumpet player?
Definition
Roy Eldridge
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Album Sonny rollins and coltrane played together on?
Definition
"Tenor Madness"
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Horn players on "Sonny Side up"?
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Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie
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Stan Getz's favourite album he did?
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Focus
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Joe Henderson Albums?
Definition
Page one, in n out, inner urge, Made for Joe, Lush life:Music of Billy Strayhorn
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Wes Montgomery albums?
Definition
"Bags meets wes", Full house, Smokin at the Half note, Incredible Jazz Guitar of wes Montgomery
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Oscar peterson trios?
Definition
Ray brown and ed thigpin and Oscar, Oscar, Joe Pass, Neils henning Orsted
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Gerry Mulligan had A pianoless quartet with?
Definition
Chet Baker
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Wayne Shorter Albums?
Definition
Juju, the All seeing Eye, speak no evil
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Bird, Diz, Thelonious monk, Curly Russel, Buddy Rich
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"Bird n' Diz"
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Name of Miles' first Sextet Album?
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"Milestones"
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3 Horace Silver Albums?
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song for my father, Cape Verdean Blues, blowin the blues away
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Jazz Artist nicknamed "Bag's"
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Milt Jackson
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Bill holman album?
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"in a Jazz orbit"
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Bob Florence Band Called?
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Bob Florence limited edition
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Which Band Always uses one french horn, and one Tuba?
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Mccoy Tyner
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One Studio band with one Tbone?
Definition
Grp Big Band
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Maria Schneider's albums?
Definition
Evanescense, allagrese, concert in the Garden, coming about
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International Big Bands?
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Herbolzheimer big band, norbotten big band, Metropole orchestra, Grp Big Band, Rob Mcconnell boss brass,
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Which Band had 2 altos, 2 tenors, 2 bari saxes?
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Bob Florence limited edition
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of the LA instrumentalists who direct big band, who also sings?
Definition
Jack Sheldon
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"Uptown/Downtown" "Journey" "TheTurning point"
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Mccoy Tyner
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which band had 1 alto 2 tenors and 2 baris?
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Stan Kenton
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Which NY band uses no bari at all?
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Mccoy Tyner
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which band had 3 tenors 1 bari
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woody Herman
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Arrangers for Maria schneider's big band?
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Maria schneider
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"More Blues and the abstract truth"
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Oliver nelson
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Gil Evans Albums?
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Miles ahead, porgy and bes, gil evans and 10, sketches of spain, the individualism of gil evans, out of the cool
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The album "and his mother called him bill" was about?
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the death of billy strayhorn
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of first six bands, which was not a road band?
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gil Evans
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many pianists played played sparsly which band had no piano?
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Gerry Mulligan
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Arrangers willie maiden, mike abene, slide hampton, don sebesky, jack byars 
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Maynard Ferguson
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Which famous musicians started in this band?

Stan getz lee konitz bill perkins, maynard ferguson, conti condoli, shelly manne, frank rosalino

Definition
Stan Kenton
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which band had Johnny hodges, clark terry and paul gonsalves
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Duke Ellington
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miles, gil evans albums recorded by?
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capitol records
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Band leader and band that recorded "the Quintessence"?
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Quincy Jones
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composer or composers that wrote quarter tones?
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gil evans
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Band with fewest personell changes?
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Duke ellingtons band
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arrangers nat pierce, bill chase, ralph byrnes, shorty rogers, nat capola
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Woody Herman
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which singer recorded an extensive songbook series?
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Ella fitzgerald
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_____ in Berlin: Mack The Knife
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Ella
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"Lady sings the Blues"
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Billie Holiday
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Lady Day
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Billie Holiday
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Sassy
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Sarah Vaughn
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Mr. B
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Billy Eckstine
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Famous quintets nancy wilson recorded with?
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George Shearing, cannonball adderly
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Sarah vaughn recorded with?
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Count Basie
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who was the Velvet fog?
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MEl Torme
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Who can go out on stage and sound like a small jazz group?
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Bobby mcferin
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who recorded "Seventh Son" and other tunes?
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Mose Allison
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