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12/17/2010

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What is the name of the best selling jazz album and who composed it?
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"Kind of Blue" and Miles Davis
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What two songs on "Kind of Blue" became staples in the jazz repertoire? Which one is favorite of college and high-school marching bands?
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"All Blues" and "So What" ("So What" was a favorite of school marching bands)
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What musicians performed on "Kind of Blue?"
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Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb
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What musical elements were employed in "Kind of Blue?" What made it so popular?
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Medium tempo, composed the day of recording with band members unknowing what they would play, much space for a soloist to fill, improvisation, blues
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what characterized bop?
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small combos, unison playing, fast playing, complex chords, tonal clashes, not used for dancing, larger harmonic boundaries, accented note between beats
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canon
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historical category of works that includes the descriptors of an evolutionary line, describes heroes of the tradition
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what was the standard format for bop?
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first chorus: unison, second: improvised choruses, last: unison again
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tonal clashes
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unusual harmonies and fast tempos with complex rhythms
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arpeggios
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"running the chords"
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bombs
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more spontaneous punctuations on th ebass drum
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how did the rhythm section change in bop?
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bass and snare drums were used for accents and punctuations, bombs included, piano used syncopated chordal punctuations, guitar become a melody instrument with advent of amp, walking bass line
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charlie parker
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sax, bop, called "yardbird" or "bird", liked higher harmonics, played in double time
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dizzy gillespie
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trumpet, bop, louie armstrong influence, playing modeled on roy eldrige, arranger with cab calloways band
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thelonious monk
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piano, bop
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kenny clarke
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drums, bop
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max roach
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drums, bop
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mintons playhouse
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where early bop sessions began
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roy eldrige
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trumpet, bop
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"center of the jazz world"
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fifth and sixth avenue, where first actual bop band was formed
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oscar pettiford
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bass, bop
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bud powell
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piano, bop, voices/spaces were innovative and could play accurately at fast tempos
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sonny rollins
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sax
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john coltrane
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sax, bop
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j.j.johnson
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trombone, bop
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progressive
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when large bands used bop harmonics and melodic developments
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billy eckstine
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vocals, bop
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sarah vaughan
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piano, vocals, bop
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stan kenton
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piano, bop
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cubop
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the fusion between a cuban-influenced rhythm section and an african american influenced trumpet and sax
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tito puente
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timbalero and vibraphone, cubop
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howard rumsey
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bass, cubop
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chico hamilton
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drummer, cool
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fred catz
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cello, cool
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edgar redmond
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woodwind, cool
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Paul horm
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flute, cool
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buddy collette
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flute, cool
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herbie mann
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flute, cool
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bud shank
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flute, cool
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frank wess
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flute, cool
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bob cooper
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oboe, cool
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yusef lateef
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oboe, cool
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rahsaan roland kirk
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oboe, cool
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clark terry
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flugelhorn, cool
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bob brookmeyer
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trombone, cool
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dave brubeck
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piano, cool
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polymeters
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created by playing on rhythm over another
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third stream music
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the use of classical forms in jazz
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benny carter
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saxaphone, cool
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teddy wilson
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piano, cool
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benny goodman
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clarinet, cool
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Jimmy noone
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clarinet, cool
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john lewis
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piano, cool
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benny carter
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saxaphone, trumpet, cool
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claude thornhill
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french horn, arranger, cool
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lee konitz
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sax, cool
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gerry mulligan
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sax, cool
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george shearing
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piano, cool
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lennie tristano
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piano, cool
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bill evans
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piano, cool
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horace silver
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piano, cool/gospel funk
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oscar peterson
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piano, cool
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scott lafaro
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bass, cool, kind of blue
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paul motian
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drums, cool, kind of blue
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joe labarbera
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drums, cool
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marc johnson
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bass, cool
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eddie gomez
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bass, cool
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stan getz
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saxaphone, cool
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jimmy giuffre
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clarinet, cool
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shorty rogers
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trumpet, west coast cool
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shelly manne
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drums, west coast cool
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howard rumsey
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bass, west coast cool
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chet baker
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trumpet, cool
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gunther schuller
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french horn, third stream cool
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polytonal
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a composition that emphasizes two or more tonal centers at the same time
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polymodal
Definition
use of two modes with the same chord
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concerto grosso
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placing a small jazz group of seven or eight players within a large symphonic orchestra
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joao gilberto
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guitar, cool
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flora purim
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vocals, cool
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eddie palmieri
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piano, cool
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plagal cadence
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constant use of amen chordal progression
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art blakey
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drums, gospel funk
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jimmy smith
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organ, funk
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carl perkins
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piano, funk
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art blakey
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drums, funk
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sonny rollins
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sax, funk
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sheets of sound
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coltranes fast playing of arpeggios
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charles mingus
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cello
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Ornette coleman
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sax, avante-garde
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schoenberg's twelve-tone system
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each tone has equal importance and no key center is applied
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cecil taylor
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piano, avante-garde
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Sun Ra
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piano, avant-garde
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AACM
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association for the advancement of creative music, a support group for musicians working in new and experimental music
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joseph jarmen
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saxaphone, avante-garde
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anthony braxton
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woodwind, avante-gard
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chance music
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free in terms of harmony, timbre, meter
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greg osby
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saxaphone, avante-garde
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jon faddis
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trumpet, avante-gard
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henry threadgill
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john mclaughlin
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guitar, fusion
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chick corea
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piano, fusion
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joe zawinul
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piano, fusion
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wayne shorter
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clarinet, fusion
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drum machines
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synthesizers
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michael brecker
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sax, fusion
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david sanborn
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sax, fusion
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pat metheny
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guitar, fusion
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spyro-gyra
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jazz, rock, latin fusion band
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backbeat
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straight ahead feeling that develops a half-time
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quincy jones
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ron carter
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bass, fusion
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tony williams
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drums, fusion
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breaker music
Definition
music for breakdancing
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