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| Cool Jazz, Free Jazz and Fusion |
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| Cool Jazz, all play together, never have homogenous sections |
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| arranged for Miles Davis Nonet |
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| Gerry Mulligan Pianoless Quartet |
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| West Coast Jazz, no chord instrument (piano or guitar) |
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| arranger/composer, tuneful solos on baritone sax |
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| master of alto sax, played with Mulligan's Quartet, influenced by Charlie Parker |
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| trumpet/vocals in Gerry Mulligan Pianoless Quartet, scat singer |
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| made Jazz more formal, wore tuxedos, played some 3rd Stream |
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| light, delicate touch on piano, accompanied |
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| vibraphone, used Bebop lines on solos, influenced by Blues |
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| ones of first Hard Bop bands, 1953 |
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| funky style piano, great composer and arranger |
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| drums, one of Hard Bop's best; nurtured young talent |
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| Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet |
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| short lived band due to Brown’s death |
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| great improviser and jazz master on tenor sax, unique sound; motivic/thematic development |
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| best/most influential Hard Bop trumpet player, full, improvised |
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| one of best Hard Bop drummers, aggressive use of accents |
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| Classic (1950s) Miles Davis Quintet |
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| Hard Bop and Cool Jazz, 2nd great Jazz rhythm section, assembled for sound and style |
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| tenor sax, "sheets of sound" |
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| one of greatest bass players of all time, tuneful bass lines |
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| one of greatest hard bop drummers |
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| Kind of Blue album, moved toward freedom, very influential |
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piano, equal partner with Davis in album's conception
Father of Modern Jazz Piano, smeared notes together |
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| Freer Jazz, pioneered rhythm section interplay |
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| Father of Modern Jazz Bass, let go of timekeeping role, plucked with 3 fingers (faster) |
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| plays drums and cymbals for tone COLOR rather than rhythm |
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| Free Jazz, loved or hated, very improvised, ridiculousness |
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| Classic John Coltrane Quartet |
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| free-ER jazz, unique sounds |
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| most influential post-bop piano player, full chords & ringing octaves |
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| one of most influential post-bop drummers played polyrhythms |
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| Miles Davis (1960s) Quintet |
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| 3rd great Jazz rhythm section, free-ER jazz, interactive |
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| influenced by Bill Evans piano, strong blues influence |
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| prodigy, most influential post-bop drummer |
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| held band together, played very fast tempos on bass |
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| George Coleman/Wayne Shorter |
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| tenor sax in Miles Davis 1960s Quintet |
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