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MUSC 140 Test 2
Late Jazz, Swing and Bebop
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Music
Undergraduate 1
10/18/2011

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Benny Goodman
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first to popularize swing, played on Radio Show called “Let’s Dance”, led various groups, swing clarinet
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Fletcher Henderson
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arranged Goodman’s bands, known for 1938 Carnegie Hall concert
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Gene Krupa
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first great drum soloist, played in Benny Goodman Trio/Quartet
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Teddy Wilson
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played piano in Benny Goodman Trio/Quartet
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John Hammond
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wealthy patron of non-Classical music, performed “From Spirituals to Spring”
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Count Basie
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most famous Midwest band, led by Benny Muten, first great Jazz rhythm section, played “One O’clock Jump”, Count Basie played piano
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Freddie Green
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Count Basie guitar
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Jo Jones
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Count Basie drums
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Walter Page
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Count Basie walking bass
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Lester Young
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one of swing era’s best tenor saxophone soloists, “Father of the Cool”
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Duke Ellington
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2nd great composer/arranger in Jazz History, played piano, blended instruments
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Cootie WIlliams
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played trumpet for Duke Ellington, master of plunger mute
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Johnny Hodges
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played alto sax for Ellington, slid from note to note
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Glenn Miller
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played trombone, “pop” rather than swing, popular after WWII
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Billie Holiday
woman
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greatest swing jazz singer, made songs personal with lyrics not voice
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Frank Sinatra
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1st superstar in pop history, sung with Harry James’ and Tommy Dorsey’s Bands
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Tommy Dorsey
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played trombone without breathing, model of endurance for Sinatra
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Art Tatum
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nearly-blind pianist, very fast, made own category: Bebop
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Dizzy Gillespie
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3rd great player in Jazz lineage, able to play higher and faster, inventor of Bebop
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Charlie Parker
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alto saxophone, 2nd genius in Jazz history, most influential Bebop player
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Kenny Clarke
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drums, innovator in Bebop
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Max Roach
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drums in “Koko”, part of best classic Bebop rhythm sections
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Bud Powell
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best and most influential Bebop pianist, influenced by Tatum & Parker, shell voice
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Thelonious Monk
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highly original style of piano, pioneered shell voicing, bending notes
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George Ira Gershwin
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one of greatest songwriting teams in history
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