Jazz study guide midterm II-2

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Listening 1) “Weatherbird” title and performers - Armstrong, Earl Hines: beginning 2) “Singin’ the Blues” title and performer Bix Beiderbecke, Frank trumbauer: 1:28 3) “Blue Lou” title and performer - Fletcher Henderson: beginning 4) “Dinah” title and the four individual performers - Benny goodman, lionel hampton, teddy wilson, gene krupa: 0:20 and 0:36 5) “A sailboat in the MOonlight” title and performer - Billie holiday: 0:24 6) “Star Dust” title and performer - Artie shaw: beginning 7) “Annie Laurie” title and performer - Jimmie lunceford: beginning 8) “It’s all right baby” title and the two featured performers - Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner: beginning 9) “Walkin’ and swingin” title and composer - Andy Kirk (performer) Mary lou williams (composer): beginning 10) “ONe o’clock jump” title and performer - Count basie: 2:27 11) “Oh! Lady be good” title and featured saxophonist - Count basie, Lester Young: beginning and 0:40 12) “Mood indigo” title and performer - Duke ellington: beginning 13) “Conga brava” title and performer - Duke Ellington: beginning 14) “Blood count” title and composer - Billie Strayhorn: beginning and 2:14 15) “Swing to bop” title and performer - Charlie Christian: beginning 16) “Body and soul” title and performer - Coleman Hawkins: 0:10 and 1:32

17) “Tempus fugue it” title, performer and composer - Bud Powell (performer and composer): beginning 18) “Now’s the time” title and composer - Charlie Parker: beginning 19) “Ko ko” title and performer - Charlie Parker: beginning 20) “Embraceable You” title and performer - Charlie Parker: 0:13 21) “Long tall dexter” title and performer - Dexter Gordon: beginning History and techniques 1) Chicago style : is rhythmically aggressive from Krupa’s drumming style, more emphasis on solos, themes were all polyphonic. Variation of of New Orleans Jazz. The “Austin High Gang”were white musicians based in chicago. 2) Swing style: ensemble size usually consisted of larger bands. Simpler texture (homophony rather than polyphony), Simple clearly designed melodies. Teenagers made it a national craze (shorter skirts, african oriented dance patterns). Decreased use of improvisation. 3) “” 4) “” 5) “” 6) Benny goodman: Use of Henderson’s book on “let’s dance”. Didn’t feel that he had a good enough book (set of arrangements) so he bought arrangements that were arranged by Fletcher Henderson

7) Jam session: Informal gathering of musicians who play for pleasure rather than commercial gain 8) Cutting contest: A competition between bands and or soloists to determine who is more skilled. 9) Chick webb: An African American drummer and bandleader who “ruled” at the Savoy, 1927-1939 10) Gender inequality: Females performed in their own bands though paid less than males, criticized harsher by the press. 11) “” 12) Vocal inequality: Thought of as inferior to instrumentalists in the swing era. (especially by band members). Most often paid less. 13) Swing bands: White: Goodman, Shaw, Miller. Black: Henderson, Ellington, Webb, Basie, Lunceford, Waller Calloway 14) “” 15) Boogie woogie: use of blue chords and chord progressions. Forceful vamps in the left hand. Walking bass in broken octaves. Loud and ment for honky tonks and bars. Piano style accompanied by dancing. 16) Territory bands: Touring bands that wouldn’t drive farther than just a days drive. 17) Mary Lou williams: The talent behind Kirk’s band and the success of the Clouds of JOy was based largely on the quality of her arrangements, compositions and solos.

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18) Kansas city in the swing era: Brothels, gambling joints, speakeasies and clubs were more common in the downtown area. Each place ahd jobs for musicians. There was Political corruption. 19) “” 20) Kansas city Jazz: Emphasis on the saxophone. Call and response between reeds and brass. Lots of syncopation. Growth in Soloists improvisation, rhythmic drive, use of rils, and walking bass lines are all due to reliance on head arrangements rather than written out notation. 21) “” 22) Duke ellington: Purposely sought players with quirky and unique sounds. Collaborated with his band members. Constantly changing his style to fit with the strengths of new players in the band. 23) Billy strayhorn: 24) Jazz in Nazi Germany: Nazis hated jazz due to, 1. Being historically aligned with blacks. 2. Some of the biggest 25) Coleman Hawkins 26) Bebop 27) “” 28) “” 29) Minton’s Playhouse 30) Charlie Parker

Diversity 1) Segregation during the swing era 2) The savoy 3) “” 4) “” 5) Benny goodman 6) “” 7) Jazz at carnegie Hall in 1938 8) “” 9) John Hammond 10) “” 11) Touring 12) “” 13) Duke ellington 14) World War II 15) “” 16) “ 17) “” 18) Bebop 19) “” 20) “”

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