Jazz History Final
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 free jazz | -elimination of chord progresses -invented by Ornette Coleman -improv guided by melody -interactive -no chords |
| avant garde | -combo of avant garde art music and jazz -similar to free jazz -predetermined structure over which improv may take place |
| jazz rock fusion (characteristics) | -Art U. Commerce -In jazz, beat is elastic -In rock, beat is straight -a few chords; repetitious -repeated bass figures |
| neo classicism | -return to roots of jazz (early 80s) -Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Lincoln Center Jazz Society |
| young lions | -Young Lions Movement early 80s |
| M Base | -style of jazz emerged in Brooklyn -Steve Coleman, Cassandra Wilson, Dave Douglas, Carla Bley -creativity, improv, expression -not shaped by commercial music |
| borrowing | ? |
| crossover/smooth jazz | -blend of jazz and popular music -more commercial -limited improv |
| Wes Montgomery | -jazz guitarist -influenced many famous artists -crossover jazz |
| John Coltrane | -tenor sax -very intense -forefront of free jazz |
| Ornette Coleman | -album "Free Jazz" was groundbreaking -received resistance to it early on -harmelodies -alto sax, violin, trumpet, composer |
| Don Cherry | -pocket trumpet |
| Charlie Haden | -bass |
| Herbie Hancock | -piano, composer (electric piano, etc) -first heard playing w/ Miles Davis' quintet |
| Cecil Taylor | -pianist, composer -pioneer of avant garde |
| Eric Dolphy | -alto sax, flute, bass clarinet -first multi instrumentalist -son of Pomeranian immigrants -Iconolast -played harsh and dissont, avant garde |
| Sun Ra | -Herman Blout -composer, pianist, philosopher -claimed he was abducted by aliens and taken to Saturn -cosmic philosophy |
| Chick Corea | -classical piano w/ jazz -played avant garde at first -moved onto jazz rock w/ Miles Davis |
| Joe Zawinul | -piano/multiple keyboards -played w/ Cannonball Adderley -Weather Report -one of the creators of jazz fusion |
| Wayne Shorter | -tenor/soprano sax, composer |
| John McLaughlin | -guitarist, bandleader, composer -Mahavishnu Orchestra -pioneer figure in fusion -played w/ Miles Davis |
| Pat Metheny/Lyle Mas | -jazz guitar/composer -Lyle: jazz pianist and composer -jazz fusion -Pat Metheny Group w/ Lyle Mays |
| Michael Brecker | -tenor sax/EWI -born in Philly -influenced by John Coltrane |
| Wynton Marsalis | -trumpet -Brother named Branford -Both went to New Orleans art school called NOCCA |
| Branford Marsalis | -soprano/tenor sax -Brother of Wynton Marsalis -went to New Orleans art school called NOCCA |
| Dave Holland | -double bassist, composer, bandleader |
| Jack DeJohnette | -jazz drummer, pianist, composer -influential drummer -jazz fusion era -sideman for Miles Davis |
| Dave Douglas | -trumpet, composer, band leader -NYC |
| Henry Threadgill | -alto sax/composer -album "Carry the Day" |
| Cassandra Wilson | -M Base -vocalist, songwriter, producer -"Love Phases Dimensions" |
| Carla Bley | -plays piano and organ, mostly known as composer -moved to NYC in 10th grade from Oakland, CA |
| Dave Sanborn | -alto sax -crossover jazz -radio friendly smooth jazz |
| Chris Potter | -jazz sax, composer, multi instrumentalist |
| Miles Davis late 60's (Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams) | -1960s quintet -Wayne Shorter: tenor/soprano sax, composer -Herbie Hancock: piano -Ron Carter: bass -Tony Williams: drums |
| John Coltrane (McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones) | -Elvin Jones: drums -Jimmy Garrison: bassist -McCoy Tyler: pianist |
| Miles Davis fusion (Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul) | -1968 - 70 -Joe Zawinul: keyboardist and composer -Chick Corea: classical piano -"Return to Forever" -"You're Everything" -"Steps" -jazz rock fusion |
| Return to Forever/Elektric Band | -Chick Corea's band -Elektric Band after Return to Forever |
| Weather Report (Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius) | -Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter cofounded -Jaco Pastorius: fretless electric bass virtuoso -Alex Acuna: drums -later Peter Eskine: drums -"A Remark You Made" |
| Mahavishnu Orchestra | -led by John McLaughlin -two jazz rock groups |
| Tower of Power | -"Squib Cakes" -R&B based horn section -funky sound |
| Pat Metheney Group | -Lyle Mays and Pat Methney |
| Elektric Band | -Chick Corea's band after Return to Forever |
| Carla Bley Big Band | -Carla Bley: composer, pianist, organist, bandleader -free jazz |
| Yellowjackets (Russel Ferrante keyboards, Bob Mintzer tenor sax) | -Russell Ferrante: keyboard -Bob Mintzer: tenor/soprano sax |
| Lonely Woman/Chronology | Ornette Coleman |
| Dancing In Your Head | Ornette Coleman |
| Trigonometry (from Song X) | -Pat Methney -Ornette Coleman -Denardo Coleman -Jack DeJohnette -Charlie Haden |
| Giant Steps | John Coltrane |
| A Love Supreme (Acknowledgement, Resolution, Pursuance, Psalm) | John Coltrane |
| Bitches Brew (Miles Runs the Voodoo Down) | Miles Davis |
| Jitney #2 | Cecil Taylor |
| A Remark You Made | Weather Report |
| Birdland | Joe Zawinul, Weather Report |
| Spain/You're Everything | Return to Forever, Chick Corea |
| Squib Cakes/What is Hip? | Tower of Power |
| Birds of Fire | Mahavishnu Orchestra |
| Ana Maria | Wayne Shorter |
| Itsbynne Reel | Michael Brecker w/ Mark O'Connor |
| Bright Size Life/Phase Dance/The First Circle | Pat Methney |
| Come Carry the Day | Henry Threadgill |
| Love Phases Dimensions | Cassandra Wilson |
| Baseball/Awful Coffee | Carla Bley |
| Isn't She Lovely | Dave Sanborn, Stevie Wonder? |
| Moonshine | ? |
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