need help for music history of jazz!!
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questions_chapter_15.docxQuestions Chapter 15
1. What is the origin of the term avant garde ?
2. How did Duke Ellington describe bebop?
3. His timbre had a rough-edges, elemental, vocal quality, accentuated by his preferred instrument--- a white plastic alto saxophone:
4. During a long engagement at the Five Spot in New York in 1959, dozens of established musicians came to hear his very controversial music. Who were the members of his quartet?
5. Coltrane served his apprenticeship in jazz, Ornette in R&B, and Cecil Taylor in _________ .
6. Who esrtablished the bass clarinet as a significant instrument in jazz?
7. The poet Ted Jones likened his tenor sound to “screaming #!@%& in St Patrick’s Cathedral:
8. He was born Herman Blount and worked for a time for fletcher Henderson before settling in Chicago and renaming himself_________.
Questions Chapter 16
1. Saxophonist, singer, and entertainer from Chick Webb’s band who established the model for the “jump blues” bands of the 40s as an alternative to bebop. Ironically, it was a Woody Herman cover of his biggest hit “Caldonia” that gave many white jazz fans their first taste of bop.
2. In 1951 he recorded an R&B version of “Flamingo”, that made him the #1 instrumentalist of the year. His small band became a training ground for future jazz luminaries like John Coltrane and Jaki Byard.
3. A sideman of Louis Jordan, he is best remembered for adapting his organ arrangement of “April in Paris” for Basie’s band, and for inspiring the great Jimmy Smith:
4. In the 60s, this exemplary modern jazz label enjoyed a series of unlikely hits as hard bop records were assimilated into the mainstream:
5. He launched a new and very popular kind of jazz trio that featured the Hammond B3, drums, and either tenor, or guitar:
6. He was already an accomplished and much admired jazz pianist who some what unexpectedly enjoyed a career as one of the most successful pop singers of all times:
7. From 1939-42 he received international acclaim as the “boy singer” with the bands of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey.
8. Her contralto voice ranged over four octaves, allowing her to sing figures and melodies reserved for instrumentalists:
9. Who is the relatively little-known godfather of the fusion of jazz and Afro-Cuban music?
10. In 1946 Dizzy Gillespie invited Cuban percussionist _________ to play with his band at Carnegie Hall.
11. In 1947, his brief solo on Woody Herman’s recording of “Early Autumn” made an overnight jazz star:
Questions Chapter 17
1. The true rock fusion breakthrough only came when it captured the imagination of the biggest name in jazz ,_______.
2. Who was the British rock guitarist introduced on Miles Davis’ album In a Silent Way?
3. Who were the co leaders of the group Weather Report? Their biggest hit is “Birdland”. What is “Birdland”?
4. What was the name of John Mclaughlin’s band? What was unusual about the instrumentation?
5. After seeking help in religion, he formed the group Return to Forever in 1972:
