What was Minton’s Playhouse?
One of the clubs in Harlem where bop started
Beginning in the mid 40’s what was the change in the musicians and societies attitude towards jazz?
It begun to be taken seriously
The form and chord progressions of John Coltrane’s Giant Steps is indicative of which jazz stylistic approach?
Hard Bop
Know the particulars of the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ)
-originally from Dizzy Gillespie rhythm section
-Cool/Neoclassic
-Vibes, Piano, Bass, Drums
-Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
-Some classical stuff
On what part of the drumset did drummers play the time or ride pattern from the 40’s on?
Ride cymbal
Modal jazz is based on?
Melody
Musical attributes of cool jazz?
Melodic, flowing lines, restrained, dynamics tend to be lower, dry, little vibato
Kind of blue is considered to be what kind of jazz?
Cool
According to McCalla, what is the first example of fusion?
Bitches Brew
Who was Cannonball discovered by? Where?
Miles at a jam session
Once he was done with miles band, what did cannonball do?
Toured with Nat until the end
Cannonball Adderly’s first major record?
Somethin’ Else
The Cannonball Adderly album Somethin’ Else was recorded on what record label with what guest artist? Who was the piano player?
Columbia Records, with Miles as a guest artist.
Hank Jones- Piano
Cannonball Adderly quintet in Chicago. What was weird about the band? Who was piano player?
It was Miles sextet minus Miles.
Wynton Kelly
Nippon Soul
Piano player?
Cannonball Adderly
Joe Zawinul
Live at the Club (Also know as ?)
Piano Player?
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Cannonball
Joe Zawinul
Gene Ammon’s nickname
Jugs
Boss Tenors
Gene Ammons and Sonny Stit
Clifford Browns large influence
Fats Navaro
Clifford Brown started with?
Art Blakey
Brown and Roach Inc (Band)
Clifford
Harold Land
Sonny Rollins
Max Roach
Richie Powell
George Morrow, Bass
Daahoud and Joy Spring were recorded on?
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Clifford Brown and Max Roach @ Basin Street is with who?
Sonny Rollins
The night Clifford died?
June 25, 1956
A Night at Birdland
Blakey
Clifford
Lou Donaldson
Birdland announcer
Pee Wee Russell
Unsung Bebop Bass hero
Curly Russell
Moanin’
Art Blakey
Lee Morgan
Benny Golson
The Big Beat
Blakey
Lee Morgan
Wayne Shorter
Ugetsu
Blakey
Freddie
Wayne Shorter
Curtis Fuller
Dave Digs Disney
Dave Brubeck
Time Out
Dave Brubeck
Paul Desmond
Eugene Wright
Joe Morello
Famous tunes from ‘Time Out’?
Take 5, Blue Rondo A La Turk
Midnight Blue
Kenny Burrell
Blue Train
Coltrane
Giant Steps (year album was made)
1959
Giant Steps
John Coltrane
Tommy Flanagan (piano)
PC
Art Taylor (Drums)
-First album where Trane wrote all the tunes
My Favorite Things
Coltrane
Special about My Favorite Things?
Coltrane plays soprano sax
Record label Coltrane signed with in 1961?
Impulse
What did Impulse records convince Coltrane to do?
Make tamer records
Ballads
Coltrane
Classic Coltrane Quartet
McCoy Tyner
Elvin Jones
Jimmy Garison
Coltrane records w/ impulse
Ballads
Coltrane with Hartman
Village Vanguard recordings
Love Supreme
The complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
Coltrane
w/ Eric Dolphy
Chick Corea’s Hero
Horace Silver
Now he sings, now he sobs
Chick Corea
Further Definitions
Benny Carter
The Shape of Jazz to Come. Musicians?
Ornett Coleman
Don Cherry
Charlie Hayden, Bass
Billy Higgins, drums
Sonny’s Crib
Sonny Clarke
Leapin’ & Lopin’
Sonny Clarke
Writer on Birth of the Cool
Gerry Mulligan
Bags Groove
Miles with Milt Jackson
(Album that Horace Silver had to replace Monk)
First classic Miles quintet (Prestige)
Miles
Trane
Red Garland
Philly Jo
PC
Prestige Records by Miles
Relaxin’
Steamin’
Workin’
Cookin’
Round About Midnight
Miles, with 1st classic quintet (on Columbia)
Milestones
First classic quintet + Cannonball
Kind of Blue
Miles
Trane
Cannonball
Bill Evans/Wynton Kelly
PC
Jimmy Cobb
Whats wierd about Seven Steps to Heaven?
Different bands in NY and LA
Four and more
1st Classic Quintet
AKA My Funny Valentine
Miles second classic quintet
Wayne Shorter
Herbie Hancock
Tony Williams
Ron Carter
ESP
Miles 2nd
Miles Smiles
2nd Quintet
Sorcerer
2nd
Nefrititi
2nd
In a Silent Way
2nd
Bitches Brew
2nd
Out to Lunch
Eric Dolphy
Undercurrent
Bill Evans w/ Jim Hall
Famous Bill Evans Trio
Scott LaFarro, Bass
Paul Motian, drums
Portrait in Jazz
Bill Evans
Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Bill Evans
Waltz for Debby
Bill Evans
The Cannonball Adderly Quintet in San Fransico. Pianist?
Bobby Timmons