What is the name of the venue that helped Benny Goodman become nationally famous?
Palomar Ballroom
Who was John Hammond and what influence did he have on Jazz?
Influential critic, producer and talent scout that "discovered" and managed the Goodman band, and later found Count Basie's band
What were the swing fans of the 30's and 40's called?
jitterbugs
What was the most exciting and popular swing dance called?
Lindy Hop
What is the name that New Orleans style jazz is mainly cultivated by white musicians after World War II is called?
dixieland
What is antiphonal voicing?
A big band arranging technique that pits on section against another in alternating patterns.
What are the characteristics of Kansas style?
Blues based, saxophone as a solo instrument, musicians played with sense of swing, Head arrangements, riff based melodies, and improving soloists.
Who was the father of big band swing?
Fletcher Henderson
What are the characteristics of count basie's solo style?
unity in swing, comping
What improvisational style is used at the end of Taxi War Dance?
Trading fours
Was Duke Ellington affected by most of the problems that faced other bandleaders?
No
Who was the white business man that represented Duke Ellington from 1926 to 1939?
Irving Mills
What is the significance of Creole Rhapsody, Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue, and reminiscing in Tempo?
extended works longer than 3 minutes. Creole and diuminuendo took up both sides of a record, tempo was 12 minutes
Who was duke ellingtons most brilliant soloist?
Johnny Hodges-alto saxophone
Who is know as the father of the bass solo?
Jimmy Blanton
Who was duke ellingtons principal collaborator?
Billy Strayhorn
What are the characteristics of Duke Ellingtons compositional method?
Collaborative approach, Emphasis on writing for individuals rather than parts, Passion for mixed voicing in addition to the antiphonal voicing common in swing bands, Unusual complexity of orchestration, melody, harmony, rhythm, texture and form. Lifelong
What was Duke Ellington's highest lifelong ambition?
to memorialize the black American experience through music
During the depression, how did white musicians in new York make a living?
They produced in studios
What are the characteristics that made Benny Goodman's band special, especially from 1935-1938?
Three black musicians: Henderson, mundy and sampson
Crowd pleasing drummer Gene Krupa
Many outstanding trumpet players.
What gig is see as the climax of Benny Goodmans career in 1938?
Carnegie Hall concert, where he experimented with jazz and dance
What was the single that catapulted Artie Shaw to stardom?
Begin the beguine arrangement
What is the area of New York during the swing era that helped develop small group jazz?
52nd Street
Who was Lester Youngs Biggest influence?
Frankie Trumbauer
What is the name of the singing group that became known for hits like dont sit under the apple tree and boogie woogie bugle boy?
the Andrews Sisters
What instruments are traditionally acceptable for women?
Piano and Voice
What impact did the invention of the microphone have on singers?
Enabled them to sing at regular speaking volume
Created intimacy
Amplified voice
What singer did John Hammond discover in 1933?
Billie Holliday
What are the characteristics of Billie Holiday's singing style?
Recomposed the melodies of the songs that she sang by changing rhythms, dropping some pitches and adding others
Liked to sing by laying back
What is the name of the venue in greenwich village where Billie Holiday had an extended engagement?
Cafe Society
Swing piano retained the striding left hand of harlem stride but freed the right hand to roam more freely, like an improvising horn player
True
What swing artists was discovered in a talent contest at Harlems Apollo Theater?
Ella Fitzgerald
What are the characteristics of Ella Fitzgeralds singing style?
Had a clear, girlish tone often mistaken for a white woman's voice
She had fantastic pitch, meticulous diction, a wide range, virtuosic agility and amazing rhythmic sense
Scat singer
What was the single that made Ella Fitzgerald a national celebrity?
A tisket, a tasket
What are the three substyles of modern jazz?
Cool jazz, hard bop, bebop
What was one of the bigget reasons that big bands lost poplarity after world war II?
AFM recording ban
What is the jazz that emerged after World War II valued for ?
It was a chamber idiom of multiple styles valued for its artistic rather than popular appeal
What was the name of the radio program that played during the Cold War to disseminate jazz and other American cultural values?
Voice of America
What was the first important event in the civil right movement of the 1950's?
Brown vs Board of education
What did the beboppers call the old fashioned dixieland players in response to their criticisms?
Moldy figs
Who founded the concert series Jazz at the Philharmonic and the record labels Verve and Pablo?
Norman Granz
What was the drug of choice for the bop generation players?
Heroin
In order to perform at any new york venue that served liquor, a jazz musician in the fifties had to posses what?
cabaret card
What are the stylistic features of bebop?
Combo instrumentation (usually 2 horns and rhythm section)
Simple arrangements (melody, solos, melody)
Intricate melodies played in unison or octaves by the horn players
Higher levels of dissonance than swing
Extremely fast tempos or double-time playing d
The jam sesions at mintons playhouse and monroes uptown house that led to bebop began where?
1938, 30's, mid to late 30's
Who was the bebop drummer that introduced important rhythmic innovations?
Kenny Clarke
Who were the two most important leaders of the bebop movement?
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Who was the bebop pianist that sustained a blow to the head which left him with brain damage for the rest of his life?
Earl Bud Powell
Who was the baroness pannonica de Konigswarter and what was her importance?
She was the musicians stalwart patron and supporter. She made friends with bepop community and provided shelter, money, food etc for them. She aided for them
Define vocalese
Singing newly invented lyrics to the notes of a recorded instrument solo, usually of bepop idiom.
What was the most important jazz singer to emerge in the 1940's?
Sarah Vaughan
Who was the most influential improviser in modern jazz?
Charlie Parker
What was charlie parkers main instrument>
Alto Saxophone
Where did Charlie Parker grow up?
Kansas City, MO
Was charlie parker a child prodigy?
no
What are the three chord progressions that Charlie parker mastered as a young player?
Triadic extensions, formulaic improvisation, and quotation
What are the characteristics of Charlie Parkers sound and style?
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What famous recording did charlie parker base on the chord progression of cherokee?
Koko
Where did Charlie PArker spend 1945-1947
Los Angeles
Who were the players in charlie parkers classic quartet?
Miles Davis
Duke Jordan
Tommy Potter
Max Roach
During the end of his life, Charlie parker took pronounced interest in what?
Exploring classical music
What are influences of Cool Jazz?
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Who were the earliest guiding spirits of the cool jazz movement?
Frank Sinatra, Jack Kerouac, and James Dean
What is the instrumentation of Miles Davis' album Birth of the cool?
trumpet, alto saxophone, French horn, trombone, baritone saxophone and tuba, plus rhythm section
Which player from birth of the cool organized a successful pianoless quarter in los angeles?
Gerry Mulligan
Which prominent cool jazz musician had his picture on the cover of Time magazine 1954?
Dave Brubeck
What bandleader were the modern jazz quarter playing for when they started?
Claude Thornhill
What instrument did milt Jackson play?
vibraphone