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Music: History 3642 002 with Linscheid at University of Colorado Boulder
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By: Kristin Parker
Created: 2010-12-13
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Ornette Coleman
- free jazz and free-bop (time, no chord changes)
- coined term free jazz
- first player to move all the way to harmonic freedom
- played the sax
- melodies have pitch relatnshps
- popular known leader of jazz avant-garde
- musical thought/attitudes from world incprtd
Cecil Taylor
- classical pianist
- incorporated third stream jazz and avant-garde
- integrates conservatory technical facility and European compositional practices
- players have free form
- idut: high-energy fragments
- serbad: contrasting textures
- uses oboe and bass clarinet
Sun Ra
- composer and band leader from chicago
- leads the myth-science solar arkestra
- thinks he is from jupiter
- believes music is a universal language and communicate across galactic
- first to use electronic instruments
- collective improv
- free form music
Art Ensemble of Chicago
- association for the advancement of creative minds
- founded by Richard Abrams
- art ensemble is capable of a wide range of musical styles
John McLaughlin
- wants a distinct sound
- British guitarist with rock influence
- plays with Miles on Bitches Brew
- responsible for rock sound heard
- worked on indian-flavored albums
- embraced a synthesized guitar
Mahavishnu Orchestra
- John McLaughlin's orchestra
- uses electric violin
- double neck guitar
- moog sythnesizer
- rock/jazz/indian influences
- first to adopt the volume and metallic tone of a rock performance and place them in more traditional jazz settings
Herbick Hancock
- pianist and composer
- pushes the freedom and context of the group
- fuses jazz with pop music
- pianist in Davis 2nd Quintet (always change music)
- technical skills and approach are more typical
Chick Corea
- piano player
- used electronic piano with Davis
- plays with mile before his own group
Return to Forever
- avant-garde group first, then fusion
- difficult melodies and rhythms
- pop/jazz/rock
- fusion trademark- active rock rhythmic underpinning supporting a jazz soloist with jazz above it
Joe Zawinul
- played keyboards
- played with Cannonball
Wayne Shorter
- saxophone
- played in Miles 2nd quintet
Weather Report
- best known fusion band of the time
- formed by Shorter and Zawinul
- bass virtuoso: Jaco P
- Band became popular playing with rock shows
Michael Brecker
- plays with rock/fusion groups
- incorporates electronic woodwind instrument
- showed it is a viable jazz instrument
- extremely influential modern sax (extends what Coltrane does)
- plays with his brothers
- plays all styles
Pat Metheny
- modern guitarist (always pushing music forward)
- jazz/rock/latin influences
- incorporates Brazilian influences
- experiments with new sound
- collaborated with Coleman
Yellow Jackets
- create complex, energetic arrangements that not only borrow previous jazz styles but blend popular music
- blend latin influences into their music, including a rock feel
- performances were related to earlier jazz ensembles
Quincy Jones
- conductor, producer arranger
- played trumpet and arranged for bands
- collaborated with Davis, Ice-T, Michael Jackson. Sinatra
Wynton Marsalis
- emphasis on tradition, looking at past musicians
- influence on jazz education
- controversial for his neoclassical emphasis
- virtuoso trumpet player (jazz and classical)
- brings bop to hard bop period
- main figure in young linos movement
Maria Schneider
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Keith Garrett
- rooted in straight-ahead tradition
- may be bringing neoclassical style to the new mainstream
- spiritual playing looks more to Miles and Coltrane
- develops in the new mainstream but still uses bop and avant-garde elements
- saxophone legacy
Jane Ira Bloom
- sax legacy
- extend the soprano sax legacy started by Bechet
- changes gender expectations
- preformed around the world and bridges the jazz and art world
- compositions are often adventurous hybrids of jazz and other media
Betty Carter
- straight-ahead vocalist
- excellent scat singer and rapid execution of syllables
- was the keeler of a dying flame- true jazz singer
- influenced by Charlie Parker
- Vocal legacy
Diana Krall
- singer/pianist
- is a crossover from the jazz world to popular music
- jazz status more outside then inside the jazz community
- embraced a large range of musical interests
New York Voices
- boasts a wide range of styles and developed instrumental accompaniments
- vocal jazz group
About this deck
By: Kristin Parker
Created: 2010-12-13
Size: 23 flashcards
Views: 58
Created: 2010-12-13
Size: 23 flashcards
Views: 58
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