Unit 1 Vocabulary 4

Vocabulary 4 Pre-swing Era 1900-1920 and known as the ragtime period Blues Comes from the late nineteenth century into the twentieth Jazz Age 1920-1930 and known as Chicago style jazz from the south Picked up in tempo and a slight change in dance Known as Chicago Dixieland after arriving in Chicago's area Swing 1930-1940 and known as the Big Band era Bebop 1940-1950 and known as small group jazz The quintet is the standard Made up of musicians tired of Big Band disadvantages and leadership issues Progressive Jazz 1948-1952 and an attempt to bring back the big band A concert style jazz rather than a small listening/dancing style New harmonies and bebop style improvisation Example from Stan Kenton Hard Bop 1950-1960 and more intense than bebop Musicians looking for new chords and forms to invent a new sound Example from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Cool 1950-1960 Small group arrangements with chart usage Modern Jazz Quartet Funky 1950-1960 and contained 4-5 players Explored simplified rhythms of rock and roll Example: Horace Silver Third Stream 1958-1962 and a short-lived era Big band arrangers w/ jazz style improvisation Symphony players playing with jazz musicians Example: Modern Jazz Quartet with Chicago Chamber Orchestra Avante-Garde 1960-1970 and known as free jazz An experiment in abandoning the standards of jazz No standard forms and expressed as "The New Music" Fusion Jazz Rock Fusion starting in the 1970's Elements from funk, rock'n'roll, latin, and gospel Contemporary Jazz of the present Mainstream Jazz Generally refers to jazz from the 40's-50's Some include big bands w/ the term European Retentions Scoring/orchestration Intonation: the note A being one vibrating tone or otherwise out of tune African Retention Music created from a familiar processes Group involvement- call and response Intonation not emphasized Emotional content with a message and usually an integral part of life Movement is allowed and even encouraged Call and Response Prominent in the 1930's Example: in a mellow tone Collective Improvisation Multiple musicians playing and creating at the same time Avante-Garde considered the purest example of this Blue Notes Sliding up to or away from a note Bent note