HU 145 chapter 11 (NO PEOPLE)

How many players were involved in Mingus' Jazz Workshop?

10

Mingus said that his composition, "Haitian Fight Song", could also be called:

Afro-American Fight Song

In addition to his skills as a jazz pianist, which musician is also a well known classical conductor and composer?

Andre Previn

Who are the two artists/groups that brought the hard bop (funky) style to the public?

Art Blakey and Horace Silver

Which bass player played with Louis Armstrong as well as Duke Ellington and led his own improvisational group?

Charles Mingus

Which famous big band leader can be compared to Charles Mingus?

Duke Ellington

Singer/Pianist Les McCann is most associated with which style?

Gospel

Jimmy Smith was successful in the hard bop (funky) style on which instrument?

Organ

Which is another term for "Amen Chords"?

Plagal Cadence

Which player influenced Sonny Rollins to use a thematic approach to jazz improvisation?

Thelonious Monk

Why did Sonny Rollins quit performing on two separate occasions in the 1960s?

To Practice

Which is the correct chronological order of styles?

bop, cool, funky

Which is NOT a characteristic of hard bop (funky) jazz?

cool intellectualism

How did hard bop compare to cool jazz emotionally?

hard bop is more emotional or expressive

How did hard bop compare to cool jazz geographically?

hard bop was associated with the East Coast while cool was associated with the West Coast

The funky style is often described as:

hard-driving, emotional

Why did Clifford Brown's career end so abruptly at age 25?

he died in a car accident

How did Art Blakey lead his band?

he merely allowed his musicians space to develop

Which characterizes Sonny Rollins approach to improvisation?

thematic variation