Jazz 13-19
Sun Ra was
born Herman Blount director of the avant-garde Arkestra
Cécile McLorin Salvant is a
vocalist
Miles Davis worked closely with which of the following arrangers for nearly two decades?
Gil Evans
John Coltrane's four-part suite titled __________ represents his religious devotion and liberation from addiction.
"A Love Supreme"
Also known as the period of genesis, the first phrase of the development of jazz took place during the
1890s and 1920s.
Philly Joe Jones and Paul Chambers were members of the
1950s Miles Davis quintet
Since the ________, jazz has moved so far from center stage that its survival is largely dependent on an infrastructure of academic study and institutional support.
1970s
George Russell
A Jazz composer, theorist, and arranger; he also did some work as a bandleader. The introduction of modalism is normally considered his greatest contribution to Jazz. He also influenced Miles Davis in his decision to explore modes as a means of improvisation. Expanded orchestration, often using instruments that aren't typical of Jazz
"Calypso Minor"
Abdullah Ibrahim
Which of the following musicians was NOT born and raised in the United States?
Abdullah Ibrahim
____________ is a form of contemporary music created by DJs in the 1990s, relying heavily on samples taken from jazz recordings from the 1950s and 1960s.
Acid jazz
Cubop is another name for
Afro-Cuban Jazz
"Ghosts"
Albert Ayler
"Spirit Possession"
Anthony Braxton and Max Roach
"Witchcraft"
Bill Evans
Thelonious Monk
Bebop pianist known for his intricate harmonic progressions He creates new harmonic language and innovated rhythms
"My Favorite Things"
Betty Carter
Which pianist is associated with the use of "quartal harmonies"?
Bill Evans
"Bulbs"
Cecil Taylor
_________ emphasized the piano's drumlike quality, playing with a distinctive rhythmic attack.
Cecil Taylor
"Boogie Stop Shuffle"
Charles Mingus
________ has been credited with creating approximately 300 compositions
Charles Mingus
Which musician hired a nineteen-year-old Miles Davis to play with him?
Charlie Parker
Which of the following is the strongest chronological ordering of musical genres?
Cubop, samba, bossa nova, salsa
"John Henry"
Cécile McLorin Salvant
"Manteca"
Dizzy Gillespie
Which bebop standard did Jaco Pastorius record unaccompanied on the electric bass?
Donna Lee
"Un día bonito"
Eddie Palmieri
Which pianist combined a vigorous new salsa style with intricate Latin rhythms, modern jazz harmonies, and imaginative improvisations?
Eddie Palmieri
What is the name of the jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim's septet?
Ekaya
Which musician had a long association with Charles Mingus, toured with John Coltrane, and also appeared on Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz?
Eric Dolphy
"Short and Sweet"
Esperanza Spalding
___________ stunned the music business by winning the Grammy Award as Best New Artist in 2011.
Esperanza Spalding
The integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, prompted Charles Mingus to compose
Fables of Faubus
_________ is the term used to describe all music situated on the boundary line between jazz and pop.
Fusion
Which of the following was NOT an important jazz composer during the 1950s?
George Gershwin
"Concerto for Billy the Kid"
George Russell
The pianist Bill Evans is featured on the 1956 recording of "Concerto for Billy the Kid," a composition created specifically for him by
George Russell
Which composer/bandleader was NOT an instrumentalist?
George Russell
"King Porter Stomp"
Gil Evans
By 1970, this composer/arranger jettisoned the music that had made him famous in favor of a fusion of jazz and rock
Gil Evans
Miles Davis collaborated with the arranger _____________ to create the nineteen-piece ensemble featured on the album Miles Ahead.
Gil Evans
Which musician made his first album as a leader in 1962 with Dexter Gordon as a sideman and "Watermelon Man" as its lead track?
Herbie Hancock
"Cantaloupe Island"
Herbie Hancock: Jazz Fusion
___________ forms a dialectic between the past and the present, connecting each new undertaking to its predecessors.
Historicism
"You've Got to Be Modernistic"
Jason Moran
This pianist has earned nearly unanimous acclaim, demonstrating with wit and imagination the triumphs possible in jazz despite its relatively remote standing in America's cultural life.
Jason Moran
The "incredible" ____________ played the Hammond B3 organ.
Jimmy Smith
"Acknowledgement"
John Coltrane
"Giant Steps"
John Coltrane
__________ founded the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954.
John Lewis
"Chank"
John Scofield with Medeski, Martin, and Wood
The acoustic New Age music movement was largely inspired by
Keith Jarrett's 1975 The Köln Concert.
__________ pioneered Afro-Cuban jazz and attracted many stars to the Brazil Club in Los Angeles in the 1940s.
Machito
the Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz was compiled by
Martin Williams
"Timeline"
Michael Brecker
"E.S.P."
Miles Davis
"So What"
Miles Davis
In response to changes in the music industry as a whole, ____________ increasingly came to rely on studio post-production, as exemplified by his album In a Silent Way.
Miles Davis
Which trumpet player was known for his extensive use of the Harmon mute?
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Most commercially successful jazz musician, Merged jazz and rock to create fusion
Loft jazz emerged largely in the formerly industrial spaces of the SoHo district in _______ in the 1970s.
New York
"Lonely Woman"
Ornette Coleman
The Shape of Jazz to Come is an avant-garde album by
Ornette Coleman
Which Berklee College of Music alum encouraged Esperanza Spalding to stick with music instead of pursuing a political science degree?
Pat Metheny
The saxophonist Michael Brecker performed with
Paul Simon Charlies Mingus John Lennon
__________ is the genre that involved harmonic ambiguity, original compositions with new harmonic frameworks, and a radical loosening of the rhythm section.
Postbop
Which of the following musicians did NOT play with Miles Davis?
Robert Glasper
"Why Do We Try"
Robert Glasper (feat. Stokley)
"Maiden Voyage"
SFJAZZ Collective
Which ensemble based on the West Coast is an association of musicians seeking its own path into the jazz repertory?
SFJAZZ Collective
________ originated in the nineteenth century as an amalgam of African dances and march rhythms, placing particular emphasis on the eighth note leading from beat 1 to beat 2.
Samba
"All of Me"
Sarah Vaughan
"Só danço samba"
Stan Getz and João Gilberto
"Rhythm-a-ning"
Thelonious Monk
"Thelonious"
Thelonious Monk
This musician was known for his mood swings and episodes of idiosyncratic behavior.
Thelonious Monk
"Lude"
Vijay Iyer
"O.G.D."
Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith
"Hattie Wall"
World Saxophone Quartet
Which long-standing ensemble emerged from the loft scene in the late 1970s?
World Saxophone Quartet
"The Pearls"
Wynton Marsalis
The Jazz Workshop was the name of
a quintet headed by Charles Mingus
Betty Carter was
a vocalist who made a surprising return to jazz in 1969
Sarah Vaughan was known
as "Sassy" for her four octave range as both a pop and a jazz vocalist
Charles Mingus
bass/composer - used several eras; "organized chaos"; strong personality
Esperanza Spalding is a jazz
bassist vocalist composer
In Cuban music, a time-line pattern on which other rhythms may be stacked is called the
clave ("CLAH-vay").
In addition to leading the Modern Jazz Quartet, John Lewis
directed the Lenox School
Avant-garde jazz was also known as
fire music black music the new thing
Along with soul music, _________ provided a musical vocabulary that allowed jazz musicians to create a jazz-rock fusion in the 1960s.
funk
Ornette Coleman's idea that musicians can improvise register, even when their parts are notated, is known as
harmolodics
The term "avant-garde" originated
in the French military
Which of the following was NOT a challenge to jazz during the 1960s?
increased expectations of virtuosity
This genre has its conceptual roots in 1960s rock bands like the Grateful Dead.
jam band
Playing chords on an instrument designed to play one note at time is known as
multiphonics
Treating older styles as a canon of masterpieces for contemporary performance is known as ___________ jazz.
neoclassical
In addition to being a composer, Thelonious Monk was a
pianist
Bill Evans
pianist on "Kind of Blue" - led interactive trio
Miles Davis honed his skills as a trumpet player by
playing alongside Dizzy Gillespie studying at The Juilliard School working with Charlie Parker
The 1959 album Kind of Blue
popularized modality is the best selling jazz recording of the LP era features the saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane
Harry Connick, Jr.
resurrected performance styles of the 1940s and 1950s combined the vocal approach of Frank Sinatra with the piano method of Thelonious Monk performed with Wynton marsalis
Jump music was the precursor to
rhythm and blues
Albert Ayler primarily played the ______ saxophone.
soprano
Calling jazz "classical" refers to a
status to which all serious and lasting music aspires
John Coltrane
tenor sax
Robert Glasper
the most commercially successful fusion group of the 1970s the group that bought the bassist Jaco Pastorius prominence a laboratory for new sounds made possible by technology
"Teen Town"
weather report
In addition to his celebrated talents as a jazz pianist, Vijay Iyer also
wrote a dissertation on musical cognition won a MacArthur "genius grant" taught at Harvard University
