Jazz History Quiz 4: Modern Jazz

All of You

Miles Davis Quintet, miles tpt, trane tenor, red garland piano, PC bass, philly joe jones drums (first great quintet)

Miles Ahead

Gil Evans-composer, miles davis- flugelhorn (first collab since birth of cool)

So what

Miles- tpt, trane, cannonball, bill evans, PC, jimmy cobb (kind of blue)

ESP

miles-tpt, wayne, herbie, ron, tony (second great quintet)

bitches brew

Miles-tpt, jazz/fusion, tape splicing and post production effects

Giant steps

trane, sheets of sounds

alabama

trane, mccoy tyner, jimmy garrison, elvin, classic trane quintet

acknowledgement (a love supreme)

trane, mccoy, jimmy garrison, elvin. devotion to god, classic trane quintet

Lonely woman

Ornette, don cherry, charlie haden, billy higgins. free jazz

when will the blues leave

paul bley-piano, avant garde scene and played with ornettes group

bulbs

cecil taylor-piano. said piano was 88 tunes drums (percussive playing)

driva man

max roach-drums, abbey lincoln-vocal, coleman hawkins-tenor. from we insist, the freedom now suite about civil rights

witchcraft

bill evans-piano, scott lafaro-bass, paul motian-drums

fee fi fo fum

wayne on tenor, composer

tell me a bedtime story

herbie hancock (electric piano), herbie embraced different generes

matrix

chick corea-piano, miroslav vitous-bass, roy haynes-drums

falling grace

gary burton-vibes, chcik corea-piano

forest flower-sunrise

charles lloyd

serenity

joe henderson-tenor (lush life)

if

larry young-organ, woody shaw-trumpet, joe henderson-tenor, elvin-drums (on unity)

teen town

joe zawinul-keyboards, wayne shorter-soprano, jaco pastorius-electric bass

smatter 

kenny wheeler-flugelhorn, keith jarret-piano, dave holland-bass, jack dejohnette-drums

Questar

keith jarrett-piano, jan garbarek-tenor, european quartet during the improvised solo concert era

bright size life

pat metheny-guitar, jaco pastorius-bass

bra timing from phomolong

abdullah ibrahim and ekaya, born in south africa, he went by the name of dollar brand

delfayos dilemma

wynton, branford, neo-conservative era looking to past rather than the future

i want to talk about you

bill eckstine-vocal composer, bandleader, tadd dameron-arranger. known as Mr B or just B

all of me

sarah vaughan-vocal, known as sassy or the divine one, got her start alongside billy eckstine in earl hines band

our love is here to stay

dinah washington-vocal, song with powerful voice that spanned genres

somtimes im happy

carmen mccrae-vocal, deeply influenced by billie holiday, played piano in benny carters big band at mintons and married kenny clarke for 12 years

sweet georgia brown

anita oday-vocal, referred to herself as a song stylist

moonlight savings time

blossom dearie, vocal and piano, sang with a small childlike voice

never will i marry

nancy wilson and cannonball, she sung pop and r&b aswell but tried jazz when cannonball told her to

lush life

johnny hartman-vocal, john coltrane, tenor, sang with a rich baritone voice, similar to billy ecktine

close enough for love

shirley horn-vocals and piano

make someone happy

tony bennett-vocal, bill evans piano