Jazz Quiz 2 Study Set

Cool Jazz

1950s; slow or smooth jazz, easier to follow than bebop but some is indistinguishable from bebop

Cool Jazz Notable Artists

Miles Davis, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, Gil Evans,

Bebop

challenging jazz style to play, known for its competitiveness, fast tempo, "no amateurs allowed," berets, thick-rimmed glasses, goatees, clarinet significantly absent from bebop music

Boppers

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, The Ionious Monk

Charlie "The Bird" Parker

alto saxophonist, most important/known saxophonist in jazz, made "Coco" -- first bebop song, overdosed on heroin, best friend died in a car crash, left his wife and moved to New York

Dizzy Gillespie

bebop trumpet player, known for infamous bent trumpet, studied piano & Roy Eldridge's music, father was an abusive brick layer, played at Mintons & joined Parker after having musical differences w/ Cab Calloway

Mintons Playhouse

venue in Harlem where bebop developed during jam sessions in the mid 1940s, ran by Teddy Hill who gave players free drinks, house band was pianist The Ionious Monk & drummer Kenny Clarke

Clark Monroe's Uptown House

venue in Harlem where early bebop developed

A-A, B-A Bop

The new fast paced jazz style that emerged in the 1940s, played by Shaw Nuff, Dizzy Gillespie, & Charlie Parker

Salt Peanuts

Dizzy Gillespie

A Night in Tunisia

Dizzy Gillespie

Well You Needn't

Thelonious Monk

Take Five

Dave Brubeck

How High the Moon

Ella Fitzgerald

Blue Rondo a la Turk

Dave Brubeck

Founding Principles of Hip-Hop Culture

peace, love, unity, & having fun

Elements of Hip-Hop Culture

- breakdancing

- DJing

- rapping

- graffiti

- beat boxing -- can be traced back to tribal drums, hamboning, stepdancing

- knowledge of self & community

- urban jargon

- urban entrepreneurism

- urban fashion

DJ Cool Herc

founding father of hip hop, replayed a beat w/o music and made it his own, brought reggae in August 1973, originally from West Indies, Jamaica

Hip Hop Founding

in the Bronx, inspired by jazz improvisation

The Griot

- West African story tellers who passed down stories & traditions from one generation to the next

- urban griots presented songs

Hip Hop Stages & Evolution

- early 70s: the beginning as an outlet for urban youth

- 1986-1994: The Golden Era - heightened consciousness in rap music, increase in youth activism, political thought in rap fomenting its listeners (IceT, Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy, Erik B, Rakim)

- 1995-present: Corporate-Backed Rap Explosion - mainstream rap becomes more diluted, less political, more materialistic, more sexist, less critically engaging (keeps cultures separate, ends unity, disjoins community, white people w/ agendas own the airwaves)

Impact of Jazz on Musical Genres

rhythm & basics always come from jazz

Is jazz a prominent style in 21st century

there is less jazz and more hip hop

Who are artists that have been impacted by jazz

Kanye, Biggie, Tupac

Educational pedagogy platforms that are being used to teach jazz in 21st century

AI, Finale, Garage Band

What is the future of jazz?

More integration into hip hop