Study Sheet
Midterm Exam. April 12
Midterm Examination Study Sheet
Chapter 4
Harlem Stride.
Who were the prominent striders and what impact did they have on big band musicians?
Discuss the early period of big bands.
Chief exponents the early big bands
How did these early arrangers and musicians create the big band style?
Duke Ellington’s Style
Terms
Riffs
Stock arrangement
Back beat
Gutbucket
Head arrangement
Chapter 5 and 6
Characteristics of Swing
Discuss the style of the Count Basie Orchestra
Benny Goodman
Mary Lou Williams
Duke Ellington
Glenn Miller
The emergence of all-female bands
Swing and World War II
Major saxophonists
Major vocalists
Terms
Territory bands
Swing
Antiphony
Walking bass
Trading twos
Killer dillers
Chapter 7
Characteristics of Bebop
Musicians and composers
Compare and contrast the styles of major musicians and composers
“A Night in Tunisia” (film) Be prepared to discuss how Gillespie composed “A Night in Tunisia” and describe its unique musical characteristics.
Be prepared to discuss representative jazz compositions of bebop
Terms
Comping
Dropping bombs
Recomposition (examples)
Reharmonizaation
Jam sessions
Fifty Second Street
Chapter 8
Characteristics of cool jazz and hard bop
Be prepared to discuss representative jazz compositions of each style
Terms
Fugue
Third stream
Counterpoint
Plagal cadence
Listening List (Listen to 2 minutes of each recording) The listening list is on e-reserve
Ken Burns Jazz
Take the 'A' Train
Moten Swing
Sing, Sing, Sing
In the Mood
Salt Peanuts
Straight No chaser
A Tisket A Tasket
Mood Dreams
Birth of the Cool Miles Davis
Jeru
Thelonious Monk. The Complete Riverside Recordings
Four in One
The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings of Stan Kenton Recording 1943 - 47
Stan Kenton
Concerto to End All Concertos
Smithsonian Classic Collection of Jazz
East St. Louis Toodle-oO
Count Basie
9:20 Special
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