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Ethno 50B musicians
midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charlie Parker | bebop alto sax; composer; band leader |
| Dizzy Gillespie | bebop trumpet; composer; band leader |
| Thelonious Monk | bebop piano; composer |
| Tad Dameron | bebop pianist; composer |
| John Lewis | bebop composer; co-founded Modern Jazz Quartet |
| Kenny Clarke | bebop drummer |
| Max Roach | bebop drummer |
| Charles Mingus | bebop bass |
| Ray Brown | bebop bass |
| Oscar Pettiford | bebop bass |
| Bud Powell | bebop piano |
| George Shering | bebop piano |
| Oscar Peterson | bebop piano |
| Dexter Gordon | bebop tenor sax |
| Stan Getz | bebop tenor sax sideman of Woody Herman's band |
| Sonny Stitt | bebop tenor sax |
| Fats Navarro | bebop trumpet |
| JJ Johnson | bebop; hard bop trombone |
| Woody Herman | bebop big band leader; Woody Herman's Thundering Herd |
| Miles Davis | Emerged at tail-end of bebop period but advanced into cool |
| Modern jazz quartet | Cool Jazz; Led by John Lewis |
| Lennie Tristano | Cool jazz Pianist; composer; band leader; blind |
| Lee Konitz | Cool jazz; Alto sax; student of Tristano, became band member |
| Gil Evans | Cool jazz; Composer; Birth of the Cool with Miles Davis |
| Woody Herman's Thundering Herd | Associated with both bebop and cool jazz |
| Chet Baker | Cool jazz Trumpet; vocalist Got start with baritone sax Gerry Mulligan |
| Shorty Rogers | Cool jazz Trumpet; composer; arranger Played with both Woody Herman and Stand Kenton |
| Jack Sheldon | Cool jazz Trumpet; vocalist; actor |
| Art Farmer | Cool jazz Trumpet; From Iowa, but was part of Cool jazz on west coast; Lionel Hampton Band |
| Art Pepper | Cool jazz Alto sax Started with Stan Kenton |
| Jimmy Giuffre | Cool jazz Primarily tenor sax; clarinetist; arranger; composer; Composed "Four Brothers" that was performed by Woody Herman's Thundering Herd; not actual band player |
| Paul Desmond | Cool jazz; Alto sax; Composer ("Take Five"); Member of Dave Brubeck Quartet; "Dry Martini"; |
| Gerry Mulligan | Cool jazz Baritone sax; composer; arranger; Had light touch for being baritone; Pioneered a quartet that was piano-less |
| Chico Hamilton | Cool jazz; Drummer; Gerry Mulligan's piano-less quartet; |
| Shelly Manne | Cool jazz; Drummer; Played with both Stan Kenton and Woody Herman; "Shelly Manne's Manhole" club; |
| Jim Hall | Cool jazz; Guitar; economy of notes; soft, shallow sound; |
| Carl Fontana | Cool jazz; Trombone; Played in Woody Herman's band; Second only to JJ Johnson |
| Frank Rosolino | Cool jazz; Trombone; Sideman in Stan Kenton's band; Bop-oriented but played with lots of Cool musicians; |
| Bob Brookmeyer | Cool jazz; Trombone; Teacher; Composer; Arranger; |
| Dave Brubeck | Cool jazz; Piano; Leader of Dave Brubeck Quartet |
| Antonia Carlos Jobim | Bassa Nova; Composer; piano; guitar; |
| Julian "Cannonball" Adderley | Hard bop; Alto sax; Started quintet with brother, Nat; This was unusual because quintet usually has tenor - Cannonball was Alto; |
| Horace Silver | Hard bop; Pianist; composer; arranger; cofounded Jazz Messengers but left for "artistic reasons" - leaving the group to Art Blakey; |
| Tommy Flannigan | Hard bop; Piano; Technical proficiency; Sideman to lots of famous ppl; |
| Ahmed Jamal | Hard bop; Piano; One of Miles Davis' favorite pianists |
| Cedar Walton | Hard bop; Piano; |
| Clifford Brown | Hard bop; Trumpet; Was only clean, famous, Jazz musician; Died in a car accident at 25; |
| Freddy Hubbard | Hard bop; Trumpet; From Indianapolis; Harmonically daring - took chances on notes; "Maiden Voyage"; |
| Lee Morgan | Hard bop; Trumpet; composer; latin flavor; |
| Art Blakey | Hard bop; Drummer; Cofounder of Jazz Messengers; Later "Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers"; |
| Philly Joe Jones | Hard bop; Drummer; Most influential next to Max Roach; conversation-like phrases; |
| Sonny Rollins | Hard bop; Tenor sax; composer; band leader; Took break to practice bridge -> creative breakthrough; |
| Gene Ammons | Hard bop; Tenor sax; Style somewhere b/w bop and hard bop - leaned towards funkiness of hard bop; |
| Benny Golsan | Hard bop; Tenor sax; composer "Whisper Not", "Killer Joe"; arranger; Started as member of Jazz Messengers; Co-founded the "Jazztet" with Art Farmer; |
| John Coltrane | Hard bop; Tenor sax; composer; most influential sax player after Charlie Parker; |
| Joe Henderson | Hard bop; Tenor sax; composer; Sideman in Horace Silver's band; |
| Curtis Fuller | hard bop; trombone; member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; off and on with Benny Golson; |
| Wes Montgomery | hard bop; guitar; one of most influential since Charlie Christian (electric guitar); self taught - didn't start playing music until age 19; played with thumb not pick; |
| Kenny Burrell | hard bop; guitar; recorded 100+ as band leader; some of first recording experience was with Dizzy; UCLA Jazz Dept Chair; "Solero"; |
| Joe Pass | hard bop; guitar; lots of bebop influence in his playing; solo without amplification - archtop acoustic guitar; |
| Grant Green | hard bop; guitar; semi-hollow guitar (very thin); composer; |
| George Benson | hard bop; guitar; |
| Pat Martino | hard bop; guitar; |
| Thad Jones | hard bop; trumpet; composer; big band leader |
| Gerald Wilson | hard bop; trumpet; composer; big band leader; |
| Maynard Ferguson | hard bop; trumpet; white big band leader; |
| Jimmy Smith | hard bop; organ player; most famous; gospel/soul influence. |
| Jack McDuff | hard bop; organ player; funky with tinge of gospel; |
| Jimmy McGriff | hard bop; organ player; |
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