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MUAR 393 Intro to Jazz > Test 2 Biographies > Flashcards

Test 2 Biographies Flashcards

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Jelly Roll Morton

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Pianist, singer, composer, arranger and music theorist

Claimed he invented jazz in 1902.

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Fats Waller

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Pianist, organist, composer, violonist, singer and comedic entertainer

His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano.

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Meade «Lux» Lewis

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Boogie-woogie

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Mary Lou Williams

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Wrote and arranged for Duke & Benny Goodman

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Duke Ellington

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Leader of a jazz orchestra

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Fletcher Henderson

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Most influential arranger and bandleader in jazz

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Count Basie

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Many musicians came to prominence under his direction (Lester Young)

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Teddy Wilson

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With Benny Goodman, first black musician to appear with white musicians

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Art Tatum

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Acclaimed for virtuoso technique

Extended the vocabulary and boundaries of jazz

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Al Haig

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Pioneer of bebop

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Bud Powell

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The «Charlie Parker» of the piano

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Errol Garner

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His composition, «Misty», became a jazz standard

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Tadd Dameron

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Most influential arranger during bebop era

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Thelonious Monk

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Unique improvisational style

Numerous contributions to jazz repertoire

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Lennie Tristano

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Teacher of jazz improv

Exerted influence on jazz through students (Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh)

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Louis Armstrong

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Known for intense, rythmic swing

Complementary relations among rhythmic patterns

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Bix Beiderbecke

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Inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone

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Roy Elridge

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Virtuosic solos, departure from old style

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Rex Stewart

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«Talking» style and half-valve effects

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Cootie Williams

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Renowned for plunger mute

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Dizzy Gillespie

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Musicianship, showmanship and wit contributed to bebop

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Miles Davis

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Variety of musical directions that kept him fresh

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Theodore «Fats» Navarro

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Pioneer of «bebop» style jazz improv

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Clifford Brown

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Died at 25 in car accident

MUAR 393 Intro to Jazz (8 decks)

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