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Courtney Pine - Back in the Day Flashcards

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Who is Courtney Pine?

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Modern British Jazz musician

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When was ‘Back in the Day’ released?

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Album was released 2000

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What styles are used in this album?

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Modern styles fused with american modern jazz

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What influences are in this album?

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Reggae influences - from Jamaican parents

Hip hop influences - rap and turntable

American jazz influences- Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins

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Give 3 points for context for Lady Day and John Coltrane (LDAJC)

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  • Cover of Gil Scott-Heron.
  • Pays tribute to 20th-century jazz performers Billie holiday and Coltrane.
  • Blues and soul-influenced.
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Give 3 points for context on Inner State of Mind (ISOM)

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  • Original composition
  • Jazz and hip-hop (rap, sampling, turntable)
  • Tributes to ‘Summertime’ and ‘So What’
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Give 3 points on context for Love and Affection (LAA)

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  • Cover of 1970’s Caribbean-British Joan Armatrading’s song (common thing to do with jazz music)
  • This version is more pop
  • Aspects of rock and R&B
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Who sings in LDAJC?

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Blues/soul singer Lyden David Hall

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What instrument has a solo in LDAJC?

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There is a jazz saxophone solo

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Name 3 techniques used in the jazz saxophone solo in LDAJC.

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  • Glissandi
  • Note bending
  • Chromatic runs
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Name 2 extended techniques used in the jazz saxophone solo in LDAJC.

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  • Multiphonics
  • Slap tonguing
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What technique is used in the guitar in the chorus of LDAJC?

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Wah-wah pedal in choruses.

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Who sings in ISOM?

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Jazz singer Eska Mtunwezi

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What type of sax does Courtney Pine play in ISOM?

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Soprano sax

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Who sings the backing vocals in LAA?

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London Community Gospel Choir

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How is the guitar utilised in LAA.

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  • Guitar is distorted
  • played with tremolo
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What 2 instruments does pine play in LAA and why?

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  • Tenor saxophone
  • Bass clarinet
  • He is a multi-instrumentalist
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What is used in the backings along with the London Community Gospel choir?

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Synth strings

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Give an overall summary of the structure of LDJAC.

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Intro
Verse
Chorus
verse
chorus
extended sax solo
verse
chorus
extended outro/coda

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3 points of what happens in the intro of LDAJC (bars 1-4)

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Turn table effects

leads to fast rock tempo

vocal melisma uses blue note (flattened fifth)

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4 points of what happens in the 1st verse of LDAJC (bars 5-20)

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  • 8 bars on tonic C7(#9) for vocalist and rhythm section.
  • Short sax fills

-blues subdominant for 4 bars then back to tonic for 8

  • keyboard vibrato as set like Hammond organ
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2 points of what happens in the 1st chorus of LDAJC (bars 21-36)

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  • Faster harmonic rhythm to dominant (but Gm) and subdominant
  • faster harmonic rhythm with chromatic 7th chords descent
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3 points of what happens in 2nd verse and chorus of LDAJC

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  • end with a second time bar which is a link to the sax solo
  • additional backing vocals mostly in 5ths
  • saxophone slow lip vibrato
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5 points on the extended sax-solo LDAJC

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  • Improvised
  • pitch bend
  • High tessitura
  • slides
  • ends with long rapid descending chromatic scale
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What are the harmonic progressions in the extended sax solo LDAJC?
C7(#9) - Eb7 - Ab7 - G+7, DS
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what happens after the extended sax solo LDAJC?
The verse and chorus are repeated and then to coda
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4 points that happen in extended outro/coda LDAJC
- Improvised vocals - low tessitura sax counterpoint - ostinato three sequence - Mutliphonics and slap tonguing
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what chord is there a paused on at bar 129 of the extended outro/coda LDAJC
Bbm7(add4)
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What is the metre of LDAJC
- 4/4 - except for 2/4 bar 122
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What is the tempo of LDAJC and what creates momentum?
160 bpm and fast drums groove filtered give high frequency for momentum.
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List 4 types of rhythms used in LDAJC?
- Syncopation - Dotted rhythms - Triplets - Sextuplets
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What are the rhythms used in LDAJC fairly typical of?
- Jazz
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What is the texture in LDAJC?
- Mainly melody dominated homophony - some counter-point between sax and voice - stop time
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What harmonic device is used in the choruses of LDAJC?
Wah-wah pedal
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What is played in contrary motion to guitar in bar 75 LDAJC
descending chromatic bassline - contrary motion with guitar
36
Give a summary of the structure of ISOM
Instrumental introduction Vocals Rap Vocals Rap Vocals Instrumental outro
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6 points for instrumental introduction bars 1-9 in ISOM
- Starts acapella 2-4 part harmony of four crotchet rising idea THEN MDH - sax improvised syncopation - distorted guitar sample - rock drum beat - dorian mode on C and blues notes - Occasional slide up to notes
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What ornementation is used in the instrumental introduction of ISOM
Grace notes
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3 points about 1st vocal section bars 10-21 ISOM
- Summertime theme but no real change to subdominant - fuller harmony in bar 18 with C7(#9) - Cm-F with extensions
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2 points about 1st rap section bars 22-35 ISOM
- Chords from beginning to accompany rap - sax improvisation
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5 points about 2nd returning vocal section bars 36-53 ISOM
- Sumertime theme varied - turntables - crotchet rising figure interrupts at bar 44 - bar 46-47 blue notes and multitracked backing vocals - Vocal solo dissolves into jazz scat singing at bar 52
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4 points about 2nd returning rap section bar 54-71 ISOM
- improvised flute bars and improvised sax - rap over Cm7-F-Cm7-Dm7 now - Occasional vocal phrases Homorhythmic tutti instrumental link at bar 70 (parallel movement but intervals vary)
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6 points about 3rd vocal section bars 72-93 ISOM
- Summertime varied - more scatting - some turntables - long rising glissando - sax pitch bend (rhapsody in blue) -crotchet vocal phrase from beginning
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4 points of instrumental outro bars 94-end ISOM
- Long sax improvisation (scalic) - 'na na' free vocal improvisation - pentatonic guitar riffs - long high sax trill on 9th at end (reverb)
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What is the tempo of ISOM?
114bpm
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What is the metre of ISOM?
4/4 throughout
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What is the metre of ISOM?
4/4 throughout
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How is rhythm used in ISOM make 4 points.
- Crotchet title hook - syncopation -homorhythm - variation of sax rhythms (quintuplets, sextuplets and semibreves)
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Describe the melody in ISOM
- melody is conjunct and disjunct - intervals in summertime idea vary each time
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Make two points about the texture of ISOM
- Starts acapella in 2-4 part harmony then becomes melody dominated homophony - Some polyphony - e.g. vocals and guitar in outro, lead and backing vocals

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