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Unit 2 Flashcards

1
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Aunt Hagar’s Blues

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Art Tatum

12 bar blues

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2
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Bésame Mucho

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Xavier Cugat

Rumba

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3
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Blue Skies

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Ella Fitzgerald

AABA song

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4
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Caravan

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Duke Ellington
Juan Tizol
Joe “tricky Sam” Nanton-plunger trombone
Lawrence Brown-“hot” trombone
Barney Bigard-clarinet
Cootie Williams-plunger trumpet
Harry Carney-bari
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5
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Cotton Tail

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Duke Ellington

AABA

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6
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Frenesi

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Artie Shaw

Multiple Styles

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7
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Happy Go Lucky Local

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Duke Ellington
Ostinatto/blues form
Russell Procope-alto
Big Al Sears-tenor
Harry Carney-bari
Ray Nance-trumpet
Jimmy Hamilton-clarinet
Ellington-piano
Oscar Pettiford-bass

Two parts because of the Side A/B problem

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8
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I Wished on the Moon

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Billie Holliday
ABAC
Teddy Wilson
Benny Goodman

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9
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Lady Be Good

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Lester Young
AABA
He tells a story in his solos

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10
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One O’Clock Jump

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Count Basie
Head comes at the very end
Soloists play the WHOLE time

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