Test4 Flashcards
3) Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter joined forces to create this innovative fusion group:
Weather report
1 the most popular saxophonist in the history of jazz:
Kenny G
4) this type of jazz pioneered by Miles Davis and John Coltrane left the tunes that had standard cord progressions and relied instead on improvisation based on certain specific scales. What type of jazz was this?
Modal jazz
5) influence but Coltrane, shorter and turrentine, this tenor man was a part of the contemporary jazz scene that used a more complicated jazz oriented style:
Michael Breaker
6) this leading tenor saxophonist who burst on the scene in the 1940s, had several career changes including being a leader of the cool school movement and having major hits in the bossa nova genre:
Stan Getz
7) This innovative drummer led the hard bop group and provided a training ground for countless numbers of young players:
Hard Blaky
8) This child prodigy on the piano played with Miles Davis from 1963 to 1969, and went on to write many beloved jazz standards including “Watermelon Man” and “Dolphin Dance.”
Herby Hancock
9) The best known composer of bossa nova songs was Brazilian. What is his name?
Antonio Carlos Jobim
10) From 1955 to 1967, the body of work of this tenor player would fill several careers. In him, the avant-garde found its high priest:
John Coltrane
11) This leading alto soloist after Charlie Parker had a big warm tone and was a leader of the hard bop movement:
Cannonball Aderly
12) The style that emerged during the late 1960s that was the most popular jazz for the next 30 years:
Rock and Jazz Fusion
13) The most influential of all the jazz guitarists, who introduced voiced melody lines in octaves:
West Montgomery
14) The top selling jazz album of all time:
“Kind of Blue” Miles Davis
2) The earthy, gospel ism, blues oriented style that came along after cool jazz was called what?
Hard bop
