MU239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Benny Goodman, Swing Era, Big Band
18 Oct 2018
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American jazz musician, big band leader and virtuoso clarinetist: launches swing era (big band hot jazz as american"s most. Makes for a light and very danceable swing pulse. William count basie (august 21, 1904-april 26, 1984) Regarded as one of the most important jazz bandleaders of the swing. Introduced kansas city swing on a national scale. First important and influential jazz musician to improves on the instrument. Creator of the vertical style of soloing, using chord tones and long running line in his improvisation https://baike. baidu. com/item/coleman%20hawkins/3820377? fr=aladdin. One of the finest, most influential players on his instrument, playing with a cool tone and sophisticated harmonies. Creator of the horizontal style of soloing using repeated tones and lots of space in his improvisation. Became a jazz legend, inventing or establishing much of the. Outsider hipster ethos which came to be associated with the music (use of the word cool for example)
