MUAR 393 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Wardell Gray, Coleman Hawkins, Annie Ross
14 Mar 2016
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Listen to phrasing, feeling of laying back in ime feel: delaying of melody tension of arrival. Annie ross, vocalese, puing words to pre-exising solo: twisted 12 bar blues, original solo as by tenor saxophonist wardell gray, chorus: one enire form structure, eg. in this case, a 12 bar blues. Basie originally from new jersey but moved to kansas city. Basie band was part of midwestern tradiion of rif bands , whose horn secion accompaniments consisted of short, catchy melodies called rifs, see one o"clock hump. Chord progression: sequence of chords used to harmonize a melody or series of chords that a melody is based on, composers will oten work from both angles. Organizing principle of most western music from 1600-1900 century and of a majority of all popular music. Syncopaion: because it is so common now, the freshness of early jazz syncopaions are not as apparent: stressing a normally unstressed note or beat (or just a part of the beat)
