MU239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Gospel Music, Count Basie, Bebop
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Cool: born in 50s, move to west coast. Jazz songs with vocals, some singles are among top 20 & top 10 popular songs. Mix with west coast cool with brazilian (cid:708)bossa nova(cid:709) 1955: cool is popular combine b-bop and combine it with other music forms. Jazz family tree: b-bop not connected with, black audience, teenager audience (black and white) Soul, variation rhythm of count basie blues, horn riffs, background solo, the melodies of gospel music: ray charles mixing his swing and b-bop elements with gospel music. In 1955, davis (clean after quitting heroin) formed the first incarnation of the miles davis quintet. Band featured: john coltrane (tenor saxophone, red garland (piano, paul chambers (double bass, philly joe jones (drums) The group, while still using the bebop vocabulary, started exploring a more melodic and bluesy style that helped make them of the most popular and influential groups in all of jazz history.
