MUS 127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Jam Session, Big Band, Candid Records
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Manpower drain ( all-girl bands picked up slack) Gas rationing, 20% amusement tax; retooling instrument factories; supply of shellac cut; salary cap. Radio, jukeboxes, film, tv were double edged swords. Ascap and afm bans (1942-44) (a huge hole in the record of recorded music) Allowed space for small labels to enter the fray (dial, savoy, blue note, Double v (victory abroad and victory at home) Same instruments, still swinging and playing blues and 32-bar aaba. Beboppers came through the big bands; after hours jam sessions in. Big bands had become homogenized and cliched; left little room for creativity; bop focused on small groups and fiery improvisation. If swing was machine-age music, bebop was atomic-age music. Harmonically very complex music, used upper extensions of the chords in solos and substitution chords in harmony to add more dissonance. Play fast tunes with complex harmonies and surprising rhythms. Played with bird trip to la. Battle between swing era and jazz age fans.
