MUS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Chet Baker, Baritone Saxophone, Dave Brubeck
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Mulligan"s painless quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter chet baker is still regarded as one of the more important cool jazz groups: skilled pianist but only used it to arrange. His success was badly hampered by drug addiction in the 1960s: died by falling out a hotel window. Dave brubeck: jazz pianist whose style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his moms attempts at classical training and his improv skills, his music is known for employing odd time signatures, superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters and tonalities. !1: his long time partner, saxophonist paul desmond, wrote the brubeck quartet"s best hit. Tuesday, april 18, 2017 called take five which is in 5/4 time. Bill evans: pianist bill evans, one of the long time pianists who served in the miles davis band, his use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and trademark rhythmically independent singing melodic lines influenced. Stan getz: introduced bossa nova to the us, jazz saxophone player.
