MUSIC 0711 Study Guide - Final Guide: Modern Jazz Quartet, Terri Lyne Carrington, Geri Allen
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Africanization: changing of the results of cross-fertilization. Avant-garde: modality and free form from the 1950s and 1960s with collective improvisation. Backbeat: a syncopated accentuation on the off beat. In a simple 4/4 rhythm these are beats 2 and 4. Collective improvisation: used with free jazz by john coltrane. Jazz rock fusion: a musical genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined aspects of jazz harmony and improvisation with styles such as funk, rock, rhythm and blues, and latin jazz. African american east coast reaction, organ trios, art blakey, blues based. Hard school within the cool: referes to musicians in the cool school. Harmony: the sound of two or more notes heard simultaneously. Jam session: relatively informal musical event, process, or activity where musicians, typically instrumentalists, play improvised solos and vamp on tunes, songs, and chord progressions. M-base: brings structure of bebop, modal, and groove.
