MUSC 2140 : unit 11.chaptersummary.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSC 2140
• Professor: Howard Spring

Document Summary

Fusion is all music situated on the boundary between jazz and pop. 3 schools of music were emerging in the swing era: rhythm & blues, mainstream pop vocals, and latin jazz. In the 1940s an offshoot of swing music called jump music was made popular by louis jordan, later this type of music is known as r&b (rhythm & blues). The lyrics in this type of music might be risqu , satirical, serious, or socially relevant, but always marked with a humorous attitude. Louis jordan was an alto saxophonist, signer, and songwriter as well as an influential bandleader: in 1938 he organized a band called louis jordan and his tympani. Soul jazz new school of jazz: employed a strong backbeat, an aggressive urban sound, and gospel- type chords, preferred basic harmonies, shorter solos, clearly defined dance rhythms. The new cuban-jazz fusion was known as cubop or afro-cuban jazz, and its relatively little-known godfather was the trumpet player and arranger mario.