MUEL 3642 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Modern Jazz Quartet, Bobby Timmons, Richie Powell
23 Mar 2017
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Hard bop: jazz movement of 1950s that drew on the speed intensity and power of bebop and sometimes married bop to gospel and rhythm and blues-influenced music. Cool jazz: in part a reaction to bebop, involved more complex compositions slower tempos and times less over emotional involvement. Sometimes extensive arrangements, including written introductions and composed passages between improvisations. Influence of classical music on choice of instruments. Brushes were often preferred on the drums than sticks. Counterpoint: is the use of simultaneously sounding musical lines. Music that has counterpoint is often called polyphonic. Overall there was less contrafact pieces and more original compositions njcompared to the bebop era. Overdubbing: enable musicians to record additional performance parts at later times. Lp: long playing disc--allowed 25 min of playing. Birth of the cool--album-- nine-piece ensemble featuring balance between written and improvised sections. Smooth blend of the horns, which include instruments more characteristic of european classical music (such as french horn and tuba)u.
