Terms
Another name for the melody
Head
Favored odd meters in the 1950s
Brubeck
Swing
1930s
Take the A train
Duke Ellington
Features an electric organ trio
Soul Jazz
Two or more rhythms at the same time
Polyrhythm
Mainstream pianist, innovative trio of the early 1960s
Bill Evans
Hard Bop
1950s
Clarinet, swing, Palomar Ballroom
Benny Goodman
Combines bebop and R&B
Hard Bop
The main instrument Cal Tjader played
Vibraphone
Swinging, Kansas City, sparse style
Count Basie
Soul Jazz
1960s
Early Jazz
James Reese Europe
Laid-back, French Horn, long melodies like bebop
Cool Jazz
The other main instrumental category in Jazz besides “horns”
Rhythm section
Played electric organ with M Davis, had an 80s “standards” trio
Jarrett
Bebop
1940s
1930s NYC, hired Louis Armstrong
Fletcher Henderson
1980s return to jazz roots and classic sounds of the past
Neo-Traditional
Wordless vocal improvisation
Scat singing
Bebop, angular playing, composed Round Midnight
Monk
Downtown scene
1980s
Brooklyn Babylon in 2013
Darcy James Argue
Amplified blues from industrial centers such as Detroit
Urban Blues