Most of the musicians on the Birth of the Cool recording played in this man's band a decade earlier.
Who is Claude Thornhill?
100
This style, popularized by Stan Getz combined jazz with Brazilian rhythms.
What is bossa nova?
100
This musician had an interest in Asia and the Near East and his sound was described as "sheets of sound?"
Who is John Coltrane?
100
This style is characterized by fast tempos, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and references to the melody.
What is bebop?
DD: Define contrafact.
200
This drummer was responsible for transferring the bass drum/hi-hat pulse to the ride cymbal.
Who is Kenny Clarke?
200
Name an arranger who contributed to the Birth of the Cool album.
Who is Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, or John Lewis?
200
West Coast saxophonists were strongly influenced by this musician.
Who is Lester Young?
200
This musician tried to emulate the human voice.
Who is Ornette Coleman?
200
This term was coined by Gunther Schuller and used to describe a musical genre that is a synthesis of classical music and jazz.
What is third stream?
DD: Name the musician whose career embraced the whole of jazz?
300
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie first played together in this big band.
What is Earl Hines' big band?
DD: Which big band did they play in after Earl Hines?
300
Members of the Modern Jazz Quartet first played in this man's band.
Who is Dizzy Gillespie?
Name another member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
300
This musician devised the Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization.
Who is George Russell?
300
This performer was one of the first to introduce electric keyboards.
Who is Sun Ra?
300
This genre fused bebop concepts with earthy, bluesy influences.
What is hard bop?
DD: Name the most popular hard bop band and one sub-genre of hard bop.
400
The house pianist at Minton's Playhouse in the early 1940s.
Who is Thelonious Monk?
DD: Name another famous pianist from the bebop era.
400
Blue Rondo a la Turk is considered to be a part of these two genres.
What is cool jazz and third stream?
400
This musician was a proponent of harmolodics, a musical theory he didn't really adhere to.
Who is Ornette Coleman?
400
This musician's style was described as controlled movement between inside and outside playing.
Who's is Eric Dolphy?
400
This style of modern jazz characterized by its relaxed tempos and lighter tone, in contrast to the bebop style.
What is cool jazz?
DD: Name the most representative album/artist/year associated with this.
500
This man's band spread the bebop sound through prime time radio shows.
Who is Woody Herman?
DD: What was the name of both versions of his bands?
500
The personnel of this band were often young players, who developed through their freedom to improvise and compose, and eventually went on to have significant careers.
Who is Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers?
500
This musician's career ended with a fatal car accident when he was very young.
Who is Clifford Brown?
DD: Which other member of the Brown-Roach group died during the same accident, leading to the end of the group's performances?
500
Musicians in this ensemble used a wide variety of instruments for each player.
What is the Art Ensemble of Chicago?
500
This style uses musical modes rather than chord progressions as a harmonic framework.
What is modal jazz?
DD: Name the most representative album of modal jazz.