Jazz Giants
Nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer .
Who is Charlie Parker?
is a jazz standard composed by Paul Desmond. It was first recorded in 1959 and is the third track on Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
What is Take Five?
The first section of a tune, typically 8 bars; Jazz terms for the main theme.
What is the A Section
"I stole everything that I heard, but mostly I stole from the horns."
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree; And I feel like I'm clingin' to a cloud I can't understand I get_____
What is Misty?
an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, she had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
Who is Billie Holiday?
composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and published in 1930, which became a jazz standard. Its chord progression is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes
What is I Got Rhythm?
The Jazz term for 'improvise.' It has a more mystical aura. Also, simply to play an instrument.
What is Blow/Blowing?
“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art”
Who is Charlie Parker?
You must_______To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem
What is Take The A Train?
an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include "Take the 'A' Train", "Chelsea Bridge", "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing", and "Lush Life".
Who is Billy Strayhorn?
an instrumental jazz composition by Kenny Dorham. It was introduced on Joe Henderson's 1963 album Page One. A blend of hard bop and bossa nova, the tune was possibly influenced by Dorham's visit to the Rio de Janeiro Jazz Festival in 1961.
What is Blue Bossa?
To practice diligently.
What is Woodshed?
“You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.”
Who is Miles Davis?
You are the promised kiss of springtime That makes the lonely winter seem long You are the breathless hush of evening That trembles on the brink of a lovely song
What is All The Things You Are?
the first and only jazz artist to win a Grammy award as Best New Artist. American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, a Boston Music Award, a Soul Train Music Award, and two honorary doctorates: in 2018 from her alma mater Berklee College of Music and in 2022 from CalArts.
Who is Esperanza Spalding?
A jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis. It was first featured in the 1940 Broadway revue Two for the Show. Includes "Moon" in the title.
What is "How High the Moon"
A sequence of chords, or the portion of a tune that they occupy, that forms a cadence at the end of a section of a tune, definitively establishes the tonic key and leads back to the opening chord of the next section, or to the top.
What is a Turnaround?
“There are no wrong notes.”
Who is Thelonius Monk?
I see your lips The summer kisses The sunburned hands I used to hold
What is Autumn Leaves?
American pianist and composer. Started his career with Art Blakey and later moved on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s, he has also been a group leader and solo performer in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music.
Who is Keith Jarrett?
a jazz composition written in 1945 by Charlie Parker in the form of a 12 bar F blues. Some sources claim that the song was dedicated to Dizzy Gillespie's agent, Billy Shaw, although according to Ross Russell, Shaw's "name was misspelled"
What is Billie's Bounce?
The style of the early 50s, taken up by many white musicians and popular on college campuses. The basis was bebop, but the fastest tempos were not used and the sound was quiet and understated. Miles Davis was one of the main originators.
What is Cool?
“Hot can be cool cool can be hot each can be both. But hot or cool man Jazz is Jazz”
Who is Louis Amstrong
A country dance was being held in a garden I felt a bump and heard an Oh, beg your pardon Suddenly I saw_________
What is Polka Dots And Moonbeams?