Jazz Musical Styles (Part 2)

Jazz Musical Styles (Part 2)

Swing/Big Band Era (1930-1945)

CHARACTERISTICS:

• Development of sections (saxes, trumpets, trombones, rhythm) based on

  the early model of the front line in New Orleans/Chicago Style Dixieland.

  
  

• Smoother swing feel (steady 4/4

  time with emphasis on beats 2 & 4, walking bass, ride cymbal).

Swing/Big Band Era (1930-1945)

CHARACTERISTICS:

• Features of standard big band

  arrangements could include: Tutti (all horns playing a melodic line in harmony),

• Soli (one section featured

  playing a melodic line in harmony),

• Shout Chorus (climatic tutti section at the end of the arrangement),

  
  

• Cross-section voicing (a harmonized melodic line voiced using instruments from different sections within the

  band),

• Riffs (repeated short melodic and/or rhythmic pattern).

Swing/Big Band Era (1930-1945)

IMPORTANT MUSICIANS:

• Duke Ellington (piano/composer)

• Count Basie (piano/bandleader)

• Coleman

  Hawkins (tenor sax),

• Lester Young (tenor sax)

• Roy Eldridge (trumpet)

Swing/Big Band Era (1930-1945)

CHARACTERISTICS:

• Most popular period in jazz history.

• Large ensembles, less improvisation, more emphasis on written arrangements. Emphasis on showmanship (band uniforms, theme songs, logos on

  stands, choreography, singers).

Multiple Choice

All horns playing a melodic line in harmony is called __________.

• Soli

• Shout Chorus

• Tutti

• Riffs

• Cross-section Voicing

Multiple Choice

A _____________is a repeated short melodic and/or rhythmic pattern.

• Soli

• Riff

• Tutti

• Shout Chorus

• Cross-section

Multiple Choice

_________ is one section featured playing a melodic line in harmony)

• Soli

• Riff

• Tutti

• Shout Chorus

• Cross-section

Multiple Choice

A __________________ voicing is a harmonized melodic line voiced using instruments from different sections within the

band.

• Soli

• Riff

• Tutti

• Shout Chorus

• Cross-section

Multiple Choice

The __________ _____________ is the climatic tutti section at the end of the arrangement.

Cross-section voicing (a harmonized melodic line voiced using instruments from different sections within the

band), Riffs (repeated short melodic and/or rhythmic pattern).

• Soli

• Riff

• Tutti

• Shout Chorus

• Cross-section

Multiple Choice

What instrument did Count Basie play?

• Piano

• Trumpet

• Saxophone

• Trombone

• Drums

Multiple Choice

What instrument did

Coleman Hawkins play?

• Piano

• Trumpet

• Saxophone

• Trombone

• Drums

Multiple Choice

What instrument did

Duke Ellington play?

• Piano

• Trumpet

• Saxophone

• Drums

• Trombone

Multiple Choice

What instrument did

Roy Eldridge play?

• Piano

• Trumpet

• Saxophone

• Drums

• Trombone

Multiple Choice

What instrument did Lester Young play?

• Piano

• Trumpet

• Saxophone

• Drums

• Trombone